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Advanced Latin (201, 301, 401)

First Declension Nouns

• Allen & Grenough discusses how to determine the root stem and base of a word at #24; Gender at #29-34; Number and Case at #35; and the Declension of Nouns at 36-39.
  
  
• Allen & Grenough discusses first declension nouns at 40-44.
  
  
• paradigm nouns for this review are:
  • freqentia, ae, f.
  • persöna, ae, f.
  • turba, ae, f.
  • praeda, ae, f.
    
    
• As in all nouns, memorize the Nominative and genitive singular, and the gender. Almost all first declension nouns are feminine, but enough are masculine to make your life a living hell if you don't memorize gender.
  
  
• Form the noun by:
  • finding the stem (Genitive singular minus the genitive ending) and adding first declension endings
    
    • frequenti-; persön-; turb-; praed-
      
      
  • The first declension endings are:

case	Singular	Plural
Nominative (subjects)	a	ae
Genitive (possession)	ae	ärum
Dative (indir objects)	ae	ïs
Accusative (objects)	am	äs
Ablative (adverbial)	ä	ïs
Vocative (address)	a	ae