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Example Questions
Example Question #1 : Using Typical Form Third Declension Latin Nouns
The nominative plural of fulmen is __________.
fulminae
fulmena
fulmines
fulmenes
fulmina
fulmina
The noun lightning, fulmen is a third-declension neuter noun. As such, the proper ending for the nominative plural is -a. The genitive, which determines the stem, is fulminis; therefore the correct nominative plural is fulmina.
Example Question #2 : Latin Noun Paradigms
The correct accusative singular of cornū is __________.
cornūum
cornūs
cornūa
cornū
cornūm
cornū
The correct accusative singular of cornū is cornū. This is a fourth declension neuter -ū noun, and the accusative and nominative declensions match in neuter genders.
Example Question #3 : Sat Subject Test In Latin
Please choose the correct answer from the options below
The proper ablative and dative plural form of the word Dea is __________.
Deabus
Deis
Deam
Dea
Dearum
Deabus
The noun "dea," though it is a first declension noun, is "deabus" in the plural dative and ablative, so as not to get it mixed up with the ablative and dative plural of the 2nd declension masculine noun "deus."