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LATIN (NOUNS (CASES (The Nominative Case:
the case of the subject of the…
LATIN
NOUNS
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DECLENSIONS
Latin nouns are divided into five groups or declensions, by the ending of their stems. Each declension has SIX cases, both singular and plural - denoted by different endings
- the endings of the genitive singular help to distinguish between the different declensions
1st Declension | - a | -ae
2nd Declension | -o or -u | -i
3rd Declension | -i, -u, consonant | -is
4th Declension | -u | -us
5th Declension | -e | -ei
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3rd Declension -I, –u, consonant -is
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CASES
The Nominative Case:
- the case of the subject of the sentence
e.g. servus laborat - the slave is working
- and of the complement
e.g. Marcus est puer Romanus - Marcus is a Roman boy
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The Accusative Case:
- the most common uses of the accusative are;
a) as DIRECT OBJECT of a transitive verb
e.g. puella pupam habet - The girl has a doll
- two accustives may be found with certain verbs such as docere, rogare, and creare
e.g. magister pueros multa rogabat - the teacher asked the boys many questions
Cincinnatum dictatorem creaverunt - they appointed Cincinnatus dictator
b) WITH CERTAIN PREPOSITIONSc) to denote MOTION TO A PLACE
- usually preceded by a preposition, but with the names of towns, small islands and a few other words, (notably domus, and rus the preposition is omitted
e.g. Neapolim cras iter faciemus - we shall travel to Naples tomorrow
rus aestate semper redimus - we always return to the country in the summer
d) to denote DURATION OF TIME
e.g. ibi paucos dies manebant - they remained there for a few days
urbs Troia decem annos obsidebatur - the city of Troy was besieged for ten yearse) to denote EXTENT OF SPACE
e.g. murus erat tres pedes altus - the wall was three feet high
multa milia passum progressi erant - they had advanced many miles
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The Vocative:
- used when addressing a person or thing
- identical in form to the nominative case, except in the singular of Group 2 nouns ending in -us
e.g. veni celeriter, dominus - Come quickly, master!
salve, mi fili! - Greetings, my son!
- masculine group 1/2 adjectives ending in -us also show the vocative ending
e.g. ave, optime Caesar! - Hail, most excellent Caesar
- in poetry, this usage is extended to participles
e.g. quo, moriture, ruis? - Where are you rushing to, you who are about to die?
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