Declensions

Front 1

Second Declension Neuter
Consilium SING
Nom.
Gen.
Dat.
Accus.
Abl.

Back 1

nom. cōnsilium "a plan"
gen. cōnsiliī "of a plan"
dat. cōnsiliō "to/for a plan"
acc. cōnsilium "a/the plan" (direct object)
abl. cōnsiliō "by/with/from a plan"

Front 2

Second Declension Neuter
Consilium Plural
Nom.
Gen.
Dat.
Accus.
Abl

Back 2

Plural
nom. cōnsilia "plans"
gen. cōnsiliōrum "of plans"
dat. cōnsiliīs "to/for plans"
acc. cōnsilia "plans"(direct object)
abl. cōnsiliīs "by/with/from plans"
voc. cōnsilia! "o plans!"

Front 3

-Most commonly used to indicate the subject of a finite verb.

Back 3

Nominitave

Front 4

When one noun was used to modify another, the modifying noun was put in the ______ case
-Possession
-determined by the word "of"

Back 4

Genitive

Front 5

-Mark the person or thing that is indirectly affected by the verb
-eg. give roses TO THE GIRL
-both of these nouns are indirect objects. and are both very common in the dative case
-can be determined by using to or for with the noun

Back 5

Dative

Front 6

Indicate the direct object of the action of the verb
- The person or object directly affected by the verb
-the ROSES are given

Back 6

Accusative

Front 7

-Sometimes called the adverbial
- Used when Romans wished to modify the verb by ideas such as means, agent, accompaniment, manner, place, and time
- No simple rule of thumb for translating this complex case

Back 7

Ablative

Front 8

First Declension Singular
Porta
Nom - Port__
Gen- Port__
Dat- Port__
Accu- Port__
Abl- Port __

Back 8

-a
-ae
-ae
-a
-a

Front 9

First Declension Plural
Porta
Nom- Port__
Gen- Port__
Dat- Port __
Accu- Port__
Abl-Port__

Back 9

-ae
-arum
-is
-as
-is

Front 10

What Are Declensions

Back 10

The listing of all the cases of a noun, or adjective is called a declension.

Front 11

Gender of First Declension

Back 11

The Gender of the first declension is FEMININE

Front 12

Like English, Latin distinguishes three genders; masculine, feminine, and neuter.
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Back 12

Nouns of the first Declension are normally feminine, ie:
-Puella
-Rosa
-pecunia
-patria

Front 13

Agreement of Adjectives
-The normal role of adjectives is to accompany nouns and to modify, or limit them in size, texture, colour, character and so on.

Back 13

An adjective MUST agree with it's noun in gender, number and case

Front 14

Second Declension

Back 14

-Follows the rule already given for the first declension
-Endings differ from those of the first declension, except in Dative and Ablative
-Regularly Masculine or Neuter

Front 15

Second Declension Singular
Masculines in -us
Nom
Gen
Dat
Acc
Abl
Voc

Back 15

Second Declension Singular
Masculines in -us
-us
-i
-o
-um
-o
-e

Front 16

Second Declension Plural
Masculines in -us
Nom
Gen
Dat
Accu
Abl
Voc

Back 16

Second Declension Plural

-i
-orum
-is
-os
-is
-i

Front 17

Masculines in -er
Of the second declension -er masculines, some like puer and ager retain the -e at the base

Back 17

Of the second declension -er masculines, some like puer and ager retain the -e at the base

Front 18

Second Declension Singular
Masculines in -er
Nom- Puer
Gen- Puer__
Dat- Puer__
Accu- Puer__
Abl- Puer__
Voc- Puer

Back 18

Second Declension Singular
Masculines in -er
None
-i
-o
-um
-o
None

Front 19

Second Declension Plural
Masculines in -er
Nom- Puer__
Gen- Puer__
Dat- Puer__
Accu- Puer__
Abl- Puer__
Voc- Puer__

Back 19

-i
-orum
-is
-os
-is
-i

Front 20

TRUE OR FALSE
In the First Declension, there are no nouns of neuter gender, but in the second declension there are many.

Back 20

True

Front 21

if a noun is plural, its adjectives are _______
if a noun is ______, its adjectives are neuter
if a noun is ______, its adjectives are ablative

Back 21

-plural
-neuter
-ablative