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XV(pt. II). I-Stem Nouns and the Ablatives (Latin in Layman's REVAMPED)
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There are three important rules to remember in this chapter:
- (1) There are three types of third declension i-stem nouns.
- The first is parisyllabic in which the nominative singular (ending in - is/-es) and genitive singular have the same number of syllables.
- The second is monosyllabic in which the nominative singular has one syllable and two consonants at the end of its base. And the third type of i-stem includes neuter nouns with nominative singular forms ending in -e, -al, or -ar.
- (2) All i-stem nouns have an extra -i- in the genitive plural producing an ending -ium. Neuters also have -i in the ablative singular and -ia in the nominative and accusative plural.
- (3) English “with” corresponds with three uses of the ablative: the ablative of means which requires no preposition in Latin, the ablative of manner which can use cum or no preposition, and the ablative of accompaniment which uses cum always.