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e.g. villa, villae, f. house
     puella, puellae, f. girl
end in –us most of the time,
  but can end in –er or –ir.

  e.g. amicus, amici, m. friend
    
 
puer, pueri, m. boy
N.B. the genitive (the second word) always
ends in –i.
Can end in anything. You identify
them by the –is in the genitive,
the second word listed.


e.g. canis, canis, m/f. dog
     mater, matris, f., mother
1st declension -
             Via, viae, f., road
2nd declension –
             Vir, viri, m. man
3rd declension
             Pater, patris, m. father
Declension of a noun2

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  • 4. e.g. villa, villae, f. house puella, puellae, f. girl
  • 5. end in –us most of the time, but can end in –er or –ir. e.g. amicus, amici, m. friend puer, pueri, m. boy N.B. the genitive (the second word) always ends in –i.
  • 6. Can end in anything. You identify them by the –is in the genitive, the second word listed. e.g. canis, canis, m/f. dog mater, matris, f., mother
  • 7. 1st declension - Via, viae, f., road 2nd declension – Vir, viri, m. man 3rd declension Pater, patris, m. father