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FIRST DECLENSION NOUNS (-a) - The Latin Library
www.thelatinlibrary.comFIRST DECLENSION NOUNS (-a) Formation: Nouns of the First Declension are declined thus: Singular Plural Nom. -a -ae Gen. -ae -ārum Dat. -ae -īs Acc. -am -ās Abl. -ā -īs N.B.: The long -ā of the ablative singular distinguishes it from the nominative singular, which has a short -a. Example: Nom. silva (the forest) silvae (the forests)
T SUPINE - The Latin Library
www.thelatinlibrary.comTHE SUPINE The Supine is a verbal noun of the fourth declension, appearing only in the accusative singular (-um) and ablative singular (-ü) and limited to two usages.
ABLATIVE ABSOLUTE - The Latin Library
www.thelatinlibrary.comABLATIVE ABSOLUTE One of the most common uses of present and perfect participles in Latin is a construction called the Ablative Absolute. The ablatives of a participle and a noun (or pronoun) are used to form a substitute
Third Conjugation Verbs - The Latin Library
www.thelatinlibrary.comTHIRD CONJUGATION VERBS Third Conjugation Verbs have the infinitive ending in -ere. (Note the difference from the -ēre of the 2d conjugation).
Parts of Speech - The Latin Library
www.thelatinlibrary.comPARTS OF SPEECH Latin, as English, has eight parts of speech: · NOUN · PRONOUN · ADJECTIVE · VERB · ADVERB · CONJUNCTION · PREPOSITION · INTERJECTION Noun - the name of a person, place, thing, or idea. · Gender: In English gender has faded for most nouns, except for special uses (e.g., ships). Latin retains gender distinctions …
PARTICIPLES - The Latin Library
www.thelatinlibrary.comPARTICIPLES A participle is a form of a verb used as an adjective. The participle may be active or passive, but will always agree in number, case, and gender with the noun that it …
Chapter One - The Latin Library
www.thelatinlibrary.comChapter Six Second Declension Nouns: Masculine nouns in -us and -er. Neuter nouns in -um. amicus amici puer pueri templum templa …