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APPENDIX I

DECLENSIONS, CONJUGATIONS, NUMERALS, ETC.

NOUNS

460. Nouns are inflected in five declensions, distinguished by the final letter of the stem and by the termination of the genitive singular.

First Declension—Ā-stems, Gen. Sing. -ae
Second Declension—O-stems, Gen. Sing.
Third Declension—Consonant stems and I-stems, Gen. Sing. -is
Fourth Declension—U-stems, Gen. Sing. -ūs
Fifth Declension—Ē-stems, Gen. Sing. -ē̆ī
461.
FIRST DECLENSION. Ā-STEMS
domina, lady   Stemdominā-  Base domin-
Singular Plural
TERMINATIONS TERMINATIONS
Nom. domina -a dominae -ae
Gen. dominae -ae dominārum ārum
Dat. dominae -ae dominīs -īs
Acc. dominam -am dominās -ās
Abl. dominā dominīs -īs

a. Dea and fīlia have the termination -ābus in the dative and ablative plural.

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