Declension Endings Compared

(with typical genders indicated)

  


Grammar Helps Index

  

The sequence of the rows is the one commonly found in American textbooks:
Nominative - Genitive - Dative - Accusative - Ablative.

  

singular

I

II

III

IV

V

usually f

usually m

n

m / f

n

usually m

n

f

-a

-us*

-um

(various)

(various)

-us

-ês

-ae

-is

-is

ûs

-ûs

-êî

-ae

-uî

-êî

-am

-um

-um

-em

(= nom.)

-um

-em

-e / -î**

-e / -î**

û

  

* sometimes -er, as in puer, ager or -r as in vir

** -î for adjectives of the third declension and special neuter nouns like mare.

  

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plural

I

II

III

IV

V

usually f

usually m

n

m / f

n

usually m

n

f

-ae

-a

-ês

-a / -ia

-ûs

-ua

-ês

-ârum

-ôrum

-ôrum

-um / ium

-um / -ium

-uum

-uum

-êrum

-îs

-îs

-îs

-ibus

-ibus

-ibus

-ibus

-êbus

-âs

-ôs

-a

-ês / îs

-a / -ia

-ûs

-ua

-ês

-îs

-îs

-îs

-ibus

-ibus

-ibus

-ibus

-êbus

  

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Remember:

(1) Neuter nominative and accusative forms are identical.


(2) Neuter plural nominatives and accusatives end in - a.


  

  

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