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Dr. Edward Peters 

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Masterpage

1983 Code

 

Masterpage

1917 Code

 Masterpage

 Liber Extra

 

 Masterpage

 Eastern Code

Resolution

1152 x 864

Updated

16 sep 2014

General Ecclesiastical Latin Charts


Ecclesiastical Latin

 

This page supplies

prose prompts.

 

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 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 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.

 

Chart showing use of relative pronouns, here.

 

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

 


 

Personal pronouns

 

First Person

Second Person

for Third Person, see the Unemphatic Demonstrative Pronoun/Adjective
ego nos tu vos
mei

nostri / nostrum

tui

vestri / vestrum

mihi nobis tibi vobis
me nos te vos
me nobis te vobis

 

The Unemphatic Demonstrative Pronoun/Adjective:

 

Is, ea, id

 

 

Masculine

Feminine

Neuter

is

ei

ea

eae

id

ea

ejus

eorum

ejus

earum

ejus

eorum

ei

eis

ei

eis

ei

eis

eum

eos

eam

eas

id

ea

eo

eis

ea

eis

eo

eis

 


Emphatic Demonstrative Pronoun/Adjective:

 

Ille, Illa, Illud

 

Masculine

Feminine

Neuter

ille

illi

illa

illae

illud

illa

illius

illorum

illius

illarum

illius

illorum

illi

illis

illi

illis

illi

illis

illum

illos

illam

illas

illud

illa

illo

illis

illa

illis

illo

illis

 


Emphatic Demonstrative Pronoun/Adjective:

 

Hic, Haec, Hoc

 

 

Masculine

Feminine

Neuter

hic

hi

haec

hae

hoc

haec

huius

horum

huius

harum

huius

horum

huic

his

huic

his

huic

his

hunc

hos

hanc

has

hoc

haec

hoc

his

hac

his

hoc

his

 


Verbs

Esse and Posse