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 3^rd declension.

III. Exercises.

IV. Vocabulary

I. Nouns and adjectives endings in GENITIVE plural

The Latin nounshave Genitive plural endings as follows:

E.g.: vena, ae f - venārum;

nervus, i m - nervōrum;

cornu, us n - cornŭum;

facies, ei f - faciērum.

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

E.g.: longus, a, um - longōrum, ārum, ōrum

maxĭmus, a, um – maximōrum, ārum, ōrum

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

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

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

E.g: dens, dentis m - dent-ium;

pars, partis f - part-ium;

os, ossis n - oss-ium.

2) adjectives of the 2^nd group:

E.g: brevis, e - brev-ium;

frontālis, e - frontal-ium;

simplex, ĭcis – simplic-ium.

Remember also the Genitive plural forms of the following nouns:

· rete, is n – retium

· canālis, is m – canalium

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

III. Exercises

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

IV. VOCABULARY

Lesson 11

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