Grammar
How many declensions are there in Latin?
5
Give the 4th declension endings:
us ūs
ūs uum
ui ibus
um ūs
u ibus
fructus
fruit
fears
metūs
______ labor is labor done by hand.
Manual
Fourth declension nouns usually end in __ in the nominative:
-us
Give the mnemonic (memory) device for the 4th declension endings:
u stupid
u stupid
u idiot
u moron
u
u stupid
u utter moron
I believe ur stupid
u stupid
I believe ur stupid
exercitus
army
heads
capita
Give the Latin saying and its meaning:
Senatus Populusque Romanus
The Senate and People of Rome
ūs
*must say long ūs*
Give the third declension masculine and feminine endings:
~ -es
-is -um
-i -ibus
-em -es
-e -ibus
domus
house
slaves
servi
Give the two exceptions to the 4th declension gender rule:
domus, manus
How to find the stem of a fourth declension noun:
drop the -ūs ending from the genitive
Give the 3rd declension neuter case endings:
~ -a
-is -um
-i -ibus
~ -a
-e -ibus
manus
hand
deep lake
altus lacus / lacus altus
Give the genitive singular for all 4 declensions:
1st- ae
2nd- i
3rd- is
4th- ūs
Fourth declension nouns are usually _____ in gender:
masculine
Give ALL -us -a -um endings:
-us -a -um
-i -ae -i
-o -ae -o
-um -am -um
-o -a -o
-i -ae -a
-orum -arum -orum
-is -is -is
-os -as -a
-is -is -is
metus
fear
new home
nova domus / domus nova
Translate:
Reginam spectavit
He/she/it (has) looked at the queen.