First Declension Nouns
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This page details the declension of all nouns in the first declension. What is a declension?
The First Declension
Gender: Almost all nouns are fem. Genetive Ending: -ae
The following are tables of the endings for first declension nouns. Our example is puella, -ae, f. (girl).
Singular
Case | Ending | Example |
Nom | -a | puella |
Voc | -a | puella |
Acc | -am | puellam |
Gen | -ae | puellae |
Dat | -ae | puellae |
Abl | -a | puella |
Plural
Case | Ending | Example |
Nom | -ae | puellae |
Voc | -ae | puellae |
Acc | -as | puellas |
Gen | -arum | puellarum |
Dat | -is | puellis |
Abl | -is | puellis |
Notes and Further Info
- As with all nouns, the endings are added to the stem. This can be arrived at as
described in detailhere.
- Almost all first decl. nouns are feminine, but a few are masculine (eg nauta, -ae, sailor). However,
these nouns take the same endings as feminines, but watch out when using them with adjectives.
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