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Updated

16 sep 2014

General Ecclesiastical Latin Charts


Ecclesiastical Latin

 

These study charts for Ecclesiastical Latin are, I think, a bit more user-friendly than are some I've seen other places.

 


Declensions I - V

 

The vocative case is identical with the nominative in all declensions except for certain words in the second declension masculine singular.

 

The locative case should be studied separately.

 Most nouns in the first declension are feminine, except for a few proper nouns and those that describe jobs or occupations. There are no neuters.

 

I.

Feminine (masc.)

Neuter

Singular

Plural

   

Nom.

-a

-ae

-

-

Gen.

-ae

-arum

-

-

Dat.

-ae

-is

-

-

Acc.

-am

-as

-

-

Abl.

-a

-is

-

-

 

 Most nouns in the second declension are masculine or neuter, though a very few feminine nouns use masculine endings.

 

II.

Masculine (fem.)

Neuter

Singular

Plural

Singular

Plural

Nom.

-us

-i

-um

-a

Gen.

-i

-orum

-i

-orum

Dat.

-o

-is

-o

-is

Acc.

-um

-os

-um

-a

Abl.

-o

-is

-o

-is

 

 The third declension includes nearly half of all nouns in Latin. Between the first three declensions over 95% of all nouns in Ecclesiastical Latin are presented.

 

III.

Masculine/Feminine

Neuter

Singular

Plural

Singular

Plural

Nom.

--

-es

--

-(i)a

Gen.

-is

-(i)um

-is

-(i)um

Dat.

-i

-ibus

-i

-ibus

Acc.

-em

-es

--

-(i)a

Abl.

-e

-ibus

-e / -i

-ibus

 

 Most nouns in the fourth declension are masculine, a few neuters take their own endings, and a very few feminine nouns herein use masculine endings.

 

IV.

Masculine (fem.)

Neuter

Singular

Plural

Singular

Plural

Nom.

-us

-us

-u

-ua

Gen.

-us

-uum

-us

-uum

Dat.

-ui

-ibus

-u

-ibus

Acc.

-um

-us

-u

-ua

Abl.

-u

-ibus

-u

-ibus

 

 Most nouns in the fifth declension are feminine, but a few masculine nouns use the same endings. There are no neuters. The fourth and fifth declensions are very small but they contain some important nouns for ecclesiastical usage.

 

V.

Feminine (masc.)

Neuter

Singular

Plural

   

Nom.

-es

-es

-

-

Gen.

-ei

-erum

-

-

Dat.

-ei

-ebus

-

-

Acc.

-em

-es

-

-

Abl.

-e

-ebus

-

-

 


 

Relative pronouns take the gender and number from their antecedent but they take their case from how they operate in their clause.

Relative pronouns - qui, quae, quod

 

Masculine

Feminine

Neuter

qui

qui

quae

quae

quod

quae

cuius

quorum

cuius

quarum

cuius

quorum

cui

quibus

cui

quibus

cui

quibus

quem

quos

quam

quas

quod

quae

quo

quibus

qua

quibus

quo

quibus

 

Masculine

Feminine

Neuter

qui

qui

quae

quae

quod

quae

cuius

quorum

cuius

quarum

cuius

quorum

cui

quibus

cui

quibus

cui

quibus

quem

quos

quam

quas

quod

quae

quo

quibus

qua

quibus

quo

quibus

 


 


 

 

Verb Charts

Esse and Posse