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THE SECOND DECLENSION.

Nominative. The Nominative ends in -ŭs, -ĕr, and -um. Gender. -us and -er generally Masculine, -um Neuter.

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Gen. Magistr-i, a master's, or of a Magistr-Orum, of mas

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Some Nouns in -er preserve the e before -r through all the cases, instead of dropping it, as, puer, a boy.

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Abl. Puer-o2, by, with, or from a Puer-is', by, with, or from

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1 The Ablative of Nouns denoting a living thing, as, magister, puer, judex, &c., usually requires a Preposition, as a (ab), by, from, cum, with, etc.

2 A Preposition must generally be used with the Latin word. (See preceding footnote.)

Like 'puer' are declined,-gener, socer, vesper, Liber, and compounds of gero, I carry, and fero, I bear, as,

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Note on Neuter Nouns. The Nominative, Accusative, and Vocative Cases of all Neuter Nouns are the same in each number, and in the Plural they always end in -ă.

Nouns in

Note on the Genitive of the Second Declension. -ius, -ium often contract -ii into -i in the Genitive, as, filius, a son, Gen. filii, or fili; ingenium, ability, Gen. ingenii, or ingĕni.

Note on the Vocative of the Second Declension. Filius, a son, and names of men ending in -ius, make -i in the Vocative ; as, filius, Voc. fili, O son; Virgilius, Virgil, Voc. Virgili, O Virgil. Deus, God, has Voc. Deus (not Dee), O God.

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THE THIRD DECLENSION.

Nominative and Gender. The Nominative ends variously. The Gender is also various.

Divisions. Nouns of this Declension have two divisions, namely, (1) Nouns which have -um in the Genitive Plural; (2) Nouns which have -ium in the Genitive Plural.

Nouns increasing (i. e. having more Syllables in the Genitive than in the Nominative) make -um in the Gen. Pl.; Nouns not increasing make-ium. (For exceptions see § 47, e.)

1 Son-in-law, father-in-law, evening, Bacchus, armour-bearer.

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N.V. Nūbēs, a cloud, or O cloud. Nub-es, clouds, or O clouds.

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THE FOURTH DECLENSION.

Nominative. The Nominative ends in -ŭs and -u.

Gender. -us generally Masculine, -u Neuter.

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D.A. Gen-u, to, for, by, with, or Gen-ibus, to, for, by, with, or

from a knee.

from knees.

Note. The Dat. and Abl. Pl. of the Fourth Declension are sometimes written -ubus instead of -ibus, as, genŭbus.

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THE FIFTH DECLENSION.

Nominative. The Nominative ends in -es.

Gender. Feminine, except dies, a day, which is Common in the Singular, Masculine in the Plural.

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