Lessons 45-46 3rd Declension Neuter Nouns 3rd Declension I-Stem Nouns Latin II April 21-25, 2014

ATTENTION! Vocabulary 45-46 can be found on pages 316 and 320 in the textbook. If you missed Tuesday, YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE for these words. THIS IS YOUR MAKE-UP ANNOUNCEMENT. Next week, “I never got those words” will not excuse you from the test (Tuesday/Wednesday). Words can also be found on the Weebly: www.mrssellers.weebly.com

Third Declension Neuter Nouns We’ve already learned the chart for 3rd declension masculine/feminine nouns: ---- -es -is -um -i -ibus -em -es -e -ibus

Third Declension Neuter Nouns Neuter Law: The nominative and accusative cases are always identical, and in the plural the nominative and accusative cases always end in –a. Let’s apply this rule to our 3rd declension chart and see what happens…

Third Declension Neuter Nouns Masculine/Feminine ---- -es -is -um -i -ibus -em -es -e -ibus Neuter --- -a -is -um -i -ibus -e -ibus

Third Declension Neuter Nouns Let’s try corpus, corporis (n.) Stem: drop the –is: CORPOR- Singular Plural corpus corpora corporis corporum corpori corporibus corpore corporibus

Third Declension Neuter Nouns Your turn! Try caput, capitis (n.) Stem: drop the –is: CAPIT- Singular Plural caput capita capitis capitum capiti capitibus capite capitibus

Third Declension I-Stem Nouns A group of third declension nouns called i-stems have –ium instead of –um in the genitive plural. The neuter i-stems also have –i instead of –e in the ablative singular, and –ia instead of –a in their nominative/accusative plurals. Let’s take a look….

Third Declension I-Stems Masculine/Feminine regular 3rd declension ---- -es -is -um -i -ibus -em -es -e -ibus Masculine/Feminine i-stem 3rd declension --- -es -is -ium -i -ibus -em -es -e -ibus

Third Declension I-stems Neuter 3rd Declension Nouns (regular) --- -a -is -um -i -ibus -e -ibus Neuter i-stem 3rd declension nouns --- -ia -is -ium -i -ibus

Third Declension I-Stems Masculine/Feminine i-stem 3rd declension --- -es -is -ium -i -ibus -em -es -e -ibus civis, civis, civium (m./f.) civis cives civis civium civi civibus civem cives cive civibus

Third Declension I-Stems Masculine/Feminine i-stem 3rd declension --- -es -is -ium -i -ibus -em -es -e -ibus civis, civis, civium (m./f.) civis cives civis civium civi civibus civem cives cive civibus

Third Declension Neuter I-Stem Nouns Neuter i-stem 3rd declension nouns --- -ia -is -ium -i -ibus mare, maris, marium (n.) mare maria maris marium mari maribus mare maria mari maribus

How to identify an i-stem noun There is a long list of rules that will teach you how to i.d. which 3rd declension nouns are i-stems. If you’d like to read it, see p. 321…otherwise, just look for the nouns marked with an asterisk (*) in your book’s vocabulary lists!  * Nouns are i-stems. Thank you, book!!! Also, the parts are listed nom. sg., gen. sg., gen. pl., like hostis, hostis, hostium (f.) N.B. (nota bene): I-stems are not marked in your glossary with an *, but are listed like “hostis” above.

M/F regular 3rd dec. --- -es -is -um -i -ibus -em -es -e -ibus M/F i-stem 3rd decl. --- -es -is -ium -i -ibus -em -es -e -ibus Neuter regular 3rd decl. --- -a -is -um -i -ibus -e -ibus Neuter i-stem 3rd decl. --- -ia -is --ium -i -ibus

Your Turn! 3rd Declension Review mater, matris (f.) mother---regular 3rd decl. pax, pacis (f.) peace---regular 3rd decl. nomen, nominis (n.) name---neuter 3rd decl. iter, itineris (n.) journey---neuter 3rd decl. nox, noctis (f.) night---3rd decl. i-stem urbs, urbis (f.) city---3rd decl. i-stem animal, animalis (n.) neuter 3rd. decl. i-stem