Case Names and Uses Nominative - Subject Genitive - Possessive Dative – Indirect Object Accusative – Direct Object Ablative – When, Where, How
Nouns/Adjectives – Case Endings 1st declension – feminine (except for “real men”) singular plural Nom. -a -ae Gen. -ae -ārum Dat. -ae -īs Acc. -am -ās Abl. -ā -īs
Nouns/Adjectives – Case Endings 2nd declension - (-us/-er = masc. //-um = neut.) singular plural Nom. -us/-er//-um -ī//-a Gen. -ī -ōrum Dat. -ō -īs Acc. -um -ōs//-a Abl. -ō -īs
Nouns/Adjectives – Case Endings 3rd declension - (all three genders possible) singular plural Nom. -is/-es/-or/-tas, etc. -ēs/-a/-ia Gen. -is -um/-ium Dat. -ī -ibus Acc. -em//=nom. -ēs/-a/-ia Abl. -e -ibus
Nouns – Case Endings -uum -ibus 4th declension - (-us =masc. //- ū = neut.) singular Nom. -us//-ū Gen. -ūs Dat. -ui Acc. -um//-ū Abl. -ū plural -ūs//-ua -uum -ibus
Nouns – Case Endings -ērum -ēbus 5th declension (fem. ex. diēs = masc./but special days = fem.) singular Nom. -ēs Gen. -ēi Dat. -ēi Acc. -em Abl. -ē plural -ēs -ērum -ēbus