3.5: §22. Summary of the Five Latin Noun Declensions
| DECL. NO. | LATIN EXAMPLES | ENGLISH MEANINGS | LATIN BASE |
ENGLISH NOUN DERIVATIVES
(D = DOUBLETS) |
| 1 |
camera
forma persona |
room
shape mask, role |
camer-
form- person – |
camera, chamber (D)
form persona, person, parson (D) |
| 2 |
modus
radius terminus signum verbum vitium |
manner
rod, spoke boundary mark word fault, vice |
mod-
radi- termin- sign- verb- viti- |
mode, mood (D)
radius, ray (D) terminus sign verb vice |
| 3 |
ars
vox origo corpus genus omen |
skill
voice source body kind omen |
art-[is]
voc- origin- corpor- gener- omin- |
art
voice origin corpus, corpse, corps (D) genus, gender, genre (D) omen |
| 4 |
manus
(F)
sinus spiritus |
hand
curve breath |
manu-
sinu- spiritu- |
[manufacture]
sinus, sine (D) spirit, sprite (D) |
| 5 |
species
series |
appearance
row |
speci-
seri- |
species
series |
| DECL. NO. |
TYPICAL
GENDER |
LATIN
SINGULAR / PLURAL |
SECTION
REFERENCE |
| 1 | F. | -a / -ae | §10 |
| 2 |
M.
N. |
-us
/
-i
-um / -a |
§12 |
| 3 |
M.F.
N. |
unpredictable
/
-es
unpredictable / -a |
§18 |
| 4 | M. | -us / -us | §20 |
| 5 | F. | -es / -es | §21 |