Description
Latin words of the first declension are generally of feminine gender, end in -a with a genitive in -ae, and have an invariable stem.
Latin words borrowed from Greek's first declension are inflected with a varying mixture of Greek and Latin endings.
Examples
Citation form: stella, -ae f
| | singular | plural
|
| nominative
| stell·a | stell·ae
|
| vocative
| stell·a | stell·ae
|
| accusative
| stell·am | stell·ās
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| genitive
| stell·ae | stell·ārum
|
| dative
| stell·ae | stell·īs
|
| ablative
| stell·ā | stell·īs
|
Greek declension
Citation form: nymphē, -ēs f
| | singular | plural
|
| nominative
| nymph·ē | nymph·ae
|
| vocative
| nymph·ē | nymph·ae
|
| accusative
| nymph·ēn | nymph·ās
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| genitive
| nymph·ēs | nymph·ārum
|
| dative
| nymph·ae | nymph·īs
|
| ablative
| nymph·ē | nymph·īs
|
Citation form: comētēs, -ae f
| | singular | plural
|
| nominative
| comēt·ēs | comēt·ae
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| vocative
| comēt·ē or comēt·ā | comēt·ae
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| accusative
| comēt·ēn or comēt·am | comēt·ās
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| genitive
| comēt·ae | comēt·ārum
|
| dative
| comēt·ae | comēt·īs
|
| ablative
| comēt·ā | comēt·īs
|
Citation form: xiphias, -ae m
| | singular | plural
|
| nominative
| xiphi·ās | xiphi·ae
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| vocative
| xiphi·ā | xiphi·ae
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| accusative
| xiphi·an or xiphi·am | xiphi·ās
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| genitive
| xiphi·ae | xiphi·ārum
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| dative
| xiphi·ae | xiphi·īs
|
| ablative
| xiphi·ā | xiphi·īs
|
See also
