Transcription of Third Declension Adjectives - The Latin Library
1 Third Declension AdjectivesThird- Declension Adjectives fall into three classes: 1) Adjectives of threeterminations in the nominative singular - one for each gender; 2) Adjectives of two teminations; and 3) Adjectives of one termination. Withrare exceptions, Third Declension Adjectives follow the inflection of Third Declension Adjectives of Three Terminations: Masculine acribusacrisacrisacriacremacriacresacriu macribusacres acribusacreacrisacriacreacriacriaacriuma cribusacria acribusceleber, -bris, -bre, celebrated, famous2. Third Declension Adjectives of Two Terminations: Masc. & Fem. , breve, shortcrudelis, crudele, cruel, bloodyfidelis, fidele, faithfulgravis, grave, heavy, seriouslamentabilis, lamentabile, deplorableomnis, omne, allperennis, perenne, perennial, eternalpuerilis, puerile, boyishregalis, regale, royalsimilis, simile, liketerribilis, terribile, terribletristis, triste, sad, gloomy3.
2 Third Declension Adjectives of One Termination: Masc. & Fem. , -acis*, bold, daringdiscors, discordis, inharmonious, discordantfelix, felicis, happy, fortunateferox, ferocis, savage, wildinfelix, infelicis, unhappy, unfortunateingens, ingentis, huge, mightyinnocens, innocentis, harmlessmultiplex, multiplicis, multiplerecens, recentis, recentsapiens, sapientis, wisesupplex, supplicis, suppliantvetus, veteris, old*The second entry is the genitive : Observe where the characteristic -i appears in 3rd declensionadjectives:1) -i in the ablative singular of all ) -ium in the genitive plural of all ) -ia in the nominative and accusative plural of the few Third Declension Adjectives of one ending are declined without thecharacteristic -i. Thus, vetus, veteris, old: vetere (abl. sing.), veterum (gen. plu.), vetera(neut. nom. and acc.
3 Plu.).Of course a Third Declension adjective may be used with a noun of anydeclension. Note the following patterns: 3 endings 2 endings 1 endingacer viracris reginaacre animalomnis viromnis reginaomne animalsapiens virsapiens reginasapiens animalNine Irregular AdjectivesNine Adjectives of the 1st and 2nd Declension have their genitivesingular in -ius and their dative singular in -i in all genders. Otherwise theyshow the regular endings for Adjectives of the 1st and 2nd Declension ( , bonus, -a, -um). Their plurals are , alia, aliud, other*nullus, -a, -um, no, nonesolus, -a, -um, alonetotus, -a, -um, wholeullus, -a, -um, anyunus, -a, -um, onealter, altera, alterum, the otherneuter, neutra, netrum, neitheruter, utra, utrum, which (of two) *Alius has alterius in the genitive singular (to avoid aliius ). Otherwise, itfollows the pattern set forth the similarities in the declensions of the pronouns ipse, ipsa, ipsum;ille, illa, illud; iste, ista, istud, all of which show the same pattern as abovein the genitive and dative singular.
