U4 NOTES

ADJECTIVES belonging to the 2nd declension have 3 endings: on efor masculines, one for feminines,
one for neuters:

Depuratus + M

Depurata + F

Depuratum + N

Extractum depuratum N = 1st case

ad extractum depuratum = 4th case, preposition ad goes with case no. 4

Humerus sanus M (healthy shoulder) = 1st case

ad humerum sanum = 4th case, preposition with case no. 4

aqua pura F = 1st case

ad aquam puram = 4th case, preposition with case no. 4

key to hwk U3 ex 3p 19

ramus dexter x sinister, cavum parvum x magnum, organum sanum x aegrotum (ill, diseased),
ligamentum latum x angustum, remedium compositum x simplex, musculus profundus x superficialis,
nasus externus x internus, extractum siccum x hydrosum/humidum

ex 4/20

periculum rupturae digiti, extractum sirupi pro (+6) adultis,

NOTE adultus,i, M = noun, the adult + adjective = adultus, adulta, adultum

Post (+4) rupturam (OF=2)  ligamenti lati (OF=2) uteri,

Pilula sub (+6) lingua, aqua destillata in (+6) lagoena, rami (OF+2 PL) nervorum, morbus
contagiosus – rubeola, sub signo veneni, ligamentum (OF=2) uteri.


3rd declension:

It is necessary to study the vocabulary properly: memorize: pes, pedis, M = 1st case, 2nd case,
gender

M+F

SG

1 pes

2 ped- is: ending -is identifies the 3rd declension, ped= genitive stem, basis of any word, i tis
used in other cases:

4 ped -em

6 ped- e

PL

1 ped -es

2 ped – um

4 ped -es

6 ped-ibus

Nouns in the 3rd declension are subdivided to consonant stems and i- stems.

I-stems comprise 2 groups of words:

1 having the same number of syllabi in case 1 and 2 e.g.: 1 au - ris, 2 au – ris, 1 ca-na-lis, 2
ca-na-lis

2 having 2 consonats before -is in case 2: 1 dnes, 2 dent -is, 1 ars, 2 art- is

Consonant stems = dolor, i-stems = auris

SG                          PL
SG                                          PL

1 dolor                 dolor- es
auris                                      aur -es

2 dolor – is         dolor -um                                           aur
-is                                   aur -i um

4 dolor-em         dolor -es                                             aur
-em                                aur -es

6 dolor -e            dolor -ibus                                         aur
-e                                   aur -ibus

Classification between dolor and auris:

1.       Must be M or F

2.       Does it have he same no. of syllabi in case 1+2? yes = auris, no-ask another question:
does it have 2 consonats before the ending  -is in genitive? Yes = auris, NO = dolor

NEUTERS

Consonant stems= corpus, i-stems = cochlear

SG                          PL
SG                          PL

1 corpus              corpor- a                                             cochlear
cochlear -ia

2 corpor – is       corpor – um                                      cochlear – is       cochlear-
ium

4 corpus              corpor- a                                             cochlear
cochlear - ia

6 corpor -e         corpor – ibus                                     cochlear- i
cochlear- ibus

ONLY rete, calcar, animal are declined like cochlear!!! All the other neuters of the 3rd declension
belong to the example corpus.

NOTE! Tussis (dough) = exception case no 6 = tussi

Ós = mouth x os= bone