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A Brief Summary of the Latin Noun as Presented in Unit 1 of the Cambridge Latin Course Most every Latin noun includes a case-ending that by indicating the case of the noun indicates the grammatical role the noun plays in the sentence. At this point in your study, you have learned three different cases: the nominative, the accusative, and the dative. These three cases play the grammatical roles outlined below. NOMINATIVE Case: indicates either the Subject or the Subjective Complement of the Verb. The Subjective Complement may be either a Predicate Nominative or a Predicate Adjective. • • The Subject performs the action, or displays the condition, described by the verb: The boy throws the ball. The ball is a baseball. The Subjective Complement is a noun or an adjective that completes the meaning of a verb linking the complement to the subject. In doing so, it further defines the subject: The ball is a baseball (predicate nominative). The ball is round (predicate adjective). ACCUSATIVE Case: indicates either the Direct Object of the Verb or the Object of some Prepositions • • The Direct Object receives the action of the verb: The boy throws the ball. The Object of a Preposition limits the relation described by the preposition: The ball is in the air. DATIVE Case: indicates the Indirect Object of the Verb (translate the dative case by using to or for) • The Indirect Object receives the direct object: The boy throws his friend the ball. OR: The boy throws the ball to his friend. The First, Second, and Third Declensions of the Latin Noun: Unit 1, Cambridge Latin Course Number Singular CASE FIRST DECLENSION SECOND DECLENSION Case-ending THIRD DECLENSION Case-ending Case-ending Nominative puella -a servus -us leō --- Dative puellae -ae servō -ō leōnī -ī Accusative puellam -am servum -um leōnem -em Nominative puellae -ae servī -ī leōnēs -ēs puellīs -īs servīs -īs leōnibus -ibus puellās -ās servōs -ōs leōnēs -ēs Plural Dative Accusative Grammar . Latin . Noun 1 . Latin I.A Copyright 2013 The Lancaster Center for Classical Studies 910 Marietta Avenue Lancaster, PA 17603