Nomen:_____________________________________

Hodie est: _____________________

Declining Latin NounsLesson 1.1

1.

Decline these 1st Declension Nouns:

terra, terrae Noun Meaning: __________________________

Singular

Exercise 1
Noun Stem: __________________
Plural

Nominative
Genitive
Dative
Accusative
Ablative

porta, portae Noun Meaning: __________________________

Singular

Noun Stem: __________________

Plural

Nominative
Genitive
Dative
Accusative
Ablative

Maria, Mariae
Nominative
Genitive
Dative
Accusative
Ablative

Noun Meaning: _______________________

Singular

Noun Stem: __________________

Plural

nauta, nautae Noun Meaning: _________________________

Noun Stem: __________________

Nominative
Genitive
Dative
Accusative
Ablative

victoria, victoriae Noun Meaning:______________________

Noun Stem: __________________

Nominative
Genitive
Dative
Accusative
Ablative

silva, silvae

Noun Meaning: __________________________

Noun Stem: __________________

gloria, gloriae Noun Meaning: _________________________

Noun Stem: __________________

Nominative
Genitive
Dative
Accusative
Ablative

Nominative
Genitive
Dative
Accusative
Ablative

Exercise 2

Nmen: _____________________________
Hodie est: ___________________________

Tell what cases these forms are and give the meanings.
1.

terram _____________________________

17. victori ______________________________________

2.

silvs _____________________________

18. terra ________________________________________

3.

portrum ___________________________

19. portis _______________________________________

4.

gloriam ____________________________

20. nautis _______________________________________

5.

ports _____________________________

21. port ________________________________________

6.

silvam _____________________________

22. Maria _______________________________________

7.

victoriae ___________________________

23. terrarum _____________________________________

8.

nautarum __________________________

24. terr ________________________________________

9.

terrae _____________________________

25. silva ________________________________________

10.

victoria ____________________________

26. Mariam _____________________________________

11.

nautae _____________________________

27. silvae _______________________________________

12.

victoriam __________________________

28. terris ________________________________________

13.

gloriae ____________________________

29. gloria _______________________________________

14.

Mariae ____________________________

30. silv ________________________________________

15.

porta ______________________________

31. silvarum _____________________________________

16.

silvis ______________________________

32. nauta _______________________________________

33. portae _______________________________________

Exercise 3

Nmen: _____________________________
Hodie est: ___________________________

1.

How can you tell the difference between the Nominative and Ablative singular of the first declension noun?
_____________________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________________

2.

How can you find the stem of a Latin noun? __________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________________

3.

How can you tell to what declension a noun belongs? __________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________________

Exercise 4

Nmen: _____________________________

Explain the Gender of these vocabulary words.

terra, terrae __________________________________________________________________

porta, portae __________________________________________________________________
Maria, Mariae ________________________________________________________________
nauta, nautae _________________________________________________________________
victoria, victoriae ______________________________________________________________
silva, silvae ___________________________________________________________________
gloria, gloriae _________________________________________________________________

Exercise 5

Nmen: _____________________________

Translate the following; use all three ways

of translating the English present tense.

Hodie est: ___________________________

1.

Maria orat. ____________________________________________________________________________

2.

Nautae orant. __________________________________________________________________________

3.

Nauta orat. ____________________________________________________________________________

4.

Nautae non orant. _______________________________________________________________________

5.

Vident. _______________________________________________________________________________

6.

Nauta videt. ___________________________________________________________________________

7.

Maria videt. ___________________________________________________________________________

8.

Videt. ________________________________________________________________________________

9.

Nautae non vident. ______________________________________________________________________

10.

Non orat. _____________________________________________________________________________

Exercise 6 Translate.

Nmen: _____________________________

1.

Nautae terram laudant. ___________________________________________________________________

2.

Nautae provinciam vident. ________________________________________________________________

3.

Maria silvas laudat. _____________________________________________________________________

4.

Nauta silvas videt. ______________________________________________________________________

5.

Nauta portam videt. _____________________________________________________________________

6.

Provinciam non laudant. _________________________________________________________________

7.

Victoriam laudant. ______________________________________________________________________

8.

Nautae gloriam laudant. __________________________________________________________________

9.

Provinciam videt. _______________________________________________________________________

Exercise 7

Nmen: _____________________________

Translate into Latin.

Hodie est: ___________________________

1.

