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What are the three genders of Latin nouns? Masculine, feminine, and neuter ⚠️ speling What are the three pieces of information in a Latin dictionary entry for a noun? Gender, case, and number ❌ The three pieces are the nominative singular form, genitive singular form, and the gender. ✅ How do you figure out what declension a noun belongs to? You can figure out what declension a noun belongs to by looking at genitive singular. Like Latin, you can easily describe one noun with another noun in English (e.g., “the book’s title”, “the format of the assignment”). What case do you use in Latin to describe one noun with another noun? Genitive Case ⚠️ speling What case does Latin use to name the subject of a verb? Nominative Case

  1. amor- masculine, singular, nominative Deianirae- feminine, singular, genetive
  2. deus- masculine, singular, genetive❌ nominative ✅ amoris- masculine, singular, nominative❌ genitive ✅
  3. amor- masculine, singular, genetive❌ nominative ✅ deorum- masculine, plural, nominative ❌ genitive✅
  4. Herculis- masculine, singular, genetive canis- masculine, singular, nominative
  5. nomen- neuter, singular, nominative dei- masculine, singular, genetive
  6. filii- masculine, plural, nominative deorum- masculine, plural, genetive
  7. nomina- neuter, plural, nominative filiorum-masculine, plural, genetive

Translate the first noun phrase, amor Deianirae, into English. What are two different meanings that the phrase could have? The two different meanings the phrase could have is the love received by Deianirae or the love given by Deianirae. Good!