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For ancient, rare, and Greek forms (which are here omitted), see entries for the individual declensions.
Latin declension is the set of patterns according to which Latin words are declined—that is, have their endings altered to show grammatical case, number and gender. Nouns, pronouns, and adjectives are declined (verbs are conjugated), and a given pattern is called a declension.
Shows the main Latin noun declensions with endings color-coded for easy memorization. What it looks like There’s also an alternate version with the vocative included and the forms in a slightly different order (nominative, vocative, accusative, genitive, dative, ablative).
Here are the genitive singular endings for each declension: first declension: -ae. second declension: -i. third declension -is. fourth declension: -ūs. fifth declension: -ei. It's best to memorize these so that you can always tell what gender a word is by looking at its dictionary entry.
Latin Declensions. Roll over each highlighted ending to see all the cases and declensions where it occurs.
Let’s take a look at these fifth declension endings in action using the Latin word dies, -ei, f. or m., day. Here are some other fifth declension nouns for practice: effigies, effigiei, f., effigy. fides, fidei, f., faith. res, rei, f., thing. spes, spei, f., hope.
There are 5 noun declensions in Latin, indicating a word’s number, case, and gender. Number: Singular or Plural. Case: Indicates Part of Speech. Gender: Masculine, Feminine, Neuter. Nouns that belong to the same declension have the same singular genitive ending.