1. 1ST – 3RD DECLENSIONS

2. 1ST DECLENSION (in –a)

3. SINGULAR Nominative Accusative Genitive Dative Ablative a subject
am object
Genitive
ae of _____
Dative
ae to/for ______
Ablative
ā by/with/from _________

4. PLURAL Nominative Accusative Genitive Dative Ablative ae subject
ās object
Genitive
ārum of _____
Dative
īs to/for ______
Ablative
īs by/with/from _________

5. VOCABULARY ancilla, -ae f maid aqua, -ae f water fēmina, -ae woman
hasta, -ae f spear
īnsula, -ae f island
īra, -ae f anger
nauta, -ae m sailor
patria, -ae f fatherland
pecūnia, -ae f money
poēta, -ae f poet
puella, -ae f girl
sagitta, -ae f arrow
terra, -ae f land, earth
turba, -ae f crowd
via, -ae f road, street

6. 2ND DECLENSION (in –us, -er)
If the nominative singular ends in –er, all the other endings are added after this instead of replacing it. The `e’ is retained in words like puer (puerum, puerī etc.) but dropped in those like ager (agrum, agrī etc.)

7. SINGULAR (MASCULINE) Nominative Accusative Genitive Dative Ablative
us, -er, -ir subject
Vocative: -us > -e, -ius > ī address
Accusative
um object
Genitive
ī of _____
Dative
ō to/for ______
Ablative
ō by/with/from _________

8. PLURAL Nominative Accusative Genitive Dative Ablative ī subject
ōs object
Genitive
ōrum of _____
Dative
īs to/for ______
Ablative
īs by/with/from _________

9. VOCABULARY ager, agrī m field amīcus, -ī m friend cibus, -ī m food
crocodīlus, -ī m crocodile
discipulus, -ī m student
dominus, -ī m master
equus, -ī m horse
fīlius, -ī m son
gladius, -ī m sword
lupus, -ī m wolf
medicus, -ī m doctor
porcus, -ī m pig
puer, puerī m boy
servus, -ī m slave

10. SINGULAR (NEUTER) Nominative Accusative Genitive Dative Ablative
um subject
Accusative
um object
Genitive
ī of _____
Dative
ō to/for ______
Ablative
ō by/with/from _________

11. PLURAL (NEUTER) Nominative Accusative Genitive Dative Ablative
a subject
Accusative
a object
Genitive
ōrum of _____
Dative
īs to/for ______
Ablative
īs by/with/from _________

12. VOCABULARY templum, -ī n temple ātrium, -ī n atrium oppidum, -ī n town
tablīnum, -ī n study
computātrum, -ī n computer

13. 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.) 13

14. 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) 14

15. 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 _________

16. 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 stem in the genitive 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.

17. 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

18. SINGULAR (NEUT) Nominative Accusative Genitive Dative Ablative
VARIOUS subject
Accusative
VARIOUS object
Genitive
is of _____
Dative
ī to/for ______
Ablative
e /-ī 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.
Other 3rd declension neuter nouns take only -e

19. 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.

20. NEUTER NOUNS iter, itineris journey nōmen, nōminis name
vulnus, vulneris wound
mare, maris sea
animal, animālis animal

21. mortibus

22. to/for deaths by/with/from deaths

23. fēminae

24. of woman to/for woman women (subj)

25. maria

26. seas (subj) seas (obj) 26

27. servō

28. to/for slave by/with/from slave

29. iuvenem

30. young man (obj)

31. îrâ

32. by/with/from anger

33. nāvem

34. ship (obj)

35. pecûniârum

36. of monies

37. animālī

38. to/for animal by/with/from animal

39. computātrō

40. to/for computer by/with/from computer

41. nōminibus

42. to/for names by/with/from names

43. ancillîs

44. to/for maids by/with/from maids

45. cīvī

46. to/for citizen by/with/from citizen

47. oppidîs

48. to/for towns by/with/from towns

49. cīvis

50. citizen (subj) of citizen

51. marī

52. to/for sea by/with/from sea

53. poēta

54. poet (subj)

55. aquîs

56. to/for waters by/with/from waters

57. medicōrum

58. of doctors

59. nautae

60. sailors (subj) of sailor to/for sailor

61. îram

62. anger (obj)

63. cīvī

64. to/for citizen by/with/from citizen

65. marium

66. of seas

67. urbīs

68. cities(obj)

69. hasta

70. spear (subj)

71. urbīs

72. cities (obj)

73. gladiōs

74. swords (obj)

75. nōminum

76. of names

77. hastârum

78. of spears

79. uxōrem

80. wife (obj)

81. porcō

82. to/for pig by/with/from pig

83. însulâs

84. islands (obj)

85. sorōrum

86. of sisters

87. agrum

88. field (obj)

89. pecûniam

90. money (obj)

91. sagittâs

92. arrows (obj)

93. maris

94. of sea

95. magistrī

96. teachers (subj) of teacher

97. fēminam

98. woman (obj)

99. nautâs

100. sailors (obj)

101. însulîs

102. to/for islands by/with/from islands

103. nāvis

104. ship (subj) of ship

105. servus

106. slave (subj)

107. sagitta

108. arrow (subj)

109. montīs

110. mountains (obj)

111. puerō

112. for/by boy by/with/from boy

113. iuvenibus

114. for/by young men by/with/from young men

115. puellâ

116. by/with/from girl

117. poētâs

118. poets (obj)

119. animâlia

120. animals (subj) animals (obj)

121. aquâs

122. waters (obj)

123. equī

124. horses (subj) of horse

125. patriam

126. fatherland (obj)

127. puellârum

128. of girls

129. tablīnō

130. to/for study by/with/from study

131. nāvium

132. of ships

133. fēminîs

134. to/for women by/with women

135. patris

136. of father

137. hastam

138. spear (obj)

139. mīlitēs

140. soldiers (subj or obj)

141. magister

142. teacher (subj)

143. senum

144. of old men

145. hastae

146. spears (subj) of spear to/for spear

147. puellam

148. girl (obj)

149. nāvibus

150. to/for ships by/with ships

151. patria

152. fatherland (subj)

153. muliere

154. by/with/from woman

155. îra

156. anger (subj)

157. sorōrem

158. sister (obj)

159. aquam

160. water (obj)

161. maribus

162. to/for seas by/with/from seas

163. vulnus

164. wound (subj or obj)

165. poētâ

166. by/with/from poet

167. iter

168. journey (subj or obj)

169. puellâs

170. girls (obj)

171. terrae

172. lands (subj) of land to/for land

173. coniugibus

174. to/for spouses by/with/from spouses

175. turbae

176. crowds (subj) of crowd to/for crowd

177. fīliī

178. of son sons (subj)

179. domine

180. master (voc)

181. ducem

182. leader (obj)

183. viam

184. street (obj)

185. gladiōrum

186. of swords

187. tempestāte

188. by/with/from storm

189. fēminârum

190. of women

191. lupe

192. wolf (voc)

193. mare

194. sea (subj) sea (obj)

195. uxōrēs

196. wives (subj or obj)

197. puellae

198. girls (subj) of girl to/for girl

199. pecûniae

200. monies (subj) of money to/for money