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Chapter 10 Third Declension Nouns A noun is a person, place, thing, or idea. The Chapter 10 Vocabulary on Page 68 lists a bunch of nouns. Some are… māter, mātris, f.: mother pater, patris, m.: father corpus, corporis, n.: body uxor, uxōris, f.: wife Notice the endings are different, yet again? These are not prīmae or even secūndae declension nouns! Chapter 2 Verbs, Vocabulary, and 1st Conjugation

Chapter 10 Third Declension Nouns Your Latin Dictionary contains three pieces of information for every noun: pater, patris, m.: father iuvenis, iuvenis, m/f.: youth The first form or nominative singular The second form or genitive singular This is used to find the noun stem and to determine which declension (or noun family) the noun belongs. The gender : masculine, feminine, or neuter. Chapter 2 Verbs, Vocabulary, and 1st Conjugation

Chapter 10 Third Declension Nouns Nouns are divided into declensions. Latin has five noun declensions. Declensions can be recognized by the genitive case singular – the second form personal endings. flamma, flammae, f.: flame 1st Declension equus, equī, m.: horse 2nd Declension rēx, rēgis, m.: king 3rd Declension The genitive singular of all secūndae declension nouns ends in –ī (long i). The genitive singular of all tertiae declension nouns ends in –is. Chapter 2 Verbs, Vocabulary, and 1st Conjugation

Chapter 10 Third Declension Nouns In English, the gender of a noun is determined by: Female things are feminine Masculine things are masculine Something neither male or female is neuter In Latin, this is sometimes the case, however a noun’s gender does not necessarily reflect the gender of the object it describes. If an object has neither gender (e.g. table, tree, town) Latin may classify it as any of the genders. Chapter 2 Verbs, Vocabulary, and 1st Conjugation

Chapter 10 Tertiae Declension Noun Genders Nouns of the 3rd Declension may be either masculine, feminine, or neuter. māter, mātris, f.: mother pater, patris, m.: father corpus, corporis, n.: body Chapter 2 Verbs, Vocabulary, and 1st Conjugation

Chapter 10 Tertiae Declension Noun Stems Exercise 2 on pg. 31 asks you to identify the stem for each of the nouns in the vocabulary. Remember how we found the stem of 1st Declension (prīmae declension) nouns? We took the genitive singular and removed the ending (–ae). fēmina, fēminae, f. fēminae → fēmin -ae = fēmin We do the same with second declension. Let’s look at the next slide… Chapter 2 Verbs, Vocabulary, and 1st Conjugation

Chapter 10 Tertiae Declension Noun Stems To find the stem of the 3rd Declension noun, take the genitive singular and remove the –is. corpus, corporis, m. corporis → corpor -is = corpor uxor, uxōris, f. uxōris → uxōr -is = uxōr Now, with the stem, we add the case endings and decline the noun. Look…. Chapter 2 Verbs, Vocabulary, and 1st Conjugation

3rd Declension Case Endings – Masculine & Feminine Sing. Plural Nominative rēx rēg-ēs uxor uxōr-ēs Genitive rēg-is rēg-um uxōr-is uxōr-um Dative rēg-ī rēg-ibus uxōr-ī uxōr-ibus Accusative rēg-em uxōr-em Ablative rēg-e uxōr-ē Chapter 2 Verbs, Vocabulary, and 1st Conjugation

3rd Declension Case Endings – Masculine & Feminine Sing. Plural Nominative rēx rēgēs uxor uxorēs Genitive rēgis rēgum uxōris uxōrum Dative rēgī rēgibus uxōrī uxōribus Accusative rēgem uxōrem Ablative rēge uxōrē Chapter 2 Verbs, Vocabulary, and 1st Conjugation

Chapter 10 Tertiae Declension – Neuter Tertiae Declension Nouns may also be neuter. Naturally, the endings are determined by the neuter rules. Who can tell me the neuter rules? The nominative and accusative endings are the same. 3rd – Declension singular end in –us, -ut, or –r. 3rd – Declension plural end in –a. 2) The nominative and accusative plural end in –a. Chapter 2 Verbs, Vocabulary, and 1st Conjugation

3rd Declension Case Endings – Masculine & Feminine Neuter Case Sing. Plural Nominative iter itiner-a Genitive itiner-is itiner-um Dative itiner-ī itiner-ibus Accusative Ablative itiner-e Chapter 2 Verbs, Vocabulary, and 1st Conjugation

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