Latin Gender Rules – Flashcards
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Nouns that denote males
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Masculine
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Nouns that denote Females
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feminine
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Names of cities, towns, and countries; islands, plants, and trees; and most abstract nounsNames of cities, towns, and countries; islands, plants, and trees; and most abstract nouns.
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Feminine
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Nouns of first ( except PPAIN) and fifth declension (except dies) are usually
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Feminine
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Nouns of second and fourth declension( except manus, domus) are usually
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Masculine, cornu, us- horn and genu, us - knee are neuter
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Nouns of the second declension that end in -um
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Neuter
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Nouns of one syllable ending in -x are mostly
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Feminine, Exceptions: nouns referring to males ( rex) or male occupations ( dux)
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Nouns of one syllable ending in -s when the final -s is preceded by a conosonant
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feminine. ( Exceptions mons,montis, pons.pontis, fons,fontis dens, dentis )
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Nouns ending in - tas, -tudo Nouns ending in tus, - tutis and us, utis Nouns ending in -io, -ionis or -0, -inis
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Feminine, exceptions -io words designating male and male occupations, and a few -0 words with genitive singular -inis which are masculine. (centurio, homo, Apollo)
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Nouns ending in - tor, -or
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masculine. Three of these are feminine - arbor,-oris uxor,uxoris soror, sororis . Aequor, aequoris is neuter.
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Nouns ending in -o, -onis
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Masculine
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Nouns ending in- en,- inis
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Neuter
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Nouns ending in -us, with genitives -oris, -eris
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Usually Neuter