They praise Mary. ______________________________________________________________________

2.

The sailors see the province. ______________________________________________________________

3.

The sailors praise glory. __________________________________________________________________

4.

He sees the gate. ________________________________________________________________________

5.

The sailor does not praise the province.______________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________________________

6.

They praise the forest. ___________________________________________________________________

7.

He sees the sailors. ______________________________________________________________________

8.

She praises the victory. __________________________________________________________________

9.

They see the gate._______________________________________________________________________

10.

Mary does not praise the sailors. ___________________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________________________

11.

The sailors see land. _____________________________________________________________________

Exercise 8 Genitive Practice

Nmen: _____________________________

Translate into English.

Hodie est: ___________________________

1.

gloria provinciae _______________________________________________________________________

2.

victoria nautae _________________________________________________________________________

3.

gloria Mariae __________________________________________________________________________

4.

gloria nautae ___________________________________________________________________________

5.

silva provinciae ________________________________________________________________________

6.

victoria nautarum _______________________________________________________________________

7.

porta provinciae ________________________________________________________________________

Exercise 9
Translate into Latin.
1.

the sailors victory ______________________________________________________________________

2.

Marys victory _________________________________________________________________________

3.

the gate of the province __________________________________________________________________

4.

Marys fame ___________________________________________________________________________

5.

the sailors victory ______________________________________________________________________

6.

the forest of the province _________________________________________________________________

Nomen: _____________________________

Hodie est: _____________________

Declining Latin Nouns

2.

Decline these 2nd Declension Nouns:

servus, servi

Gender: ______
Singular

Meaning: ________________________________
Plural

Nominative
Genitive
Dative
Accusative
Ablative

filius, filii

Gender: ______
Singular

Meaning: ________________________________
Plural

Nominative
Genitive
Dative
Accusative
Ablative

Deus, Dei

Gender: ______
Singular

Nominative
Genitive
Dative
Accusative
Ablative

Meaning: ________________________________
Plural

amicus, amici

Gender: ______

Meaning: ________________________________

Christus, Christi Gender: ______

Meaning: ________________________________

Nominative
Genitive
Dative
Accusative
Ablative

Nominative
Genitive
Dative
Accusative
Ablative

Christianus, Christiani
Nominative
Genitive
Dative
Accusative
Ablative

Gender:______

Meaning: _________________________

Exercise 13

Nmen: _____________________________
Hodie est: ___________________________

1.

Christiani orant. ________________________________________________________________________

2.

Amici Dei Christianos laudant. ____________________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________________________

3.

Christiani Filium Dei laudant. _____________________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________________________

4.

Nautae servos non vident. ________________________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________________________

5.

Servi Christianos laudant. ________________________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________________________

6.

Christiani servos Dei laudant. _____________________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________________________

7.

Gloriam Dei vident. _____________________________________________________________________

8.

Christiani Christum laudant. ______________________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________________________

9.

Deus terram et silvas videt. Nautas et servos et Christianos videt. ________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________________

10.

Christiani Christum et Deum laudant. _______________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________________________

Exercise 14
SN=Nominative

Nmen: _____________________________
AV sits last

DO=Accusative

Hodie est: ___________________________

Possessive/of phrases = Genitive

1.

Christians praise the Son of God. __________________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________________________

2.

Mary sees the Son of God. ________________________________________________________________

3.

Christians praise the victory of Christ. ______________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________________________

4.

Mary praises God. ______________________________________________________________________

5.

God praises the glory of Christ. ____________________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________________________

6.

Christ praises the friends of God. __________________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________________________

7.

The servants of God praise Christ. __________________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________________________

8.

The sailors do not praise the victory of the slaves. _____________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________________________

9.

Christians see the glory of God and the victory of Christ.________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________________________

10.

God sees the earth; He sees the forests. ______________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________________________

Nomen: _____________________________

Hodie est: _____________________

Declining Latin Nouns

3.

Exercise 15a

Decline these 2nd Declension Nouns. Translate the box marked with an * asterisk.

bellum, belli

Gender: ___________

Meaning: ________________________________

Singular

Plural

Nominative

Genitive
Dative
Accusative
Ablative
* ______________________________________________________

caelum, caeli

Gender: ___________
Singular

Meaning: ________________________________
Plural

Nominative
Genitive

Dative
Accusative
Ablative
* ______________________________________________________

regnum, regni

Gender: : __________
Singular

Meaning: ________________________________
Plural

Nominative
Genitive

Dative
Accusative
Ablative
* ______________________________________________________

praemium, praemii Gender: : __________

Meaning: ________________________________

Nominative
Genitive
Dative
Accusative

Ablative
* ______________________________________________________

periculum, periculi

Gender: ___________

Meaning: ________________________________

Nominative
Genitive
Dative
Accusative

Ablative
* ______________________________________________________

imperium, imperii
Nominative

Gender: ___________

Meaning: ________________________________

Genitive
Dative
Accusative
Ablative

* ______________________________________________________

Exercise 17 Practice with the Genitive: Possessives/of-phrases. Nmen: _____________________________

Translate into English. Watch for plural Subject Nouns.
Hodie est: ___________________________
Underline the Direct Objects in the Latin. Remember: Regular English Word Order is:
SN + Mod + AV + DO + Mod
1.

Amici Dei regnum Christi laudant. _________________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________________________

2.

Maria praemium et victoriam Christi videt. ___________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________________________

3.

Nautae caelum et terram vident. ___________________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________________________

4.

Deus pericula Christianorum videt. _________________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________________________

5.

Deus bella non laudat. ___________________________________________________________________

6.

Servi Christi imperium Christi laudant. ______________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________________________

7.

Maria gloriam regni Christi videt. __________________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________________________

8.

Filius Dei praemia Mariae laudat. __________________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________________________

9.

Nautae pericula belli non laudant. __________________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________________________

Recall:
Nom.=Subject
Gen.=Possessive
Acc.=Direct Object

Exercise 18

Nmen: _____________________________
Hodie est: ___________________________

1.

Explain the gender of:

nauta ________________________________________________________________________________
porta _________________________________________________________________________________
regnum _______________________________________________________________________________
Christus ______________________________________________________________________________
Maria ________________________________________________________________________________
praemium _____________________________________________________________________________

2.

What s the position of adverbs in Latin? ____________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________________________

3.

How can you tell the difference between the Nominative and Ablative singular in the First Declension?
_____________________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________________

4.

What s the gender rule for 2nd declension nouns whose Nominative ending s um?__________________
_____________________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________________

5.

What s unique about all NEUTER nouns and adjectives? _______________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________________

Exercise 19 Practice with Indirect Objects.

Nmen: _____________________________
Hodie est: ___________________________

First, parse the sentence; mark the case of each noun and its part of speech (first one s done for you):
Nom/Subj

1.

Dat/IO

Acc/dir.obj. Sing/Verb

Chrstus De glriam dedit. (in Latin order: Christ, to God, glory, gave.)
In English order: (Subj. + Verb + Ind. Obj. + Dir. Obj.) Christ gave God glory. ______________

2.

Servs gladis nn dedrunt sed nautis gladis dedrunt. _____________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________________________

3.

Nautae amcs victriam dedrunt. ________________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________________________

4.

Deus amcs Js praemia dedit. ___________________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________________________

5.

Deus Fili rgnum dedit. _________________________________________________________________

6.

Chrstin glriam Marae et Fili Marae dedrunt. _________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________________________

7.

Deus Chrst terram dedit. ________________________________________________________________

8.

Nautae glriam bell laudant sed percula bell nn laudant. __________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________________________

9.

Prvinciam amc dedit. ________________________________________________________________

10.

Deus glriam et victriam Chrstins dedit. _______________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________________________

11.

Amc gladium dedit.___________________________________________________________________

Exercise 20 Practice with Indirect Objects

Nmen: _____________________________

If it will help you translate more accurately, parse first.

Hodie est: ___________________________

1.

God gave a kingdom to Christ. ____________________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________________________

2.

He gave a sword to the friend but not to the slave. _____________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________________________

3.

The Christians gave glory to God. __________________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________________________

4.

They did not give the province to the slaves.__________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________________________

5.

The Son of God gave heaven to the Christians. ________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________________________

6.

Sailors do not praise the dangers of war but they praise victory and the rewards of war. ________________
_____________________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________________

7.

God gave a kingdom and an empire to Christ._________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________________________

8.

The sailors see the sky. __________________________________________________________________

Exercise 21 - Review

Nmen: _____________________________

Complete the word endings where necessary; translate.

Hodie est: ___________________________

1.

