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APPENDIX I
DECLENSIONS, CONJUGATIONS, NUMERALS, ETC.
NOUNS
460. Nouns are inflected in five declensions, distinguished by the final letter of the stem and by the termination of the genitive singular.
FIRST DECLENSION—A-stems, Gen. Sing. -ae
SECOND DECLENSION—O-stems, Gen. Sing. -i
THIRD DECLENSION—Consonant stems and I-stems, Gen. Sing. -is
FOURTH DECLENSION—U-stems, Gen. Sing. -u:s
FIFTH DECLENSION—E-stems, Gen. Sing. -e:i or -ei
461. FIRST DECLENSION. A-STEMS
domina, lady STEM domina- BASE domin-
SINGULAR PLURAL TERMINATIONS TERMINATIONS Nom. domina -a dominae -ae Gen. dominae -ae domina:rum -a:rum Dat. dominae -ae domini:s -i:s Acc. dominam -am domina:s -a:s Abl. domina: -a: domini:s -i:s
a. Dea\ and filia\
have the termination -a:bus in the dative
and ablative plural.
462. SECOND DECLENSION. O-STEMS
a. MASCULINES IN -us
dominus, master STEM domino- BASE domin-
SINGULAR PLURAL TERMINATIONS TERMINATIONS Nom. dominus -us domini: -i: Gen. domini: -i: domino:rum -o:rum Dat. domino: -o: domini:s -i:s Acc. dominum -um domino:s -o:s Abl. domino: -o: domini:s -i:s
1. Nouns in -us of the second declension
have the termination -e in
the vocative singular, as domine\.
2. Proper names in -ius, and filius\,
end in -i: in the vocative
singular, and the accent rests on the
penult, as Vergi’li:, fi:li:\.
b. NEUTERS IN -um
pi:lum, spear STEM pi:lo- BASE pi:l-
SINGULAR PLURAL TERMINATIONS TERMINATIONS Nom. pi:lum -um pi:la -a Gen. pi:li: -i: pi:lo:rum -o:rum Dat. pi:lo: -o: pi:li:s -i:s Acc. pi:lum -um pi:la -a Abl. pi:lo: -o: pi:li:s -i:s
1. Masculines in -ius and neuters
in -ium end in -i: in the
genitive singular, not in -ii:, and the accent
rests on the penult.
c. MASCULINES IN -er AND -ir
puer, boy ager, field vir, man STEMS puero- agro- viro- BASES puer- agr- vir-
SINGULAR TERMINATIONS Nom. puer ager vir — Gen. pueri: agri: viri: -i: Dat. puero: agro: viro: -o: Acc. puerum agrum virum -um
