LAT 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Latin Declension, Nauta, Dative Case

• School: University of Illinois
• Department: Latin
• Course: LAT 101
• Professor: J O H N F O U L K

Document Summary

Instead of using word order to identify subjects and other elements in a sentence, Latin uses forms, called cases, which provide information about what each noun, pronoun, or adjective is doing in a sentence. Nouns fall into ve regular groups, called declensions. The easiest way to identify the declension of a noun is to look at the genitive singular case ending. Can be identi ed because their rst principle part ends in a and their second principle part ends in ae. Most rst declension nouns are feminine in gender: most common exception are the pain words, which are masculine. In the nominative singular, the ending is us or r for masculine second declension nouns. For most neuter second declension nouns, the nominative singular ends in um. For all second declension nouns, the genitive singular ends in - . Fort na fort na, fort nae, f. : chance, luck, fortune. Pec nia pec nia, pec niae, f. : money, property.