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Latin nouns have case-endings that make them like little phrases rather than like simple individual words. After you have studied the full chart of the declension, practice perceiving the ending-ambiguities immediately, and instead of thinking of the case-names (e.g. dative, ablative, etc.), give the full meanings as conventionalized here. This chart shows you which endings are unambiguous (have only one case as a possibility), and which are doubly-ambiguous.
Word |
Full Meaning |
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RÊX |
king (s) |
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RÊGIS |
of the king |
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RÊGÎ |
to / for the king |
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RÊGEM |
king (o) |
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RÊGE |
by the king |
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RÊGÊS |
(1) kings (s) |
note plural |
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RÊGUM |
of the kings |
note plural |
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RÊGIBUS |
(1) to / for the kings |
note plural |
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Word |
Full Meaning |
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NÔMEN |
(1) name (s) |
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NÔMINIS |
of the name |
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NÔMINÎ |
to / for the name |
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NÔMINE |
by means of [or by] the name |
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NÔMINA |
(1) names (s) |
note plural |
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NÔMINUM |
of the names |
note plural |
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NÔMINIBUS |
(1) to / for the names |
note plural |
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Note: These ways of indicating the meanings of the words are only conventions: determining meaning in a sentence is more complex than substituting simple formulae like these. The purpose of this exercise is to get you into the habit of noticing and distinguishing and registering different inflected forms automatically and effortlessly. To achieve the necessary speed and ease of understanding, you should practice these exercises until you recognize the full meanings without having to pause and recall the declension-table.
Be aware that in the ablative case, if the noun refers to a person rather than a thing, then the noun is made the object of the preposition a or ab: a rêge; does not mean "by means of the king" but [something was done] "by the king."
Give the full meaning of each word-form or phrase in the practice-exercises below, following the conventions given above. N.B.: English-to-Latin exercises are found below the Latin-to-English ones.
1 tempus
2 corporibus
3 carmina
4 labôrem
5 virtûtis
6 virgine
7 virtûtum
8 virtûtês
9 nôminibus
10 corpora
11 hominem
12 nômen
13 uxôre
14 carminibus
15 virginum
16 amôrês
17 môrem
18 temporî
19 virginî
20 virtûtibus
21 virginis
22 môrî
23 carmine
24 amôrum
25 corpus
26 amôribus
27 cîvitâtês
28 pâcem
29 rêge
30 uxôrum
31 nôminî
32 virtûte
33 tempora
34 amôrem
35 uxôris
36 carmen
37 cîvitâte
38 cîvitâtibus
39 hominum
40 hominês
41 rêgem
42 nômine
43 corporum
44 corporî
45 rêgis
46 amor
47 hominibus
48 labôrês
49 uxôrem
50 virtûtis
51 temporum
52 carminî
53 cîvitâs
54 pâcis
55 labôribus
56 môrês
57 virginem
58 nôminis
59 tempore
60 nôminum
61 amôrî
62 homô
63 môribus
64 pâcês
65 virtûtem
66 temporis
67 môris
68 corporis
69 labor
70 cîvitâtî
71 pâcibus
72 rêgês
73 virtûs
74 amôre
75 cîvitâtum
76 labôris
77 uxôrî
78 virginibus
79 carminis
80 temporibus
81 nômina
82 cîvitâtem
83 môs
84 rêgibus
85 uxôrês
86 virgô
87 homine
88 labôrum
89 hominî
90 rêgî
91 hominis
92 amôris
93 pâx
94 uxôribus
95 virginês
96 uxor
97 labôrî
98 pâcî
99 corpore
100 carminum
101 cîvitâtis
102 rêx
103 môre
104 pâcum
105 labôre
106 môrum
107 pâce
108 rêgum
Back to full declension chart.
2 maidens (o)
3 of the excellence
4 of the wives
5 by the love
6 by the excellences
7 maiden (o)
8 to / for the wife
9 of the king
10 songs (o)
11 of the maiden
12 of the times
13 by the song
14 wife (o)
15 bodies (o)
16 excellences (o)
17 of the peace
18 of the character
19 of the maidens
20 love (s)
21 to / for the maiden
22 maiden (s)
23 to / for the kings
24 by the maidens
25 to / for the time
26 peace (s)
27 body (o)
28 to / for the labors
29 of the love
30 by the state
31 persons (o)
32 loves (s)
33 of the loves
34 time (o)
35 of the name
36 song (s)
37 excellence (o)
38 to / for the excellence
39 of the time
40 of the peaces
41 of the excellences
42 by the wives
43 to / for the king
44 by the body
45 labor (o)
46 labors (o)
47 songs (s)
48 of the state
49 of the songs
50 song (o)
51 to / for the maidens
52 state (s)
53 to / for the character
54 by the times
55 to / for the peace
56 by the person
57 customs (o)
58 states (s)
59 of the states
60 excellence (s)
61 to / for the times
62 body (s)
63 to / for the loves
64 by the labor
65 by the kings
66 names (o)
67 bodies (s)
68 to / for the name
69 of the bodies
70 by the songs
71 excellences (s)
72 love (o)
73 to / for the wives
74 person (s)
75 to / for the songs
76 by the custom
77 peaces (o)
78 persons (s)
79 of the persons
80 by the loves
81 maidens (s)
82 by the peaces
83 to / for the custom
84 by the states
85 to / for love
86 by the name
87 labor (s)
88 kings (o)
89 labors (s)
90 to / for the states
91 of the labors
92 by the excellence
93 person (o)
94 wives (s)
95 of the song
96 by the names
97 wife (s)
98 to / for the labor
99 to / for the peaces
100 by the bodies
101 to / for the song
102 loves (o)
103 of the wife
104 of the kings
105 by the peace
106 times (o)
107 customs (s)
108 of the customs
109 by the maiden
110 custom (o)
111 times (s)
112 of the body
113 custom (s)
114 to / for the bodies
115 time (s)
116 to / for the names
117 by the customs
118 to / for the person
119 by the persons
120 to / for the state
121 by the king
122 wives (o)
123 names (s)
124 of the names
125 by the wife
126 kings (s)
127 name (s)
128 to / for the persons
129 king (s)
130 to / for the customs
131 state (o)
132 to / for the excellences
133 by the labors
134 to / for the body
135 by the time
136 peaces (s)
137 peace (o)
138 of the labor
139 name (o)
140 of the person
141 king (o)
142 of the custom
Back to full declension chart.
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