Wiktionary Appendix:Latin first declension

Table of contents

1 Description 2 Examples 2.1 Greek declension 3 See also

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
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
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
vocative	comēt·ē or comēt·ā	comēt·ae
accusative	comēt·ēn or comēt·am	comēt·ās
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
vocative	xiphi·ā	xiphi·ae
accusative	xiphi·an or xiphi·am	xiphi·ās
genitive	xiphi·ae	xiphi·ārum
dative	xiphi·ae	xiphi·īs
ablative	xiphi·ā	xiphi·īs

See also

• Latin second declension
• Latin third declension
• Latin fourth declension
• Latin fifth declension
• Wikipedia article on declension