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Section 9: Genitive Case and Dative Case

Practice Your Declensions

1. cor, cordis, n. (heart)

Case

Singular Plural

Plural

Nominative cor

corda

Genitive

cordis

cordum

Dative

cordī

cordibus

Accusative

cor

corda

Ablative

corde

cordibus

2. ignis, ignis, m. (fire)

Case

Singular

Plural

Nominative ignis

ignē s

Genitive

ignis

ignium

Dative

ignī

ignibus

Accusative

ignem

ignē s

Ablative

igne

ignibus

3. lla, vī llae, f. (farmhouse)

Case

Singular

Plural

Nominative villa

villae

Genitive

villae

villā rum

Dative

villae

villī s

Accusative

villam

villā s

Ablative

villā

villī s

4. fidē s, fideī,f. (trust)

Case

Singular

Plural

Nominative fidēs

fidē s

Genitive

fideī

fidē rum

Dative

fideī

fidē bus

Accusative

fidem

fidē s

Ablative

fidē

fidē bus

5. squā lor, squā loris, m.

(roughness)

Case

Singular

Plural

Nominative squālor

squā lorē s

Genitive

squā loris squā lorum

Dative

squā lorī

squā loribus

Accusative

squā lorem squā lorē s

Ablative

squā lore

squā loribus

6. sus, nā , m. (nose)

Case

Singular

Plural

Nominative nāsus

Genitive

rum

Dative

s

Accusative

sum

s

Ablative

s

7. iubar, iubaris, n. (light-beam)

Case

Singular

Plural

Nominative iubar

iubaria

Genitive

iubaris

iubarium

Dative

iubarī

iubaribus

Accusative iubar

iubaria

Ablative

iubarī

iubaribus

8. tus, rī s, m. (ceremony,

rite)

Case

Singular

Plural

Nominative

tus

s

Genitive

s

tuum

Dative

tuī

tibus

Accusative

tum

s

Ablative

tibus

Latin-to-English Translations

  • Mens virī n valē bat. The man's mind was not strong.

  • Amor mā tris filiī aegrī permī vit. The mother's love for her sick son moved me deeply.

  • Deī deaeque hominēs urbium, quī s sanctīs atque sacrīs numquam observā bant, saepe relī nque-bant. Gods and goddesses often abandoned the people of cities who never observed sacred and holy rites.

  • In mediī oppidī stā bant et corpus rē gis mortuī omnibus monstrā vit. They stood in the middle of the town and he showed everyone the body of the dead king.

  • Pars civium lacrimā bant, cē terī gaudē bant. Some of the citizens wept, others were glad.

English-to-Latin Translations

  • After a few months they caught the sad man in the country near Cumae. Post paucīs mensēs tristem rurī prope Cumās cē runt.

  • Cumae was closer to Rome than Brundisium. Cumae erat propior Romae Brundisiī quam Brundisium.

  • They took the man by ship across the sea. Virum/Hominem trans mare navī duxē runt.

  • He came home very unwillingly. Domum invī tissimē nit.

  • He stayed in jail for many days with the others. In carcere multīs diēs cum cē terīs manē bat.

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