24 Third Declension Nouns

“There is one more family or declension of nouns beyond the four we learned yesterday: Third Declension nouns. These can be masculine, feminine, or neuter in gender. In the dictionary they are easy to recognize: THEIR GENITIVE SINGULAR FORM ENDS IN -IS. 3rd Declension nouns that are masculine or feminine – the only ones we will study today – have an accusative singular ending –em. Today you only need to memorize two new endings, –em and –is:”

Genitive and Accusative Singular Endings(A)

Genitive SingularAccusative Singular

1st decl.aeam

2nd decl.īum