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Quiz about What Declension and Gender Are These

What Declension and Gender Are These? Quiz

This is a simple quiz for Latin 1 and Latin 2 students. Have fun!

A multiple-choice quiz by quinaquen. Estimated time: 3 mins.

Author
quinaquen

Time
3 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
206,933

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
7 / 10

Plays
516

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Question 1 of 10

1. What declension is "via, viae"? Hint

2nd declension, masculine

4th declension, feminine

1st declension, masculine

1st declension, feminine

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Question 2 of 10

2. In what declension does "agricola, agricolae" fall? Hint

1st declension, feminine

1st declension, masculine

3rd declension, neuter

2nd declension, feminine

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Question 3 of 10

3. What declension is "mater, matris"? Hint

2nd declension, masculine

3rd declension, feminine

2nd declension, neuter

3rd declension, masculine

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Question 4 of 10

4. Where would you find the word "tempus, temporis"? Hint

2nd declension, degenerate masculine

2nd declension, neuter

3rd declension, neuter

2nd declension, feminine

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Question 5 of 10

5. Where would you find "dies, diei"? Hint

4th declension, masculine

4th declension, neuter

3rd declension, masculine

5th declension, masculine

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Question 6 of 10

6. How about "bellum, belli"? What declension and gender is this? Hint

2nd declension, neuter

2nd declension, feminine

2nd declension, masculine

3rd declension, neuter

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Question 7 of 10

7. Where would you find "casus, casus"? Hint

4th declension, feminine

4th declension, masculine

3rd declension, feminine

4th declension, degenerate masculine

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Question 8 of 10

8. Where would you look to find "aetas, aetatis"? Hint

1st declension, masculine

3rd declension, masculine

3rd declension, feminine

1st declension, feminine

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Question 9 of 10

9. What declension and gender is "silva, silvae"? Hint

1st, masculine

1st, feminine

2nd, masculine

3rd, masculine

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Question 10 of 10

10. How could you find "pater, patris"? Hint

1st, feminine

3rd, masculine

2nd, feminine

3rd, feminine

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What declension is "via, viae"?

Answer: 1st declension, feminine

The Via Appia was the "queen of the roman roads", extending from Rome to Brundisium (Italian : Brindisi), a port city on the east coast of Italy.

2. In what declension does "agricola, agricolae" fall?

Answer: 1st declension, masculine

"Agricola" is one of few 1st declension masculine nouns. Others are "poeta" and "nauta".

3. What declension is "mater, matris"?

Answer: 3rd declension, feminine

The 3rd declension has various nominative forms, but the genitive is almost always -is.

4. Where would you find the word "tempus, temporis"?

Answer: 3rd declension, neuter

"Tempus fugit" means "time flies". "Tempus" should be "fugit-ing" if you are doing well on this quiz!

5. Where would you find "dies, diei"?

Answer: 5th declension, masculine

"Dies" (meaning "day") is the most common 5th declension noun. Fifth declension nouns are quite rare.

6. How about "bellum, belli"? What declension and gender is this?

Answer: 2nd declension, neuter

"Bellum gero" is an idiom for "wage war". Neuter nouns are easy to learn because the accusative form and the nominative form are always identical. That is why "bellum gero" still has "bellum"; the direct object (bellum) has the same ending as the nominative!

7. Where would you find "casus, casus"?

Answer: 4th declension, masculine

The 4th declension is the "u-declension", as many of the nouns have a "u" in them.

8. Where would you look to find "aetas, aetatis"?

Answer: 3rd declension, feminine

"Aetas" means "age" or "time". Every genitive stem (the second one) that ends in "-tatis" is feminine. It also means that the nominative form (the first one) ends in "-tas".

9. What declension and gender is "silva, silvae"?

Answer: 1st, feminine

"Silva" means "forest". Thus, something "silvan" (or "sylvan")is something of the forest. Note also:"Transylvania" - which means (literally) "Beyond the forest".

10. How could you find "pater, patris"?

Answer: 3rd, masculine

"Pater" is "father", which is masculine. From "pater" we get the word "paternal", which means "fatherly" or "fatherlike".

Source: Author quinaquen

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