Latin Noun Cases

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.

(a)  

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

• nominative

• accusative

• ablative

• genitive

• dative

Answer explanation

NOM

(VOC)

ACC

GEN

DAT

ABL

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

• accusative

• ae, ārum

• ablative

• ae, īs

• dative

• am, ās

• nominative

• ā, īs

• genitive

• a, ae

Now match the second declension endings to their cases.

• nominative

• us, ī

• ablative

• ō, īs (1)

• genitive

• ī, ōrum

• dative

• um, ōs

• accusative

• ō, īs (2)

Same thing, but now third declension.

• genitive

• e, ibus

• accusative

• Ø, ēs

• dative

• em, ēs

• nominative

• is, (i)um

• ablative

• ī, ibus

Fourth declension.

• ablative

• um, ūs

• nominative

• ū, ibus

• accusative

• us, ūs

• genitive

• ūs, uum

• dative

• uī, ibus

And, finally, fifth declension.

• nominative

• eī, ēbus

• accusative

• ē, ēbus

• ablative

• em, ēs

• genitive

• ēs, ēs

• dative

• 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