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The genitive singular is the same as the nominative plural in first-, second-, and fourth-declension non-neuter Latin nouns. The dative singular is the same as the genitive singular in first- and fifth-declension pure Latin nouns.
The genitive singular definite article for masculine and neuter nouns is des, while the feminine and plural definite article is der. The indefinite articles are eines for masculine and neuter nouns, and einer for feminine and plural nouns (although the bare form cannot be used in the plural, it manifests in keiner , meiner , etc.)
The genitive plural in some nouns is -um, in others -ium. (For details, see Latin declension .) 3rd declension nouns can be of any gender. It is not usually possible to guess the genitive of a noun from the nominative: dux "leader" has genitive ducis but rēx "king" has rēgis ; pater "father" has genitive patris but iter "journey" has itineris .
In the genitive singular, names in -ēs, parisyllabic, take -ī as well as -is. Some feminine nouns in -ô have the genitive in -ūs. Greek names ending in -eus are declined both according to the Greek and according to the Latin second declension (but the genitive -eī and the dative-eō are often pronounced as one syllable in poets).
Latin word order is relatively free. The verb may be found at the beginning, in the middle, or at the end of a sentence; an adjective may precede or follow its noun (vir bonus or bonus vir both mean 'a good man'); [5] and a genitive may precede or follow its noun ('the enemies' camp' can be both hostium castra and castra hostium; the latter is more common). [6]
The genitive, dative, accusative, and ablative also have important functions to indicate the object of a preposition. Given below is the declension paradigm of Latin puer 'boy' and puella 'girl': Case
Curriculum is already singular, vitae is genitive from vita, i.e., "of life", despite the plural-appearing vitae modifier. The true plural is curricula vitae. [5] cwt. centum weight "hundredweight" [1] This is a mixture of Latin and English abbreviations. DG Dei gratia "by the grace of God" [1]
The Latin word is a calque of the Greek ... Furthermore, let is in the genitive (plural) case. Although not very prominent in modern English, ...