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Cambridge Latin Course Stage 17: Genitive Nouns

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This formative review the creation and translation of genitive case nouns.

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Take a moment to review our slides about the genitive case in Latin. Once you are done, answer the questions that follow.

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What does the word "case" refer to in Latin?

It is the characteristic of a noun that indicates...

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2.

Match each case to its corresponding noun use.

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Dative

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subject

Nominative

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possession

Accusative

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indirect object; object of special verbs (like appropinquare)

Ablative

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direct object; object of non-SID SPACE prepositions

Genitive

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object of SID SPACE prepositions

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To form a noun's stem, you go to the genitive form of a noun and remove the genitive

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In addtion to being used to create a noun's stem, what other helpful information does a noun's genitive ending tell us?

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Match each genitive ending with the declension it indicates.

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-ae

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2nd declension

-is

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4th declension

-us

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1st declension

-ei

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3rd declension

-i

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5th declension

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What declension do each of these nouns belong to based on their genitive endings?

  • ara, arae, f. - altar

  • princeps, principis, m. - chieftain

  • gladiator, gladiatoris, m. - gladiator

  • arena, arenae, f. - arena

  • puer, pueri, m. - boy

  • litus, litoris, n. - shore

  • poeta, poetae, m. - poet

  • auxilium, auxilii, n. - help

  • 1st Declension

  • 2nd Declension

  • 3rd Declension

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7.

What is the stem of the following noun?

Use the "Show Your Work" feature to show me how you formed your stem.

femina, feminae, f. - woman

Please do not include any dashes or underscores in your answer.

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What is the stem of the following noun?

Use the "Show Your Work" feature to show me how you formed your stem.

consilium, consilii, n. - plan, idea

Please do not include any dashes or underscores in your answer.

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What is the stem of the following noun?

Use the "Show Your Work" feature to show me how you formed your stem.

flumen, fluminis, n. - river

Please do not include any dashes or underscores in your answer.

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Given our process for forming noun stems and the endings in this video, what is the genitive plural form of puella, puellae, f. - girl?

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Question 12
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11.

Given our process for forming noun stems and the endings in this video, what is the accusative plural form of consilium, consilii, n. - plan?

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Given our process for forming noun stems and the endings in this video, what is the ablative singular form of flumen, fluminis, n. - river?