Christian_______ orat.
_____________________________________________________________________________________

2.

Christiani or________.
_____________________________________________________________________________________

3.

Maria De______ vid________.

_____________________________________________________________________________________

4.

Nautae terr______ vid________.

_____________________________________________________________________________________

5.

Servus Christi Cael______ laud________.

_____________________________________________________________________________________

6.

Amici Dei Christ______ laud________.

_____________________________________________________________________________________

7.

Christus De______ vid________.

_____________________________________________________________________________________

8.

De______ terras vid________.

_____________________________________________________________________________________

9.

Filius Dei Deum laud________.

_____________________________________________________________________________________

10.

Maria glori______ Deo dedit.

_____________________________________________________________________________________

11.

Servis gladi______ non dedit.

_____________________________________________________________________________________

12.

Christiani regn______ et imperi______ Christi laudant.

_____________________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________________

Exercise 22 Practice with prepositions

Nmen: _____________________________

Translate these phrases into English.

Hodie est: ___________________________

1.

in oppid ___________________________

22.

propter glriam bell ___________________

2.

in silv _____________________________

23.

in provincis _________________________

3.

cum Gall ___________________________

24.

in prvinci _________________________

4.

cum Mara __________________________

25.

cum servo ___________________________

5.

propter glriam Rmae ________________

26.

post bellum __________________________

6.

post victriam________________________

27.

cum Romano_________________________

7.

in silvs Galliae ______________________

28.

in regno _____________________________

8.

cum naut ___________________________

29.

in oppidis ___________________________

9.

propter percula oppid _________________

30.

cum filiis ____________________________

10.

in terr _____________________________

31.

propter periculum _____________________

11.

propter victriam _____________________

32.

in silvis et oppidis _____________________

12.

in ports Rmae ______________________

33.

post periculum _______________________

13.

cum De ____________________________

34.

cum Christo _________________________

14.

propter praemia Gallrum ______________

35.

in bello _____________________________

15.

in cael _____________________________

36.

cum Christianis _______________________

16.

post victriam Rmnrum _____________

37.

cum Gallis___________________________

17.

cum amcs __________________________

38.

propter bellum _______________________

18.

in silvs _____________________________

39.

post oppidum ________________________

19.

in ports oppid _______________________

40.

in porta _____________________________

20.

cum Rmns ________________________

21.

in Galli____________________________

Exercise 23 practice with prepositions

Nmen: _____________________________
Hodie est: ___________________________

Translate these phrases into Latin.

1.

with Mary _____________________________

14.

with the Romans _______________________

2.

after the war __________________________

15.

with the sailors ________________________

3.

with God______________________________

16.

in the forests __________________________

4.

on account of the war ____________________

17.

on land ______________________________

5.

in the town ____________________________

18.

in the provinces _______________________

6.

after the danger ________________________

19.

with the slave _________________________

7.

on account of the reward _________________

20.

in danger _____________________________

8.

with the Son of God _____________________

21.

on account of power ____________________

9.

on account of the Christians_______________

22.

with a Gaul ___________________________

10.

in heaven _____________________________

23

behind the town _______________________

11.

on account of the kingdom ________________

24.

on earth ______________________________

12.

with friends ___________________________

25. on account of the fame of Rome ____________

13.

in Gaul _______________________________

Exercise 24 practice with Predicate Nouns

Nmen: _____________________________

Put prepositional phrases in parentheses.

Hodie est: ___________________________

If it will help you translate more accurately ~ parse the Latin. Take special note of word endings. Watch for
compound sentences.
1.

Estis fli De (words of Christ to His disciples). _____________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________________________

2.

Chrstus est Flius De. ___________________________________________________________________

3.

Chrstin sunt servi De. _________________________________________________________________

4.

Caelum est praemium Christinrum. _______________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________________________

5.

Mara est in Cael cum De. ______________________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________________________

6.

Bellum in prvinci est. __________________________________________________________________

7.

Sumus fli De. ________________________________________________________________________

8.

Amcus De es. _________________________________________________________________________

9.

Gall sunt in Galli, sed Rmn nn sunt in Galli. ____________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________________________

10.

Gall sunt in oppids et in silvs.____________________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________________________

11.

Rmn gladis Galls nn dedrunt. ________________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________________________

12.

Silvae in Galli sunt. ____________________________________________________________________

13.

