V. VOCABULARY

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LESSON 10

GENITIVE PLURAL OF NOUNS AND

ADJECTIVES

In this lesson you will:

•Learn how to form the Genitive plural forms of nouns in the anatomical terminology.

This lesson is divided into the following sections:

I.Nouns and adjectives endings in Genitive plural.

II. Particularities of the Genitive plural formation in the 3rd declension. III. Exercises.

IV. Vocabulary

I. NOUNS AND ADJECTIVES ENDINGS IN GENITIVE PLURAL

The Latin nouns have Genitive plural endings as follows:

Attention!!! - Adjectives of the 1st group and adjectives in the superlative degree are declined on the pattern of the 1st and 2nd declensions (feminines – 1st declension, masculines and neuters – 2nd declension).

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maxĭmus, a, um – maximōrum, ārum, ōrum

II. PARTICULARITIES OF THE GENITIVE PLURAL FORMATION IN THE 3RD DECLENSION.

The following nouns of the 3rd declension end by –um:

1) the so-called imparisyllaba, i.e. the nouns that have unequal number of syllables in Nominative and Genitive, which stem is terminated by one consonant:

E.g.: forāmen, ĭnis n - foramĭn-um; pulmo, ōnis m - pulmōn-um; pes, pedis m - ped-um.

2) adjectives in comparative degree:

E.g: anterior, ius - anteriōr-um.

The following nouns of the 3rd declension end by –ium:

1) the so-called imparisyllaba, i.e. the nouns that have unequal number of

Remember also the Genitive plural forms of the following nouns:

•rete, is n – retium

•canālis, is m – canalium

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Attention!!! - The noun of the 3rd declension - vas, vasis n (vessel) is declined in plural on the pattern of the 2nd declension: Genitive plural - vasōrum.

III.EXERCISES

1.Determine the declension of each word, give the dictionary form:

2. Translate into Latin. Give the dictionary form of each noun, make up Genitive plural: