Color Coded Latin: A Teaching Method
by Kathleen Canning
© 2011
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- Preface
- Color Chart
- First Declension
- Second Declension
- Third Declension
- Fourth Declension
- Fifth Declension
- First Conjugation
- Second Conjugation
- Third Conjugation
- Fourth Conjugation
- Irregular Verbs
- Latin Sentences Using Declensions and Conjugations
- The Genitive Case
- The Dative Case
- Prepositional Phrases
- Pronouns
- Interrogative Pronouns
- Demonstrative Pronouns
- Subjunctive ARE Verbs
- Subjunctive Long ERE 2nd Conjugation Verbs
- Subjunctive ERE 3rd Conjugation Verbs
- Subjunctive I-Stem 3rd Conjugation Verbs
- Subjunctive IRE 4th Conjugation Verbs
Fifth Declension
You can recognize the fifth declension by its genitive singuar ending (EI).
Fifth declension nouns are feminine except for dies and meridies.
There are some structures in the 5th declension which will treat dies (day) as feminine.
e.g. (On the appointed day = die constituta).DIES CONSTITUTA
Res is the only other common word that might be confusing. Res means thing, affair or matter. However, res can be used with other latin words to form idioms such as "the republic". (Res publica) Res will be declined in the 5th declension but publica will be declined in the first declension. RES PUBLICA
| Nominative | es | es |
| Genitive | ei | erum |
| Dative | ei | ebus |
| Accusative | em | es |
| Ablative | e | ebus |
| Vocative | * | * |
Fifth Declension Vocabulary:
| acies | aciei | f | line/line of battle |
| dies | diei | m* | day |
| fides | fidei | f | faith |
| meridies | meridiei | m | midday/noon |
| res | rei | f | thing /and various idiomatic uses |
| spes | spei | f | hope |
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