Nom., Voc., and Acc. are always alike, and the Nom., Voc., and Acc. Plur. always end in ă.
The Nom. and Voc. of all Genders are alike, except in the Masc. Sing. of the Second Declension.
The Dat. and Abl. Plur. are always alike.
First Declension.
§ 18. The Nom. Sing. ends in -ă, except certain Greek nouns. See § 267.
Gender.—Feminine, except a few Nouns denoting male persons, as pŏētă poet.
Ex. hastă spear, base hast–.
| Sing. | Plur. | |
| N.V. | hast-ă | hast-ae |
| A. | hast-am | hast-ās |
| G. | hast-ae | hast-ārum |
| D. | hast-ae | hast-īs |
| Abl. | hast-ā | hast-īs. |
The Loc. Sing., when used, ends in -ae, as, Rōmae at-Rome.
Dĕă goddess has D. Abl. Pl. dĕ-ābŭs. See also § 266.
§ 19. The following is a Noun of the First Declension declined throughout, with the ordinary translations of the cases added. Nouns of other Declensions may be declined after the same model.
| Singular. | Plural. | ||
| N. | mēnsă A table | mēnsae Tables | |
| V. | mēnsă table! | mēnsae tables! | |
| A. | mēnsam a table | mēnsās tables | |
| G. | mēnsae of a table | mēnsārum of tables | |
| D. | mēnsae to or for a table | mēnsīs to or for tables | |
| Abl. | mēnsā by, with, or from a table | mēnsīs by, with, or from tables | |
The student should observe that the translation of the Nominative is distinguished from the translation of the Accusative by a capital letter: A table, Tables. The reason of this is that the Nominative is the case of the Subject, which usually begins the sentence in English.
