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Latin 1
Grammar CARDS: Oxford, page 1
The Complete patterns of noun declensions for
the 1st 3 declensions
SINGULAR
1st
Declension
2nd
Declension
3rd Declension
Nominative
-a
varies
[SINGULAR ONLY]
Genitive
Vocative
-ae
-ae
-am
-ā
-a
-us/-ius/
-er/-ir
-ī
-ō
-um
-ō
-e/-ī/-er/-ir
PLURAL
1st Declension
2nd
Declension
3rd Declension
Dative
Accusative
To be learned later
The Complete patterns of noun declensions for
the 1st 3 declensions
[PLURAL ONLY]
Memento:
Number
= nom. singular
Nominative -ae
-ī
-ēs
Genitive
-ārum
-ōrum
-um
Dative
-īs
- īs
-ibus
Accusative -ās
-ōs
-ēs
Ablative
-īs
- īs
-ibus
To be learned later Vocative
-ae
-ī
-ēs
 If the verb ends in –t it is singular; if it ends in
–nt it is plural.
 Also, remember –t represents “he, she, it”
 Also, remember –nt represents “they”
Number = either Singular or PLURAL
o # applies to nouns, adjectives & verbs
o Singular = one (person)
o Plural = 2 or more
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Conjugations
Ch. 3
Conjugation vowels + endings –t/-nt
-ae
Ablative
-is
-ī
-em
-e
1. There are 4 types of regular verbs divided into
conjugations
2. All verbs use the same pattern of personal endings;
only the stem vowel will differ between conjugations
(see next card)
3rd person Singular
3rd person plural
1st Conjugation -at
-ant
nd
2 Conjugation -et
-ent
rd
3 Conjugation -it
-unt *
th
4 Conjugation -it
-iunt
o feminine
o PLURAL
o Subject/complement (nominative)
o 1st Declension
[aquae, puellae, ancillae, piscīnae, epistulae,
vīllae]
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o feminine
-ās
o
[aquās, puellās, ancillās, piscīnās, epistulās, vīllās] o
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PLURAL
direct object/motion towards (accusative)
1st Declension
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Latin 1
-ī
[servī, puerī, agrī, lupī]
-ōs
[servōs, puerōs, agrōs, lupōs]
Grammar CARDS: Oxford, page 2
o
o
o
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o
o
o
Ch. 4 o
o
Note on ille (M.), illa (F.)
o
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masculine
PLURAL
Subject/complement (nominative)
2nd Declension
masculine
PLURAL
direct object/motion towards (accusative)
2nd Declension
ille = “that, that man, he” can indicate a change of
subject.
illa = “that, that woman, she” can indicate a change
of subject.
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