}3rd DECLENSION
}Latin and Greek nouns
}(I-STEMS)
}

}
}1) Nouns of Latin origin:
}Masculines + feminines – pelvis
}Neuters – rete
1)
}2) Nouns of Greek (+ Latin) origin:
}Feminines - dosis
}

}pelvis, is, f.
àmasculines + feminines (i-stems)
}
}1) The same number of syllables in nom. sg. and
}    gen. sg.:
}    e.g. au|ris – au|ris, ca|na|lis – ca|na|lis
1)
}2) A group of consonants before -is in gen. sg.:
}    e.g. dens - dentis, larynx – laryngis, mors - mortis
}
}sg.       pl.
}1. pelv-is 1. pelv-ēs
}2. pelv-is 2. pelv-ium !!!
}4. pelv-em 4. pelv-ēs
}6. pelv-e 6. pelv-ibus

}Nouns ending in –e/-ar/-al  in nom. sg.:
}e.g. rete, cochlear, animal
}
}sg. pl.
}1. rēte 1. rēt-ia
}2. rēt-is 2. rēt-ium
}4. rēte 4. rēt-ia
}6. rēt-ī 6. rēt-ibus
}

}Greek feminines:
}   -sis, -xis, -osis => the same number of syllables in nom. sg. and gen. sg.:
}   basis – basis, prophylaxis – prophylaxis, narcosis -
}  narcosis
}Latin feminines:
}   febris, tussis, pertussis, sitis, tuberculosis
}
}sg.        pl.
}1. dos-is 1. dos-ēs
}2. dos-is,-eos 2. dos-ium
}4. dos-im,-in 4. dos-ēs
}6. dos-ī 6. dos-ibus
}

}1) Gender
}- neuters: rete – corpus
}- masculines/feminines: dosis – pelvis – dolor
-
}2a) Neuters
}- nouns in –e/-ar/-al  à rete
}- other  neuters à corpus
-
}2b) Masculines/feminines
}- nouns of Greek origin ending in –sis/-xis/-osis (+ 5
}   Latin nouns) à dosis
}- nouns with the same number of syllables/a group of
}   consonants before –is in gen. sg. à pelvis
}- other masculines/feminines à dolor

}Functio
}Unguis
}Aether
}Pertussis
}Axis
}Lens
}Metastasis
}Encephalitis
}Cutis
}Animal
}Diaphragma

}Incisive tooth
}
}Right foot
}
}Alimentary canal
}
}Acute fever
}
}Danger of thrombosis
}
}Small spoon
}