3RD DECLENSION There are a large number of possible endings for the nominative/vocative singular. Notice that in some nouns the nominative singular is identical with the genitive singular (e.g. cīvis, cīvis m.f., iuvenis, iuvenis m.f.)

SINGULAR (MASC./FEM.) Nominative Accusative Genitive Dative Ablative VARIOUS subject Accusative em object Genitive is of _____ Dative ī to/for ______ Ablative e (may be either - ī by/with/from _________ or –e if nom. and gen. sing. are the same, as in cīvis and iuvenis)

PLURAL (MASC/FEM Nominative Accusative Genitive Dative Ablative ē s subject Accusative ēs [also –īs if the object Gen. plural is –ium] Genitive (i)um of _____ Dative ibus to/for ______ Ablative ibus by/with/from _________

GENITIVE PLURAL Normally –ium is used if the noun is non-increasing (i.e. has the same number of syllables in the nominative singular and the other cases, as with cīvis, cīvis m/f) or if the nominative singular is a single syllable ending in two consonants (e.g. urbs, urbis f, city. However, there are a few non-increasing nouns which have just –um, including words for family members (pater, māter, frāter) and iuvenis.

MASCULINE AND FEMININE NOUNS (LEVEL 2) cīvis,cīvis m./f. citizen iuvenis, iuvenis m./f. young person mīles, mīlitis m. soldier mōns, montis m. mountain mors, mortis f. death mulier, mulieris f. woman nāvis, nāvis f. ship senex, senis m. old man soror, sorōris f. sister urbs, urbis f. city uxor, uxōris f. wife virtūs, virtūtis f. virtue

SINGULAR (NEUT) Nominative Accusative Genitive Dative Ablative VARIOUS subject Accusative VARIOUS object Genitive is of _____ Dative ī to/for ______ Ablative e by/with/from _________ If the nominative singular ends in –e, -al or –ar (e.g. mare, maris n, sea), the ablative singular ends in - ī but there are no nouns like this in Level 2 CE

PLURAL (NEUT) Nominative Accusative Genitive Dative Ablative (i)a subject Accusative (i)a object Genitive (i)um of _____ Dative ibus to/for ______ Ablative ibus by/with/from _________ If the nominative singular ends in –e, -al or –ar (e.g. mare, maris n, sea, animal, animālis n, animal), the nom/acc plural ends in - ia and the gen. plural in –ium but there are no nouns like this in Level 2 CE

NEUTER NOUNS (LEVEL 2) iter, itineris journey nōmen, nōminis name vulnus, vulneris soldier

tempestāte

by/with/from storm

mīlite

by/with/from soldier

ducem

leader (obj)

coniugibus

to/for spouses by/with/from spouses

mīles

soldier (subj)

nōminibus

to/for names by/with/from names

uxōrī

to/for wife

patrem

father (obj)

nāvīs

ships (obj)

nāvis

ship (subj) of ship

mōns

mountain (subj)

mulierum

of women

nāvēs

ships (subj or obj)

senī

to/for old man

sorōrēs

sisters (subj or obj)

iuvenem

young man (obj)

senēs

old men (subj or obj)

mortibus

to/for deaths by/with/from deaths

uxor

wife (subj)

monte

by/with/from mountain

cīvēs

citizens (subj or obj)

mīlitēs

soldiers (subj or obj)

virtūtem

virtue (obj)

senum

of old men

nāvibus

to/for ships by/with ships

montem

mountain (obj)

muliere

by/with/from woman

sorōrem

sister (obj)

iter

journey (subj or obj)

nōmen

name (subj or obj)

vulnus

wound (subj or obj)

sorōrī

for/to sister

uxōrēs

wives (subj or obj)

patris

of father

mortis

of death

urbem

city (obj)

patre

by/with/from father

itinera

journeys (subj or obj)

vulneribus

to/for wounds by/with/from wounds

pater

father (subj)

cīvium

of citizens

virtūtibus

to/for virtues by/with virtues

senex

old man (subj)

mortium

of deaths

iuvenī

to/for young person by/with/from young person

cīvis

citizen (subj) of citizen

nōminum

of names

iuvenis

of young man young man (subj)

uxor

wife (subj)

uxōrem

wife (obj)

sorōrum

of sisters