3rd declension/II
I-stems


Find Greek and Latin synonymes
•ENGLISH LATIN GREEK
•
•_____________ Os, oris _____________
•Kidney _____________ _____________
•_____________ _____________ Colon
•Brain _____________ _____________
•_____________ Organum _____________
•_____________ _____________ Hepar
•Stitch _____________ _____________
•_____________ Vulnus _____________
UNIT4, TASK 4 (BOOK)
Intestinum crassum
Cerebrum
Organon
R(h)aphe
Nephros
Encephalon
Sutura
Organ
Large intestine
Ren
Liver
Iecur
Injury, wound
Trauma
Mouth
Stoma

Find opposites
•Dura mater encephali
•Tumor malignus
•Pes dexter
•Medulla ossium flava
•Vitium congenitum
•Regio parva
•Sanatio per primam intentionem
•PIA
•BENIGNUS
•SINISTER
•RUBRA
•ACQUISITUM
•MAGNA
•SECUNDAM
UNIT 4,TASK 8 (BOOK)

Change for nominative plural
•sphincter
•foramen nutricium
•dolor chronicus
•vas longum
•musculus adductor
•femur fractum
•cartilago thyreoidea
•vulnus punctum
•sphincteres
•foramina nutricia
•dolores chronici
•vasa longa
•musculi adductores
•femora fracta
•cartilagines thyreoideae
•vulnera puncta
UNIT 4,TASK 7 (BOOK)

Add loose attributes
•Cavitas + septum nasi
•Operatio + cervix uteri
•Corpus + vertebra thoracica
•Fractura + os sacrum
•Luxatio + crus
•Morbus infectiosus + abdomen
•Dolor acutus + caput
•Cavitas septi nasi
•Operatio cervicis uteri
•Corpus vertebrae thoracicae
•Fractura ossis sacri
•Luxatio cruris
•Morbus infectiosus abdominis
•Dolor acutus capitis
UNIT 4,TASK 5 (BOOK)

Connect expressions with prepositions
•Inter
•Post
•Sub
•Propter
•Ad
•Pro
•Per
•Cum
•Contra
•Phalanges digitorum
•Operatio carcinomatis
•Lobus dexter pulmonis
•Dolor acutus cordis
•Cavitas nasi
•Injectio subcutanea
•Os
•Vulnus sectum
•Ulcus ventriculi
Phalanges digitorum
Operationem carcinomatis
Lobum dextrum pulmonis
Dolorem acutum cordis
Cavitatem nasi
Injectione subcutanea
Os
Vulnere secto
Ulcus ventriculi
UNIT 4,TASK 6 (BOOK)

3rd Declension
•Paradigms
–Dolor (M+F)
–Corpus (N)
–
•Characteristics
–Change in the stem
–Genitive form longer than nominative form
•
•Paradigms
–Pelvis (M+F)
–Rete (N)
–Dosis (F)
•Characteristics
–Occasional change in the stem
–Genitive form usually identical with the nominative form
•
–
–

How to recognize the paradigm in the 3rd declension
1)Neuter gender nouns with nominative on -ar, -e, -al will be always inflected like “RETE”
2)Latin origin masculine and feminine gender nous with nominative on -is or -es, and equal number
of syllables in nominative and genitive sg. will be always inflected like “PELVIS”
3)Greek origin feminine gender nouns with nominative on -sis, -xis, -osis, and usually having equal
number of syllables in nominative and genitive sg. will be always inflected like “DOSIS”
4)

EXCEPTIONS
1.hepar, hepatis, n. is declined like “CORPUS”
2.Nouns like dens, dentis, m.; pars, partis, f.; are inflected like “PELVIS” even if they do not
have equal number of syllables
3.Words inflected like “DOSIS” have very frequently irregular genitive sg. on -eos and accusative
sg. on -in.
4.5 Latin origin nouns {FEBRIS, TUSSIS, PERTUSSIS, SITIS, TUBERCULOSIS} are inflected like “DOSIS”
5.Greek nouns typical ending
1.-osis > non-inflammatory degenerative disease
– e. g. arthrosis, nephrosis,

Endings
3: M+F
3: M+F
3: F
2:
2:
DOLOR
PELVIS
DOSIS
CORPUS
RETE
SG
1.
-?
-is/-es
-sis/-xis/-osis
-?
-ar/-e/-al
2.
-(?)is
-is
-is/-eos
-(?)is
-is
4.
-em
-em
-im/-in
= 1
= 1
6.
-e
-e
-i
-e
-i
PL
1.
-es
-es
-es
-a
-ia
2.
-um
-ium
-ium
-um
-ium
4.
-es
-es
-es
= 1
= 1
6.
-ibus
-ibus
-ibus
-ibus
-ibus