THE SECOND DECLENSION US MASCULINE NOUNS The 2
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THE SECOND DECLENSION -US: MASCULINE NOUNS The 2 nd DECLENSION is the declension of the MASCULINE NOUNS finishing in –US. These are the CASE ENDINGS: Case Singular Plural Case Nominative - Us - i Vocative - i Accusative - um - Genitive - i - orum Dative - o - is Ablative - o - is os Singular Vocative Accusative Genitive Dative Ablative Plural SERV- Us SERV- i SERV-e SERV-i SERV-um SERV-os SERV-i SERV-orum SERV- o SERV-is SERV-o SERVis MASCULINE nouns usually go with adjectives with the same endings: Nominative: SERVUS Accusative: SERVUM BONUS BONUM SERVAM BONAM
2 nd declension: PRACTICE CULTURE BOOKLET. The Roman House (PAGE 60) Caecilius est in peristylo. Caecilius Case Singular Plural Nominative - Us - i Vocative - i Accusative - um - os Genitive - i - orum Dative - o - is Ablative - o - is in peristylo amoeno fere sedet. NOUN+ADJECTIVE NOMINATIVE SINGULAR SUBJECT VERB, 3 rd person singular PREP+ ABLATIVE PLACE COMPLEMENT NOMINATIVE SINGULAR SUBJECT PREP+ ABLATIVE PLACE COMPLEMENT FREQUENCY ADVERB “usually” 3 rd person Singular “Caecilius is in the colonnaded patio. Caecilius usually sits in the quiet/still patio”.
Translation practice: 1 st and 2 nd declension Servus Romulus 3 r. NOMINATIVE SINGULAR SUJECT est in magno atrio. Romulus 3 rd person sing. PRES ENT VERB PREPOSITION + ABLATIVE PLACE COMPLEMENT 3 r. NOMINATIVE SINGULAR SUJECT cubicula sordida purgat ACCUSATIVE PLURAL (NEUTER) DIRECT COMPLEMENT 3 rd person sing. PRES ENT VERB TRANSLATION: The slave Romulus is in the big atrio. Romulus cleans the dirty bedrooms.
Translation practice: 1 st and 2 nd declension 3. Quintus 3 r. NOMINATIVE SINGULAR SUJECT in tablino litteras PREPOSITION + ABLATIVE PLACE COMPLEMENT ACCUSATIVE PLURAL DIRECT COMPLEMENT scribit 3 rd person sing. PRES ENT VERB et amicum suum ACCUSATIVE SINGULAR DIRECT COMPLEMENT COPULATIVE CONJUNCTION TRANSLATION: Quintus is writing in the office some letters and receives a friend of him. recibit. 3 rd person sing. PRES ENT VERB
NEUTER NOUNS NEUTER nouns have the same endings as the MASCULINE nouns, except for the NOMINATIVE, VOCATIVE AND ACCUSATIVE, which have special endings: Case Singular Plural Nominative - - UM A Vocative - UM - A Accusative - UM - A Case - i - TEMPL-UM Vocative TEMPL-UM Accusative orum Dative Ablative Dative - o - is Ablative - o - is Plural Nominative Genitive Singular TEMPL-UM TEMPL-i TEMPL-A TEMPL-orum TEMPL- o TEMPL-is TEMPL-o TEMPL-is
2 -1 -2 and 3 rd Declension Adjectives (masculine-feminine-neuter)
Overview • Adjectives do not have to agree with nouns in declension. • However, they must agree with the nouns they modify in Gender, Number, and Case. • There are two types of adjectives, 2 -1 -2 and 3 rd declension adjectives (2 and 1 terminations).
2 -1 -2 Adjectives • These adjectives can be identified by their nominative endings of us, a, and um. • The masculine form of a 2 -1 -2 adjective declines like the second declension. • The feminine form of the adjective declines like the first declension. • And the neuter form declines like the 2 nd Declension Neuter.
2 -1 -2 Examples Singular Plural Masculine (2 nd declension) Feminine (1 st declension) Neuter (2 nd declension) Nomin/Vocat Magnus Magna Magnum Accusative Magnum Magnam Magnum Genitive Magni Magnae Magni Dative Magno Magnae Magno Ablative Magno Magna Magno Masculine Feminine Neuter Nomin/Vocat Magni Magnae Magna Accusative Magnos Magna Genitive Magnorum Magnarum Magnorum Dative Magnis Ablative Magnis
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