Noun Declensions (sung to the tune "Ode to Joy")
by David R. Pellegrino
N.B. Sing the endings without spelling them.
| (1st half of the Ode) | (1st half of the Ode) | (2nd half of the Ode) | |||||||||
| 1st Declension | 2nd Declension - m.(f.) | 2nd Declension - n. | |||||||||
| s. | pl. | s. | pl. | s. | pl. | ||||||
| Nom. | -a | -ae | Nom. | -us | -i | Nom. | -um | -a | |||
| Gen. | -ae | -arum | Gen. | -i | -orum | Gen. | -i | -orum | |||
| Dat. | -ae | -îs | Dat. | -o | -îs | Dat. | -o | -îs | |||
| Acc. | -am | -as | Acc. | -um | -os | Acc. | -um | -a | |||
| Abl. | -â | -îs | Abl. | -o | -îs | Abl. | -o | -îs | |||
| are endings for nouns of First Declension, mostly feminine, few masculine. |
are endings for nouns of Second Declension, mostly masculine, few feminine. |
are endings for Second Declension neuter nouns in which the neuter rule is found. | |||||||||
| (1st half of the Ode) | (2nd half of the Ode) | ||||||||||
| 3rd Declension - m.f. | 3rd Declension - n. | ||||||||||
| s. | pl. | s. | pl. | ||||||||
| Nom. | --- | -es | Nom. | --- | -a | ||||||
| Gen. | -is | -um | Gen. | -is | -um | ||||||
| Dat. | -i | -ibus | Dat. | -i | -ibus | ||||||
| Acc. | -em | -es | Acc. | --- | -a | ||||||
| Abl. | -e | -ibus | Abl. | -e | -ibus | ||||||
| endings for nouns of Third Declension that are masculine and feminine. |
endings for Third Declension neuter nouns in which the neuter rule is found. |
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| (1st half of the Ode) | (2nd half of the Ode) | (1st half of the Ode) | |||||||||
| 4th Declension - m.(f.) | 4th Declension - n. | 5th Declension | |||||||||
| s. | pl. | s. | pl. | s. | pl. | ||||||
| Nom. | -us | -ûs | Nom. | -u | -ua | Nom. | -es | -es | |||
| Gen. | -ûs | -uum | Gen. | -ûs | -uum | Gen. | -ei | -erum | |||
| Dat. | -ui | -ibus | Dat. | -u | -ibus | Dat. | -ei | -ebus | |||
| Acc. | -um | -ûs | Acc. | -u | -ua | Acc. | -em | -es | |||
| Abl. | -u | -ibus | Abl. | -u | -ibus | Abl. | -e | -ebus | |||
| for nouns of Fourth Declension mostly masculine, few feminine. |
are for Fourth Declension neuter nouns in which the neuter rule is found. |
nouns of Fifth Declension mostly feminine one masculine. | |||||||||