LESSON IV. FIRST
DECLENSION.
14. Nouns of the First Declension end in -I. Feminine, and are declined as follows: -
They are
Porta, gate. SINGULAR. OASEB.
MEANINGB.
Nom. porta Gen. portae Dat. portae Ace. port am Voc. porta Au. porta
PLURAL. TERMINA-
MEANINGB.
TIONS.
a gate (subject) -a ofa gate -ae to or for a gate -ae a gate (object) -am o gate! -a with, by, from, -a in, a gate
portae portarum portis portae portae portis
gates (subject) of gates to or for gates gates (object) o gates! with, bY,fro'lll,. in, gates
TERMINATION8.
-ae -arum -is -Is -ae -is
1. The Latin has no article, and porta may mean either a gate or the gate; and in the Plural, gates or the gates.
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Peculiarities
of Nouns of the Pirst Declension.
1. EXCEPTIONSIN GENDER. Nouns denoting males are Masculine; as, nauta, sailor; agricola, fanner. 2. SPECIAL CASE-ENDINGS,a) The Locative Singular ends in -ae; as, Romae, at Rome. b) Dea, goddess, and filia, daughter, commonly form the Dative and Ablative Plural with the termination -Ibus; as, deiibus, fililibus. This is in order to distinguish these words from the corresponding cases of deus, god, and filius, son.
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VOCABULARY.
agricola, ae, m.,farmer. copia, ae, f., plenty; in plural, copJ,a.e, arum, troops; forces. filia, ae, f., daughter. Galba, ae, m., Golba (a man's name).
incola, ae, m .., inhabitant. Insula, ae, f., island. Italia, ae, f., Italy. nauta, ae, m., sailor.
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