Rma nn est in Galli. __________________________________________________________________

14.

Propter bellum Gall nn sunt amici Rmnrum. _____________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________________________

15.

Gladii sunt in oppid.____________________________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________________________

Nb: If the verb is something other than 3rd person, you must begin the sentence with the verb.
16.

Nautae estis. ___________________________________________________________________________

17.

Nautae in silvs nn sunt. _________________________________________________________________

18.

Cum amc in prvinci sum. _____________________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________________________

19.

Silvae sunt post oppidum. ________________________________________________________________

20.

Nautae sunt Chrstin. ___________________________________________________________________

21.

In oppid sumus. _______________________________________________________________________

22.

Rmnus serv praemium dedit. ___________________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________________________

23.

Sunt De amici._________________________________________________________________________

24.

Chrstinus es sed servus Rmn es. _______________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________________________

25.

In Cael nn estis. ______________________________________________________________________

Exercise 25

Nmen: _____________________________________
Hodie est: __________________________________

1.

Christ is the Son of God. _________________________________________________________________________________

2.

Sailors see the sky, but not the land. __________________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________

3.

Christians are servants of Christ. _______________________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________

4.

We are friends of God. ____________________________________________________________________________________

5.

Jesus is with God in Heaven. ____________________________________________________________________________

6.

The slaves are in the towns and in the forests. _______________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________

7.

Christians praise God on account of the glory of Christ. ____________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________

8.

The Gauls are in Gaul. ____________________________________________________________________________________

9.

You are the sons of God. _________________________________________________________________________________

10. You are a servant of God. ________________________________________________________________________________

11. I am on the earth. ________________________________________________________________________________________
12. Heaven is the reward of the servants of Christ. ______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________
13. After the war the rewards of victory! ______________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________
14. Romans are in the provinces. ____________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________
15. The servants are in the towns. __________________________________________________________________________
16. You (pl.) are not in Gaul. _________________________________________________________________________________

Exercise 26 practice with quod

Nmen: _____________________________

Hodie est: ___________________________

Recall: If a verb is in something other than 3 person, you must begin your sentence with the verb & its pronoun.
(See sentence number 3 for an example of this.)
rd

1.

(In tabula1 ) videtis Rmm et imperium Rmnrum. __________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________________________

2.

Rmn Rmam incolunt. ________________________________________________________________

3.

Prvincis imperi Rmnrum videtis. _____________________________________________________

4.

Galliam videtis. ________________________________________________________________________

5.

Rmn Galls (in bells) vicerunt. _________________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________________________

6.

Gladii nn sunt (in oppids Gallrum) quod Gall (post bellum) gladis Rmns dedrunt. _____________
_____________________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________________

tabula, ae: map

7.

Itaque, (post victrias Rmnrum) prvinci (in Galli) est. ___________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________________________

8.

Prvinciam Gall et Rmn incolunt. _______________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________________________

9.

Percula sunt (in silvs Galliae), quod Gall nn sunt amici Rmnrum. ___________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________________

10.

Gall sunt servi Rmnrum, quod Rmn Galls vicerunt. _____________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________________________

11.

Itaque, Gall imperium Rmnrum nn laudant, sed Rmn (propter glriam bell) imperium laudant. __
_____________________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________________

Exercise 27 practice with quod

Nmen: _____________________________
Hodie est: ___________________________

This exercise is meant to be done while looking at page 32 in your textbook.

This is another exercise that has several sentences with verbs in something other than 3 rd person. Watch carefully
for these. Also note, an English sentence will not end with the word is. Ive placed prepositional phrases in
parentheses to make finding the Subject Noun and other parts of speech easier.

1.

Videtis Christianos. ________________________________________________________________________________________

2.

Videtis Mariam et Christum et Deum. _________________________________________________________________

3.

Christiani (in terr) sunt, sed Christus (in Caelo) (cum Deo) est. ________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________

4.

Pericula Christianorum (in terr) sunt, sed praemia sunt (in Caelo). ___________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________

5.

Itaque Christiani (in terr) orant. ______________________________________________________________________

6.

Jesus (cum Christianis) orat quod

Christiani filii Dei sunt. _______________________________________

_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________
7.

Christiani Mariam laudant quod Christus est Filius Mariae. ______________________________________

_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________

8.

Christum laudant quod Filius Dei est. ________________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________