Description
Latin words of the fifth declension are generally of feminine gender (exceptions are dies and meridies), end in -ēs with a genitive in -ēī, and have an invariable stem.
Examples
Stem in -iēs
Citation form: diēs, -ēī m, f
| | singular | plural
|
nominative vocative
| di·ēs | di·ēs
|
| accusative
| di·em | di·ēs
|
| genitive
| di·ēī | di·ērum
|
| dative
| di·ēī | di·ēbus
|
| ablative
| di·ē | di·ēbus
|
Stem in -ēs
Citation form: rēs, -eī f
| | singular | plural
|
nominative vocative
| r·ēs | r·ēs
|
| accusative
| r·em | r·ēs
|
| genitive
| r·eī | r·ērum
|
| dative
| r·eī | r·ēbus
|
| ablative
| r·ē | r·ēbus
|
See also