Chapter 3: The Latin Noun (Declensions 3, 4, 5)
§24. Chapter 3: Exercises
1. Underline the base of these nouns (e.g., FAMA; ORIGO, ORIGINIS):
MILES, MILITIS; MANUS; LEX, LEGIS; LUMEN, LUMINIS; SPECIES; ONUS, ONERIS; SINUS.
2. By underlining, identify the Latin noun base within the following English words (e.g., INFORMALITY):
REGICIDE, DECAPITATION, EXTEMPORANEOUS, SERIAL, MORTIFY, COLLABORATE, ABOMINATION.
3. Identify each of the following Latin nouns by DECLENSION, and give its BASE and ORIGINAL LATIN MEANING:
| Latin noun | Declension | Base | Meaning |
| e.g. corpus | 3 | corpor- | body |
| a. signum | _______ | ______________ | _______________ |
| b. forma | _______ | ______________ | _______________ |
| c. radius | _______ | ______________ | _______________ |
| d. labor | _______ | ______________ | _______________ |
| e. opus | _______ | ______________ | _______________ |
| f. gradus | _______ | ______________ | _______________ |
| g. modus | _______ | ______________ | _______________ |
| h. via | _______ | ______________ | _______________ |
| i. species | _______ | ______________ | _______________ |
| j. ars | _______ | ______________ | _______________ |
4. For each of the following English words, find an English doublet—if possible, one that more closely resembles the Latin source-word:
| a. | parson | _______________ | d. | dish | _______________ |
| b. | gender | _______________ | e. | chef | _______________ |
| c. | ray | _______________ | f. | sprite | _______________ |
For Key to Exercises (Latin), see Appendix I.