Wiktionary Appendix:Latin second declension

Table of contents

1 Description 2 Examples 2.1 Masculine 2.1.1 Masculine stem in -r 2.1.2 Masculine stem in -er 2.2 Neuter 2.3 Greek declension 3 See also

Description

Latin words of the second declension are generally of masculine gender (ending in -us) or neuter gender (ending in -um), and have a genitive in -ī.

Latin words borrowed from Greek's second declension are inflected with a varying mixture of Greek and Latin endings.

Examples

Masculine

Citation form: mūrus , -ī m

	singular	plural
nominative	mūr·us	mūr·ī
vocative	mūr·e	mūr·ī
accusative	mūr·um	mūr·ōs
genitive	mūr·ī	mūr·ōrum
dative	mūr·ō	mūr·īs
ablative	mūr·ō	mūr·īs

Masculine stem in -r

Citation form: ager, -grī m

	singular	plural
nominative	ager	agr·ī
vocative	ager	agr·ī
accusative	agr·um	agr·ōs
genitive	agr·ī	agr·ōrum
dative	agr·ō	agr·īs
ablative	agr·ō	agr·īs

Masculine stem in -er

Citation form: puer, -ī m

	singular	plural
nominative	puer	puer·ī
vocative	puer	puer·ī

Neuter

Citation form: bellum, -ī n

	singular	plural
nominative	bell·um	bell·a
vocative	bell·um	bell·a
accusative	bell·um	bell·a
genitive	bell·ī	bell·ōrum
dative	bell·ō	bell·īs
ablative	bell·ō	bell·īs

Greek declension

Citation form: atomus (-os), -ī f

	singular	plural
nominative	atom·os or atom·us	atom·ī
vocative	atom·e	atom·ī
accusative	atom·on or atom·um	atom·ōs
genitive	atom·ī	atom·ōrum
dative	atom·ō	atom·īs
ablative	atom·ō	atom·īs

Citation form: Īlium (-on), -iī n

	singular	plural
nominative	Īli·on or Īli·um	Īli·ī
vocative	Īli·on or Īli·um	Īli·ī
accusative	Īli·on or Īli·um	Īli·ōs
genitive	Īli·ī	Īli·ōrum
dative	Īli·ō	Īli·īs
ablative	Īli·ō	Īli·īs

See also

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