Latin Case Endings Practice

Noun Endings (with macrons)
Nouns 1st declension
Ancilla (f)		 2nd
Dominus (m)		 2nd
Bellum (n)		 3rd
Milēs (m)		 3rd
Māter (f)		 3rd
Opus (n)
Singular
Nom ancill-a domin-us bell-um milēs māter opus
Acc ancill-am domin-um bell-um mīlit-em mātr-em opus
Gen ancill-ae domin-ī bell-ī mīlit-is mātr-is oper-is
Dat ancill-ae domin-ō bell-ō mīlit-ī mātr-ī oper-ī
Abl ancill-ā domin-ō bell-ō mīlit-e mātr-e oper-e
Plural
Nom ancill-ae domin-ī bell-a mīlit-ēs mātr-ēs oper-a
Acc ancill-ās domin-ōs bell-a mīlit-ēs mātr-ēs oper-a
Gen ancill-ārum domin-ōrum bell-ōrum mīlit-um mātr-um oper-um
Dat ancill-īs domin-īs bell-īs mīlit-ibus mātr-ibus oper-ibus
Abl ancill-īs domin-īs bell-īs mīlit-ibus mātr-ibus oper-ibus

Cases: What They Show (with examples)
Case What it shows Examples
Nominative The subject case – shows who is doing the verb in a sentence. Ancilla est laeta
The slave girl is happy.
Accusative 1. Shows the direct object – the person the verb is happening to.
2. Shows motion towards (use ad).
3. Shows nearness (use prope). 		Dominum videō
I see the master.

Ad ancillam festīnō
I am hurrying towards the slave girl.

Prope ancillās sedeō
I sit near the slave girls.

Genitive 1. Shows possession – as in English.
2. Shows quantity – as in English.
3. Shows quality – as in English. 		Pecūniam dominī habeō
I have the master’s money.

Plūs vīnī cupiō
I want more of the wine.

Est puer magnae stultitiae
He is a boy of great stupidity.

Dative Shows the indirect object – “to” or “for”.
Also used with about 50 verbs (more later). 		Ancillae dīxī
I spoke to the slave girl.

Librum dēdī puerō
I gave a book to the boy.

Ablative Shows many and varied things – because of this it is almost always used with a preposition.
You must learn to recognise the ablative case, but most of the work is done by the prepositions
that go in front of it. 		In vīllā sedeō
I sit in the house.
Ex vīllā ambulō
I walk out of the house.
Ab vīllā ambulō
I walk away from the house.
Pro vīllā ambulō
I walk in front of the house.
Sub vīllā dormiō
I sleep under the house.
Cum ancillā sedeō
I sit with the slave girl.