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Example Question #1 : Latin Noun Paradigms
The nominative plural of fulmen is __________.
fulminae
fulmena
fulmenes
fulmina
fulmines
fulmina
The noun lightning, fulmen is a third-declension neuter noun. As such, the proper ending for the nominative plural is -a. The genitive, which determines the stem, is fulminis; therefore the correct nominative plural is fulmina.
Example Question #1 : Latin Nouns
The correct accusative singular of cornū is __________.
cornūum
cornūs
cornūa
cornūm
cornū
cornū
The correct accusative singular of cornū is cornū. This is a fourth declension neuter -ū noun, and the accusative and nominative declensions match in neuter genders.
Example Question #2 : Latin Nouns
Please choose the correct answer from the options below
The proper ablative and dative plural form of the word Dea is __________.
Dea
Deis
Dearum
Deabus
Deam
Deabus
The noun "dea," though it is a first declension noun, is "deabus" in the plural dative and ablative, so as not to get it mixed up with the ablative and dative plural of the 2nd declension masculine noun "deus."
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