Unit VIII The Second Declension P 40 44

+ Unit VIII: The Second Declension P. 40 -44

+ The Second Declension

+ Exemplum I: servus, servī, m. slave Case Singular Plural Nominative servus servī Genitive servī servōrum Dative servō servīs Accusative servum servōs Ablative servō servīs

+ Exemplum II: ager, agrī, m. field Case Singular Plural Nominative ager agrī Genitive agrī agrōrum Dative agrō agrīs Accusative agrum agrōs Ablative agrō agrīs

+ Exemplum III: puer, puerī, m. boy Case Singular Plural Nominative puerī Genitive puerī puerōrum Dative puerō puerīs Accusative puerum puerōs Ablative puerō puerīs

+ Study Helps n Nouns in –er in the second declension are rare, and vir is the only second declension noun that ends in –ir. n Some nouns whose nominative ends in –er keep the –e in cases other than the nominative singular; others do not. In the vocabulary form, the genitive will be given in such a way as to show whether the given noun retains or drops the –e. n English derivatives from these words can also serve as guides: n puerile (puer) n library (liber) n agriculture (ager) n magistrate (magister)

+ You try it! n Decline and give English meanings on your white boards: n dominus, dominī, m. “master” n magister, magistrī, m. “teacher”

+ Cantemus! n Follow along with the Lyrical Latin song on the second declension.

+ Masculine Adjectives n When adjectives modify masculine nouns, they must have a masculine form. n The feminine nominative singular shows whether the –e has been retained or dropped: n pulcher, pulchra, masculine and feminine for beautiful n līber, libera, masculine and feminine for free n English derivatives can serve as guides to remember: n pulchritude (pulchr-) n liberty (liber-) n misery (miser-)

+ Masculine Adjectives (continued) n Masculine adjectives must be used with masculine nouns of the 1 st declension: Poēta, Agricola, Incola, Nauta n Decline: a faithful slave (m. ) Case Singular Plural Nominative servus fīdus the faithful slave servī fīdī the faithful slaves Genitive servī fīdī of the faithful slave servōrum fīdōrum of the faithful slaves Dative servō fīdō to/for the faithful slave servīs fīdīs to/for the faithful slaves Accusative servum fīdum the faithful slave D. O. servōs fīdōs the faithful slaves D. O. Ablative servō fīdō WFBI the faithful slave servīs fīdīs WFBI the faithful slaves