Noun Cases Grammatica

Cases:

The Accusative Case

Accusative Case Endings

  1st declension 2nd declension 2nd declension 3rd declension 3rd declension 4th declension 4th declension 5th declension
Accusative Singular am um um em --- um u em
Accusative Plural âs ôs a ês a (ia-adj.) ûs ua ês

Accusative Case Functions

USES LATIN
Example
ENGLISH
Translation
Direct Object of an transitive verb Cicero liberavit eius servum. Cicero freed his slave.
Place To Which
with ad - to or in - into
Davus ibat ad urbem. Davus was going to (the) city.
Place To Which
with names of towns, domus and rus
Davus ibat Romam. Davus was going to Rome.
Duration of Time
how long
Davus habitavit cum Corneliis multôs annôs. Davus lived with the Cornelians many years.
Subject of an Infinitive Davus audit Getam dormîre. Davus hears (that) Geta is sleeping.
Object of Most Prepositions Flavia habitabant prope villam Corneliae. Flavia was living near Cornelia's farm house.


J.Jahnige, May 2004

Cases:

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