3rd declension
consonant + i-stems


Specific features of the 3rd declension
´All 3 genders are included (cortex m., radix f., femur n.)
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´Nom. Sg. – various endings (sanguis, excisio, abductor, rete, latus, femur, abdomen, cavitas)
´Nominative form is not interconnected with the gender!!!
´Two main groups:
´nominative and genitive stem differs (genitive is longer than nominative) Consonant stems
´nominative and genitive stem remains unchanged (genitive has same number of syllables as
nominative) I- stems  + exceptions
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Consonant stems
´stem in gen. sg. and nom sg. usually differs (pulm-o//pulmon-is, fem-ur//femor-is,
rad-ix//radic-is)
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´for the proper inflection it is necessary to know the genitive form
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´1. pulm-o
´2. pulmon-is
´4. pulmon-em
´6. pulmon-e
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Paradigms of consonant stems
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i-stems
´stem in nom. sg. and gen. sg. does not differ (pelv-is //pelv-is, canal-is//canal-is,    ret-e//
ret-is, dos-is//dosis)
1. cut-is
2. cut-is
4. cut-em
6. cut-e

Paradigms of i-stems
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Difference between consonant and i-stems?
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What nouns are declined as pelvis?
´masculine and feminine nouns…
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´which have the same nominative and genitive forms:
´cutis, is, f.; canalis, is, m.; auris, is, f.; cystis, is, f.; axis, is, f.
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´whose genitive stem ends in two consonants
´dens, ntis, m.; pars, rtis, f.; pons, ntis, m.; mens, ntis, f.; lens, ntis, f.

Nouns declined like rete?
´Only the following three neuters:
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´animal, alis, n.
´calcar, aris, n.
´cochlear, aris, n.
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Words of Greek origin
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Nouns declined like dosis?
´feminine nouns of Greek origin ending in –sis, -xis, or –osis
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´*in the dictionary you can identify them according to the double Genitive ending –is/-eos
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´some Latin nouns:
´febris, is, f.
´sitis, is, f.
´tussis, is, f.
´pertussis, is, f.
´tuberculosis, is, f.
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