33. The following table shows a comparison between English and Latin declension forms, and should be thoroughly memorized:
ENGLISH CASES LATIN CASES
Declension of d0mina Declension Name of case and use Name of case and use of wlo ? and translation Who ? Nominative -- do'min-a Nominative -- case of the llze lady case of the subject subject Whose? Possessive -- domin-ae Genitive -- case of the tlze lady's case of the possessor oft'he lad 5, possessor Whom ? Objective -- domin-am Accusative -- case of the tlze lady case of the object direct object Who ? Nominative -- domin-ae Nominative -- case of the Zlze ladies case of the subject subject Whose? Possessive -- domin-a'rum Genitive-- case of the llze lad/es' case of the possessor vf tle &dies possessor Whom? Objective-- domin-as Accusative- case of the he ladies case of the object direct object
When the nominative singular of a noun ends in -a, observe that
a. The nominative plural ends in -ae. a. The genitive singulm- ends in -ae and the genitive plural in -ārum. c. The accusative singular ends in -am and the accusative plural in -ās. d. The genitive singular and the nominative plural have the same ending.
34. EXERCISE
Pronounce the following words and give their general meaning. Then give the number and case, and the use of each form. Where the same form stands for more than one case, give all the possible cases and uses.
1. Silva, silvāas, silvare. 2. Fugam, fugae, fuga. 3. Terrārum, terrae, terrās. 4. Aquās, causam, lūnās. S. Filiae, fortūnae, lūnae. 6. Inūriās, agricolārum, aquārum. 7. Iniūriārum, agricolae, puellās. 8. Nautam, agricolās, nautās. 9. Agricolam, puellam, silvārum.
