Dictionary Forms
Familiae (x3)
To/for the family: Familia -ae, F
Of the family: Familia -ae, F
Families: : Familia -ae, F
Liberi (x2)
Of the book: Liber -i, M
Children: Liberi -orum M
Fluvii (x2)
Rivers: Fluvius -i, M
Of the river: Fluvius -i, M
Servis
What is a declension?
A set of endings that determine a nouns usage in a sentence.
Mammarum (x1)
Of the mammas: Mamma -ae F
Vocabulis (x2)
Word: Vocabulum -i N
To/for the word: Vocabulum -i N
Verbo (x2)
To/for the word/verb: Verbum -i, N
Word/verb: Verbuum -i, N
Puellarum
Of the girls: Puella -ae, F | Gen Pl F
How many declensions does a noun have?
ONE!!!
Scaena (x1)
Scene: Scaena -ae F
Dominam (x1)
Lord: Domina -ae F
Dominarum (x1)
Of the female masters: Domina -ae, F
Titulo
Title: Titulus -i, M | dat/abl sing M
What are the three attributes of a Latin noun? (declension is not one
Case, number, and gender
Baculos (x1)
Sticks: Baculum -i, N
Oceani (x2)
Oceans: Oceanus -i, M
Of the ocean: Oceanus -i, M
Pecuniae (x3)
Moneys: Pecunia -ae, F
To/for the money: Pecunia -ae, F
Money: Pecunia -ae, F
Picturae
Picture: Pictura -ae, F | nom pl F
What form of a Latin noun do we use to determine its declension?
The genitive singular
Penso (x1)
Thought/exercise: Pensum -i, N
To/for the province: Provincia -ae, F
Province: Provincia -ae, F
Litteras (x1)
Letters: Littera -ae, F
Signa
Sign/banner: Signum -i, M | nom/acc pl N
What is the order of the cases as we have learned it in class?
Nominative
Genitive
Dative
Accusative
Ablative