1. Chapter 6 Vocabulary

2. grouping of nouns that share the same endings
declension
grouping of nouns that share the same endings
1st 2nd 3rd
nominative genitive nominative genitive nominative genitive
-a, -ae -us, -i -r, -is
-r, -i -x, -is
feminine
masculine
masculine or feminine

3. Cases tell the part of speech of the noun nominative - subject
genitive - possession; 's or of . . .
dative - indirect object
accusative - direct object
ablative - object of the preposition

4. All Latin noun declensions are identified by the nominative and genitive endings

5. pater, patris
nominative
genitive

6. father
3rd declension
masculine

7. mater, matris
genitive
nominative

8. mother
3rd declension
feminine

9. ancilla, ancillae
nominative
genitive

10. slave woman
1st declension
feminine

11. cibus, cibi
nominative
genitive

12. food
2nd declension
masculine

13. aqua, aquae
nominative
genitive

14. water
1st declension
feminine

15. surgo, surgere

16. to get up, rise

17. observo, observāre

18. to watch

19. purgo, purgāre

20. to clean

21. coquo, coquere

22. to cook

23. porto, portāre

24. to carry

25. reprehendo, reprehendere

26. to scold, blame

27. doceo, docēre

28. to teach

29. curo, curāre

30. to look after, take care of

31. adiuvo, adiuvāre

32. to help

33. necesse est

34. it is necessary

35. lucet

36. it is light, it is day

37. nondum

38. not yet

39. etiam

40. also, even

41. neque

42. and not

43. tamen

44. however

45. omnes

46. all

47. mox

48. soon, presently

49. nunc

50. now