NOUNS IN -ER AND -IR
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Germānia
- II.
- Germānia, patria Germānōrum, est clāra terra. In Germāniā sunt fluviī multī. Rhēnus magnus et lātus fluvius Germāniae est. In silvīs lātīs Germāniae sunt ferae multae. Multī Germānī in oppidīs magnīs et in vīcīs parvīs habitant et multī sunt agricolae bonī. Bella Germānōrum sunt magna et clāra. Populus Germāniae helium et 5 proelia amat et saepe cum fīnitimīs pugnat. Fluvius Rhēnus est fīnitimus oppidīs[1] multīs et Clārīs.
LESSON XIII
SECOND DECLENSION (Continued)
91. Declension of Nouns in -er and -ir. In early Latin all the masculine nouns of the second declension ended in -os. This -os later became -us in words like servus, and was dropped entirely in words with bases ending in -r, like puer, boy; ager, field; and vir, man. These words are therefore declined as follows:
92.
| puer, m., boy | ager, m., field | vir, m., man | ||
| Base puer- | Base agr- | Base vir- | ||
Singular |
Terminations | |||
| Nom. | puer | ager | vir | — |
| Gen. | puerī | agrī | virī | -ī |
| Dat. | puerō | agrō | virō | -ō |
| Acc. | puerum | agrum | virum | -um |
| Abl. | puerō | agrō | virō | -ō |
Plural |
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| Nom. | puerī | agrī | virī | -ī |
| Gen. | puerōrum | agrōrum | virōrum | -ōrum |
| Dat. | puerīs | agrīs | virīs | -īs |
| Acc. | puerōs | agrōs | virōs | -ōs |
| Abl. | puerīs | agrīs | virīs | -īs |
- ↑ Dative with fīnitimus. (See §43.)
