Chapter 3: The Latin Noun (Declensions 3, 4, 5)

§22. Summary of the Five Latin Noun Declensions

DECL. NO. LATIN EXAMPLES ENGLISH MEANINGS LATIN BASE ENGLISH NOUN DERIVATIVES
(D = DOUBLETS)
1 camera
forma

persona
room
shape
mask, role
camer-
form-

person
camera, chamber (D)
form
persona, person, parson (D)
2 modus
radius

terminus


signum

verbum

vitium
manner
rod, spoke
boundary

mark
word
fault, vice
mod-
radi-

termin-


sign-

verb-

viti-
mode, mood (D)
radius, ray (D)
terminus

sign
verb
vice
3 ars
vox

origo


corpus
genus

omen
skill
voice
source

body
kind
omen
art-[is]
voc-

origin-


corpor-

gener-

omin-
art
voice
origin

corpus, corpse, corps (D)
genus, gender, genre (D)
omen
4 manus (F)
sinus

spiritus
hand
curve
breath
manu-
sinu-

spiritu-
[manufacture]
sinus, sine (D)
spirit, sprite (D)
5 species
series
appearance
row
speci-
seri-
species
series

 

DECL. NO. TYPICAL
GENDER
LATIN
SINGULAR / PLURAL
SECTION
REFERENCE
1 F. -a / -ae §10
2 M.
N.
-us / -i
-um
/ -a
§12
3 M.F.
N.
unpredictable / -es
unpredictable / -a
§18
4 M. -us / -us §20
5 F. -es / -es §21

 

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