THE SECOND DECLENSION -US: MASCULINE NOUNS The 2nd DECLENSION is the declension of the MASCULINE NOUNS finishing in –US. These are the CASE ENDINGS: Case Singular Plural Nominative Us i Vocative e Accusative um os Genitive orum Dative o is Ablative Case Singular Plural Nominative SERV- Us SERV- i Vocative SERV-e SERV-i Accusative SERV-um SERV-os Genitive SERV-orum Dative SERV- o SERV-is Ablative SERV-o SERVis MASCULINE nouns usually go with adjectives with the same endings: Nominative: SERVUS BONUS SERVA BONA Accusative: SERVUM BONUM SERVAM BONAM

2nd declension: PRACTICE Case Singular Plural Nominative Us i Vocative e Accusative um os Genitive orum Dative o is Ablative CULTURE BOOKLET. The Roman House (PAGE 60) Caecilius est in peristylo. Caecilius in peristylo amoeno fere sedet. NOUN+ADJECTIVE FREQUENCY ADVERB “usually” NOMINATIVE SINGULAR SUBJECT VERB, 3rd person singular NOMINATIVE SINGULAR SUBJECT VERB 3rd person Singular PREP+ ABLATIVE PLACE COMPLEMENT PREP+ ABLATIVE PLACE COMPLEMENT “Caecilius is in the colonnaded patio. Caecilius usually sits in the quiet/still patio”.

Translation practice: 1st and 2nd declension Servus Romulus est in magno atrio. Romulus cubicula sordida purgat 3rd person sing.PRESENT VERB 3rNOMINATIVE SINGULAR SUJECT 3rNOMINATIVE SINGULAR SUJECT 3rd person sing.PRESENT VERB PREPOSITION + ABLATIVE PLACE COMPLEMENT ACCUSATIVE PLURAL (NEUTER) DIRECT COMPLEMENT TRANSLATION: The slave Romulus is in the big atrio. Romulus cleans the dirty bedrooms.

Translation practice: 1st and 2nd declension 3. Quintus in tablino litteras scribit et amicum suum recibit. 3rNOMINATIVE SINGULAR SUJECT 3rd person sing.PRESENT VERB PREPOSITION + ABLATIVE PLACE COMPLEMENT ACCUSATIVE PLURAL DIRECT COMPLEMENT 3rd person sing.PRESENT VERB ACCUSATIVE SINGULAR DIRECT COMPLEMENT COPULATIVE CONJUNCTION TRANSLATION: Quintus is writing in the office some letters and receives a friend of him.

NEUTER NOUNS NEUTER nouns have the same endings as the MASCULINE nouns, except for the NOMINATIVE, VOCATIVE AND ACCUSATIVE, which have special endings: Case Singular Plural Nominative UM A Vocative Accusative Genitive i orum Dative o is Ablative Case Singular Plural Nominative TEMPL-UM TEMPL-A Vocative Accusative Genitive TEMPL-i TEMPL-orum Dative TEMPL- o TEMPL-is Ablative TEMPL-o

2-1-2 and 3rd Declension Adjectives (masculine-feminine-neuter)

Overview Adjectives do not have to agree with nouns in declension. However, they must agree with the nouns they modify in Gender, Number, and Case. There are two types of adjectives, 2-1-2 and 3rd declension adjectives (2 and 1 terminations).

2-1-2 Adjectives These adjectives can be identified by their nominative endings of us, a, and um. The masculine form of a 2-1-2 adjective declines like the second declension. The feminine form of the adjective declines like the first declension. And the neuter form declines like the 2nd Declension Neuter.

2-1-2 Examples Masculine (2nd declension) Feminine (1st declension) Neuter Singular Nomin/Vocat Magnus Magna Magnum Accusative Magnam Genitive Magni Magnae Dative Magno Ablative Masculine Feminine Neuter Plural Nomin/Vocat Magni Magnae Magna Accusative Magnos Magnas Genitive Magnorum Magnarum Dative Magnis Ablative

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