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ox oxen
possessive ox’s oxen’s
Additional meanings are added to nouns by prepositions and word order in a sentence. This determines if the
dog is the subject of a sentence, the indirect object, or the direct object. Gender may be masculine, feminine,
or neuter.
Declining, or declensions. nomen -inis n. Latin a name.
Nouns
Latin nouns have gender (masculine, feminine, or neuter), number (singular or plural), and declensions with 5
common cases, 2 uncommon. Most nouns had 10 (14) different forms, as shown below.
nominative subject of the sentence or phrase
genitive (possessive) indicates possession, measurement, of source
dative indirect object, indicates the recipient of an action
accusative direct object of a verb
ablative expresses separation, by, with, from, in, on
vocative used to address someone
locative expresses place
canis (rarely canes), canis, 3 rd declension noun, masculine
singular plural
nominative canis dog (subject) canes dogs (subject)
genitive canis of the dog (possessive) canum of the dogs
dative cani to, for the dog canibus to, for the dogs
accusative canem dog (object) canes dogs (object)
ablative cane by, with, from the dog canibus by, with, from the dogs
vocative canis used in a direct address, as Hey, dog!
locative cani, cane indicates location, used with cities, towns, islands, and a few common nouns.
Vocabularies commonly list nouns by nominative and genitive singular forms. The genitive ending is the most
diagnostic to indicate the declension. (The genitive also indicates the root of the noun as in mens, mentis, the
root being ment-.) Most nouns are in the first three declensions, the third and forth are uncommon.
Add example of fully declined noun, each declinsion.
First declension has -ae in the genitive. Most words are feminine, except nauta -ae, agricola -ae, poeta -ae,
incola -ae, pirata -ae.
femina, feminae woman, of the woman
via, viae road, of the road
porta, portae door, of the door
nauta, nautae sailor, of the sailor
Second declension has -i in the genitive. Most words are masculine or neuter, except gemstones, plants, trees,
and some towns and cities.
vir, viri man, of the man
servus, servi slave, of the slave
fagus, fagi beech tree
gladius, gladi sword
amicus, amici friend, of the friend
bellum, belli war, of the war
vesper, vesperi evening
ager, agri field