Revisio Casuum

Which three of the following parts of speech can have cases?

• noun

• pronoun

• adjective

• adverb

• verb

The case of a noun, pronoun, or adjective is another word for its _ in a sentence.

Put the following Latin cases in the order you'd find them in a chart.

• nominative

• genitive

• ablative

• accusative

• dative

Answer explanation

Remember:

NO

GREAT

DUKE

ACCEPTS

ABUSE

Let's start with forms. Match the first declension endings to their cases.

• genitive

• a, ae

• dative

• am, ās

• ablative

• ae, ārum

• accusative

• ā, īs

• nominative

• ae, īs

Now match the second declension endings to their cases.

• genitive

• ō, īs (1)

• nominative

• us, ī

• ablative

• um, ōs

• dative

• ī, ōrum

• accusative

• ō, īs (2)

Same thing, but now third declension.

• genitive

• Ø, ēs

• accusative

• e, ibus

• dative

• ī, ibus

• ablative

• em, ēs

• nominative

• is, um

Fourth declension.

• genitive

• ūs, uum

• ablative

• ū, ibus

• dative

• um, ūs

• nominative

• us, ūs

• accusative

• uī, ibus

And, finally, fifth declension.

(Eheu! We haven't gotten to this one yet, have we? Do you think your chartae would let you make some educated guesses?)

• accusative

• eī, ērum

• nominative

• em, ēs

• dative

• eī, ēbus

• ablative

• ē, ēbus

• genitive

• ēs, ēs

What can change a declension's endings ever so slightly?

• the position of the noun

• the tense of the verb

• the neuter gender

• the conjugation of the verb

• the disfavor of the gods

Which of the following declensions can have neuter nouns?

• first

• second

• third

• fourth

• fifth