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31 Cards in this Set
- Front
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Inflection
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Change in words' form to express modifications in meaning.
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Declension
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The inflection of nouns, adjectives, and pronouns.
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Conjugation
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The inflection of verbs.
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Concrete Nouns
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Designate individual objects.
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Abstract Nouns
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Designate qualities.
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Natural Gender
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> Based on sex
> Confined to the names of persons (as in mater, regina, etc.) |
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Grammatical Gender
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> based on the general signification of a word
> or the ending of the Nominative Singular |
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Rivers, Winds, & Months are which gender?
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Masculine
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Trees, Towns, & Islands ending in -us are which gender?
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Feminine!
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Infinitives, phrases, & "indeclinable nouns" (nihil, nefas, etc.) are which gender?
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Neuter
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Nominative
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Subject Case
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Genitive
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Possessive Case
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Dative
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Indirect Object Case
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Accusative
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Direct Object Case
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Ablative
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Case for
by, from, in, & with |
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Vocative
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Case for address.
The same as Nominative, except singular -us nouns of the 2nd declension, which end with -e. |
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1st Declension
final stem letter & genitive singular termination |
ā, -ae
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2nd Declension
final stem letter & genitive singular termination |
o, -ī
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3rd Declension
final stem letter & genitive singular termination |
i (or some consonants)
-is |
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4th Declension
final stem letter & genitive singular termination |
u, -us
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5th Declension
final stem letter & genitive singular termination |
ē, -ei
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ā, -ae
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1st Declension
final stem letter & genitive singular termination |
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o, -ī
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2nd Declension
final stem letter & genitive singular termination |
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i (or some consonants)
-is |
3rd Declension
final stem letter & genitive singular termination |
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u, -us
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4th Declension
final stem letter & genitive singular termination |
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ē, -ei
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5th Declension
final stem letter & genitive singular termination |
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1st Principle Verb Part
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present indicative
1st person singular amō "I love" |
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2nd Principle Verb Part
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present active infinitive
amāre "to love" |
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3rd Principle Verb Part
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perfect (present perfect)
active 1st person singular amāvī "I have loved," "I loved" |
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4th Principle Verb Part
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past participle
amātus "having been loved," "loved" |
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with deponent verbs, the third principle part ends with
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-us sum
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