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—§ 8 DECLENSION. 135. The Vocative is used when persons or things expressedby the noun, are addressed.6. The Ablative represents the thing named, as that fromwhich something is separated, or taken ; or, as that by or ivithwhich something is done, or exists.51.—All the cases, except the nominative, are called Obliquecases.52.—The signs of the oblique cases, or the prepositions bywhich they are usually rendered into English, are the following,viz: Genitive, of; Dative, to or for ; Vocative, 0; Ablative,with, from, in, by, &c, as in the following scheme :Nom.Gen.Dat.Ace.Voc.Abl. w \th,frSingular.toa king,of a king,or for a king,a king,king,om,in,orby, a king.Nom.Gen.Dat,Ace,Voc,Abl. w ith,from,iral.kings,of kings,to or for kings,kings,kings,in, or by, kings.8 8. DEC].ENSI ON.53. Declension is the mode of changing theterminations of nouns, &c.54.—In Latin, thereare five declensions, calledthe First, Second, Third, Fourth, and Fifth.55.—The declensions are distinguished from oneanother by the termination of the genitive singular;thus,The first declension has the genitive singular in -ce,The second" "in -i,The third" "in -is,The fourth" "in -us,The fifth" "in -ei.56.—All that part of a noun, or of an adjective, which precedesthe termination of the genitive singular, is called theRoot. All that follows the root, in any case or number, isi the Case-enrlinn, or Termination.