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Chapter 14 Third Declension i-stem Nouns A noun is a person, place, thing, or idea. The Chapter 14 Vocabulary on Page 96 lists a bunch of nouns. Notice some of the nouns are preceded with an asterisk *. These are special third-declension nouns known as i- stem nouns. Chapter 2 Verbs, Vocabulary, and 1st Conjugation

Chapter 14 Third Declension i-stem Nouns Some of these nouns are: animal, animālis, n.: infāns, infantis, m/f.: baby nāvis, nāvis, f.: ship parēns, parentis, m/f.: parents animal Chapter 2 Verbs, Vocabulary, and 1st Conjugation

Chapter 14 Third Declension i-stem Nouns Your Latin Dictionary contains three pieces of information for every noun: mare, maris, n.: father urbs, urbis, f.: city 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 14 Third Declension i-stem 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 nox, noctis, f.: night 3rd Declension i-stem 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 14 Tertiae Declension i-stem Nouns 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 14 Tertiae Declension i-stem Nouns To find the stem of any 3rd Declension noun – normal or i- stem - take the genitive singular and remove the –is. corpus, corporis, m. corporis → corpor -is = corpor pars, partis, f. partis → part -is = part 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 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

3rd Declension Case Endings – Masculine & Feminine i-stem Sing. Plural Nominative finis fīnēs nox noctēs Genitive fīnium noctis noctium Dative finī fīnibus noctī noctibus Accusative fīnem noctem Ablative fine nocte Chapter 2 Verbs, Vocabulary, and 1st Conjugation

Chapter 14 Tertiae Declension – i-stem 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 i-stem noun Endings – Neuter Case Sing. Plural Nominative animal animala Genitive animālis animalium Dative animalī animalibus Accusative animalem Ablative animale Chapter 2 Verbs, Vocabulary, and 1st Conjugation

Chapter 14 Tertiae Declension – i-stem Nouns I-Stem Nouns follow three patterns. Two patterns apply to the masculine and feminine nouns and the remaining pattern applies solely to neuter nouns. Nominative singular ends in –is or –es AND nominative and genitive singular have same number of syllables. e.g. finis, finis Nominative singular ends in –s or –x AND the stem ends in a double consonant. e.g. urbs, urbis Chapter 2 Verbs, Vocabulary, and 1st Conjugation

Chapter 14 Tertiae Declension – i-stem Nouns The third pattern applies only to neuter nouns. Neuter nouns that end in –al, -ar, or –e. e.g. mare, maris Chapter 2 Verbs, Vocabulary, and 1st Conjugation

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