Latin, Level 3
This program will drill you on third declension nouns in a variety of constructions.
Practice Sentences
In the Practice Sentences section, uses for each of Latin's 6 cases are given with examples using nouns in both the singular and plural.
Nominative
This is the "default" case you'll look up in dictionaries. It often corresponds to the subject of a sentence.
Passive construction (Wheelock's 7ed., p. 148)
cōnservābitur.
The will be saved.
Passive construction (Wheelock's 7ed., p. 154)
laudātæ erant.
The had been praised.
Genitive
Numbers—c.f. English "3 of XYZ" (Wheelock's 7ed., p. 124)
pars
part of the
(Wheelock's 7ed., p. 24)
Sumus populus ?
Are we a people of ?
Dative
Interrogative pronouns (Wheelock's 7ed., p. 156)
Cui librum dedistī?
To which did you give the book?
Dative with special verbs (Wheelock's 7ed., p. 295)
Crēde .
Trust your .
Accusative
(Wheelock's 7ed., p. 148)
apud
in the presence of the
(Wheelock's 7ed., p. 230)
inter
among the
Ablative
(Wheelock's 7ed., p. 116)
præ
in comparison with the
Cum vēnērunt.
They came with .
Vocative
!
O !
!
O !
Third Declension
Dictionary entries will typically provide you with the nominative singular, genitive singular and gender of a given noun. From this information you can determine which declension a noun follows.
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Word List
The words below all follow the third declension.
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