Latin Noun Case Uses

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.

• accusative

• dative

• nominative

• genitive

• ablative

Answer explanation

NOM

(VOC)

ACC

GEN

DAT

ABL

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

• accusative

• ā, īs

• nominative

• ae, īs

• dative

• am, ās

• ablative

• ae, ārum

• genitive

• a, ae

Now match the second declension endings to their cases.

• nominative

• ī, ōrum

• genitive

• um, ōs

• ablative

• ō, īs (2)

• dative

• us, ī

• accusative

• ō, īs (1)

Same thing, but now third declension.

• ablative

• is, (i)um

• nominative

• e, ibus

• genitive

• Ø, ēs

• dative

• em, ēs

• accusative

• ī, ibus

Fourth declension.

• nominative

• um, ūs

• accusative

• ū, ibus

• ablative

• uī, ibus

• dative

• ūs, uum

• genitive

• us, ūs

And, finally, fifth declension.

• dative

• ēs, ēs

• nominative

• ē, ēbus

• ablative

• em, ēs

• genitive

• eī, ēbus

• accusative

• eī, ērum

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