Forming Nominative Plurals for Declensions 1-3 |
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the nominative plural |
nom., gen. sg. > root > pl. nom. |
1/2 decl. adj. 3 decl. adj. |
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The root form is the genitive singular form minus its typical ending -ae. Take this root-form and add |
-AE |
cura, curae > cur- > curae via, viae > vi- > viae |
curae bonae viae bonae |
curae popularês viae popularês |
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For MASCULINE AND FEMININE WORDS, the root form is the genitive singular form minus its typical ending -î. Take this root-form and add |
-Î |
campus, campî > camp- > campî oculus, oculî > ocul- > oculî minister, ministrî> ministr- > ministrî puer, puerî > puer- > puerî |
campî bonî oculî bonî |
campî popularês oculî popularês |
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| For NEUTER WORDS, the root form is the genitive singular form minus its typical ending -î . Take this root-form and add |
-A |
templum, templî > templ- > templa signum, signî > sign- > signa |
templa bona signa bona |
templa popularia signa popularia |
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For MASCULINE AND FEMININE WORDS, the root form is the genitive singular form minus its typical ending -is. Take this root-form and add |
-ÊS |
navis, navis > nav- > navês lex, legis > leg- > legês consul, consulis > consul- > consulês labor, laboris > labor- > laborês homo, hominis > homin- > hominês |
navês bonae legês bonae consulês bonî laborês bonî hominês bonî |
navês popularês legês popularês consulês popularês laborês popularês hominês popularês |
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| For NEUTER WORDS, the root form is the genitive singular form minus its typical ending - is. Take this root-form and add |
-A |
os, oris > or- > ora genus, generis > gener- > genera |
ora bona genera bona |
ora popularia genera popularia |
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1. Genitive singulars are given with the lexical form, for example: forma, -ae; oculus, -î; rex, regis. Learn genitive singulars together with the nominative singular forms from the vocabulary lists. The genitive singular indicates the declension to which the word belongs:
Genitive in -ae = 1st declension
Genitive in -î = 2d declension
Genitive in -is = 3d declension
2. Adjectives of the -us / -a / -um type are called adjectives
of the first and second declensions. They never get declension endings
from the other declensions, even if the nouns they modify are from
other declensions. Hence, mentês bonae is correct.
You will never find mentês bonês.
