1. Case Names and Uses Nominative - Subject Genitive - Possessive
Dative – Indirect Object
Accusative – Direct Object
Ablative – When, Where, How

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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