On Declensions and Gender

1. What is the difference between declension and gender?
2. What gender is 4th declension?
3. What gender is 3rd declension?
4. What is the gender of the 1st declension?

What is the difference between declension and gender?

The declension of a noun determines what forms the noun itself takes. Since poēta "poet" is first declension, the nominative singular is poēta, the accusative singular is poētam, and the nominative plural is poētae. The gender of a noun, on the other hand, determines what forms adjectives take to agree with it.

What gender is 4th declension?

Fourth Declension. Fourth declension is Latin's u-stem declension in which almost all the nouns are masculine in gender.

What gender is 3rd declension?

Those are the endings used for the masculine and feminine gender, but third declension includes all three genders, unlike first declension in which most of the nouns are feminine, or second declension in which most of the nouns are masculine or neuter.

What is the gender of the 1st declension?

Latin words of the first declension have an invariable stem and are generally of feminine gender. The predominant letter in the ending forms of this declension is a. The nominative singular form consists of the stem and the suffix -a, and the genitive singular form is the stem plus -ae.