Expertlatin
Latin has seven cases. Here are the major uses of each: NOMINATIVE: Subject (the actor/doer in a sentence or clause); predicate nominative (noun/adjective).
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| SINGULAR | PLURAL | |
|---|---|---|
| NOMINATIVE | -a | -ae |
| GENITIVE | -ae | -arum |
| DATIVE | -ae | -is |
| ACCUSATIVE | -am | -as |
- What is the nominative case in Latin?
- What are the nominative and accusative endings in Latin?
- Does Latin have case endings?
What is the nominative case in Latin?
In Latin (and many other languages) the Nominative Case (cāsus nōminātīvus) is the subject case. There is nothing very tricky about it—that simply means that the Nominative form is what is used in a given sentence as a subject.
What are the nominative and accusative endings in Latin?
Nominative and accusative cases of neuter nouns are always the same. The plural always ends in '-a'. Accusative singular for masculine and feminine nouns always ends in '-m'; accusative plural for masculine and feminine nouns always ends in '-s'. Genitive plural of all declensions ends in '-um'.
Does Latin have case endings?
There are 6 distinct cases in Latin: Nominative, Genitive, Dative, Accusative, Ablative, and Vocative; and there are vestiges of a seventh, the Locative.
