PRACTICE--Noun cases/functions; Sorting by declension

Match the following noun cases to their functions

• direct object

• nominative

• 's/of; possession

• accusative

• to/for; indirect object

• dative

• lots of things/object of preposition

• genitive

• subjects

• ablative

ALL 1st declension nouns have a genitive singular that ends in:

• -ae

• -i

• -is

ALL 2nd declension nouns have a genitive singular that ends in:

• -ae

• -i

• -is

ALL 3rd declension nouns have a genitive singular that ends in:

• -ae

• -i

• -is

Sort the following nouns into their proper declensions

Groups:

(a) 1st declension

,

(b) 2nd declension

,

(c) 3rd declension

• vir, viri

• via, viae

• corpus, corporis

• puella, puellae

• poeta, poetae

• lux, lucis

• basium, basii

• servus, servi

• tempestas, tempestatis