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01.09 Third Declension Production

It is important for you to recognize the patterns in the cases among the three declensions.

1. What similarity do all the accusative singulars of all three declensions share?

2. What similarity do all the accusative plurals of all three declensions share?

3. What similarity do all the genitive plurals of all three declensions share?

4. What cases does -is indicate in first and second declension? In third declension? How will you tell the difference?

5. What similarity do you notice about the dative and ablative plural in all three declensions?

Now, let's apply what we have reviewed.

6. A noun whose genitive ends in -ae is in ___________ declension, and the genitive singular of all second declension nouns ends in ________.

7. The genitive singular ending of third declension nouns is ________.

8. The dictionary entry for a noun begins with the _________ singular case.

9. The next listing in the dictionary entry is the ________ singular case.

10. Next in the dictionary entry is the _________, and finally is the English definition.

Part II: Use this dictionary section to answer the questions that follow.

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labor, laboris, m. work, hardship

laboro, laborare, laboravi, laboratus, work

latus, lata, latum, wide

laudo, laudare, laudavi , laudatus, praise

lavo, lavare, lavi, lautus, wash, bathe

lego, legere, legi, lectus, choose, gather, read

lex, legis, f. law

liber, libri, m. book

liber, libera, liberum, free

liberi, liberorum, m. (pl) children

libero, liberare, liberavi , liberatus, free

libertas, libertatis, f. freedom, liberty

lingua, linguae, f. tongue, language

littera, litterae, f. (s) letter of the alphabet, (pl) letter you write, letters

locus, loci, m. place (neuter in the plural)

longus, longa, longum, long

ludus, ludi, m. game, school

lux, lucis, f. light

1. Which noun/nouns in the list above belong to the first declension?

2. Which noun/nouns in the list above belong to the second declension?

3. Which noun/nouns in the list above belong to third declension?

4. Give the stem for the third declension nouns in the list above?

5. Decline one of the third declension nouns.