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Third Declension Nouns

Third Declension Nouns. Third Declension “i- stem” Nouns. How to tell the declension difference…. Genitive Singular Ending… 1 st Declension: - ae puella, puell ae ,f.- girl 2 nd Declension: - ī puer, puer ī , m.- boy bellum, bell ī , n. - war 3 rd Declension: - ĭ s

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Third Declension Nouns

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  1. Third Declension Nouns Third Declension“i-stem” Nouns

  2. How to tell the declension difference… Genitive Singular Ending… 1st Declension: -ae puella, puellae,f.- girl 2nd Declension: -ī puer, puerī,m.- boy bellum, bellī,n. - war 3rd Declension: -ĭs frater,fratrĭs,m. – brother corpus, corporĭs,n. - body

  3. Third Declension i-stems, Mas. or Fem. Category I: • Nominative singular ending in –ēsor –is,and • Nom. sing. has same number of syllables as Gen. sing. hostis, hostis, m. - enemy[miles, militis,m. – soldier] Category II: nominative singular ending in –nsor –rs mors, mortis, f. – death Category III: A) monosyllabic Nominative singular, and B) base ends intwo consonants: nox,noctis, f. – night [rex, regis, m. – king] [In case you care, many Category II words also are Category III words!]

  4. M./F. i-stem Third Declension

  5. i-stem Neuters. Third Declension Neuter (neu. nom. repeats in acc!) (neu. nom. repeats in acc!)

  6. Third Declension i-stems,Neuter Neuter nouns ending in –al or –e in the nominative (psssst: there are only two in the book, and here they are…) mare, maris, n. - sea animal, animalis, n. – animal (psssst: there are only two in the book, that’s it for neuter i-stems, that’s all there are!)

  7. Third Declension i-stems

  8. i-stems???? • Anser,anseris, m. – goose • Beneficium,-ī, n. – kindness • Avis,avis, f. – bird • Casus,-ūs, m. – fall, accident • Fides,-ei, f. – faith, loyalty • Frons,frontis, f. – forehead • Fur,furis, m. – thief • Hortus,-ī,m. – garden • Ianua,-ae,f. – door • Ars,artis,f. – art, skill

  9. Word Studyhostis,-is,m. v. inimicus,-i,m. as “enemy” hostis,-is,m. = an enemy of the state, a public enemy inimicus,-i,m. = a personal enemy Marcus et Quintus sunt inimici. Marcus and Quintus are enemies. (i.e., they don’t like each other, but neither is a traitor.) Romani pugnabant contra hostes in Galliā. The Romans were fighting against enemies/the enemy in Gaul. (i.e., each is trying to overthrow the other’s government.)

  10. Word Studyhostis = an enemy of the state or a public enemy In English, “enemy” can be either a singular noun, or a collective noun. You, Caesar, are my enemy. The enemy is the Taliban. (The enemy are the Taliban.) In Latin, translate hostis in the singular as “an enemy”. Es hostis patriae meae. = You are an enemy of my country. Brutus cum hoste laborabat. = Brutus was working with an enemy. In Latin, translate hostes in the plural as a collective, “the enemy”. Non amamus hostes. = We do not like the enemy. Brutus in castris hostium erat. = Brutus was in the camp of the enemy.

  11. Oh, Canada… A MARI USQUE AD MARE

  12. Oh, Canada… Digby, Nova Scotia A MARI USQUE AD MARE

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