Learning Liturgical Latin, Lesson 10

...canticum novum, hymnum Deo nostro

Lesson 3: first-declension nouns | noun exercises/examples | vocab

Lesson 4: learning a language with authentic texts | grammar in the Gloria Patri | vocab

Lesson 5: authentic text warm-up | vocabulary practice

Lesson 6: introduction to Latin verbs | verb-identification examples | vocab

Lesson 7: the verb “to be” | authentic-text grammar exercise | vocab

Lesson 8: categories of Latin verbs | first-conjugation (-are) verbs | translating a liturgical text | vocab

Lesson 9: authentic text warm-up | second-declension nouns (ager, angelus, auxilium, etc.) | liturgical text comprehension exercise | vocab

Click here for a list of all the previous lessons.

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A quick note on logistics: Going forward, I will abbreviate the list of previous lessons. As you see above, only the previous seven lessons will be summarized at the beginning of each new installment of the series. A link to the full archive is included at the end of the list, and now you can access all the Learning Liturgical Latin posts directly from the Via Mediaevalis home page:

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Second-Declension Neuter Nouns

Last week I introduced second-declension nouns. The first declension is a feminine declension; non-feminine members of this group are an exception to the rule. The second declension is different: it’s perfectly normal for a second-declension noun to be masculine or neuter. Last week I gave you the case endings for second-declension masculine nouns, which have a dictionary (i.e., nominative singular) form that usually ends in ‑us but can also end in ‑er or ‑ir. Today we’ll look at the case endings for the neuter members of the second declension: