IS a part of word without ending ICTERUS STEM
e.g. costa costae oculus oculi habitus habitus caries cariei
1) It includes all three genders of nouns: masculine, feminine and neuter I II III IV V N O M. f m n m f n m n f -a -us -or -um -on -us -u - es G E N. -ae - i -us - ei
infectio infectionis NOM. GEN. stem stem THE PECULIAR FEATURE OF THE NOUNS OF THE THIRD DECLENSION IS ENDING OF GENITIVE CASE - IS
Nom. Gen. cicatrix cicatric is cartilago cartilagin is corpus corpor is
I II III IV V N O M. f m n m f n m n f -a -us -or -um -on -us -u - es G E N. -ae - i - (stem) is -us - ei
The most typical ending for all genders are given in the table. They should be memorized.
I II III IV V N O M. f m n m f n m n f -a -us -or -um -on -or ( oris ) - os ( oris ) -o ( onis ) -ex ( icis ) - io ( onis ) - is (is/ idis ) -as ( atis ) -ix ( icis ) -go ( ginis ) - ut (itis) - en ( inis ) -ma ( atis ) -us ( eris ) - ar ( atis ) -us -u - es G E N. -ae - i - (stem) is -us - ei
m odor, oris m cortex, icis m pulmo, onis m flos, floris m f articulatio, onis f cavitas, atis f radix, icis f auris, is f cartilago, ginis f n caput, itis n abdomen, inis n zygoma, atis n corpus, oris n
words (nouns, adjectives) phrases compound words (e.g. nephropexia ) noun + noun noun + adjective
parts of speech: crest (noun) of rib (noun) 2) word order - main word is subject/”before of” (Nom. case) & subordinated word(s) is possession/””after of (Gen. case): crest (Nom.) of rib (Gen.) 3) dictionary forms: crest - crista, ae f rib - costa, ae f 4) necessary endings and final phrase: crest/NOM - crista, ae f rib/GEN - costa, ae f CRISTA COSTAE
1) tunic (noun) of wall (noun) of stomach (noun) 2 ) tunic(Nom.) of wall ( Gen.) of stomach (Gen.) 3) tunic - tunica, ae f wall - paries, etis m stomach - gaster, tris f 4) tunic a pari etis gas tris
a) duct of gland b) tunic of cervix of uterus c) nerve of eye d) fibre of muscle of face
1) duct (noun) of gland (noun) 2 ) duct (Nom.) of gland (Gen.) 3 ) duct - ductus, us m Nom. gland - glandula, ae f Gen. 4 ) ductus glandulae
1) tunic(noun) of cervix (noun) of uterus (noun) 2 ) tunic(Nom.) of cervix (Gen.) of uterus (Gen.) 3 ) tunic - tunica, ae f Nom. cervix - cervix, icis f Gen. uterus - uterus, i m Gen. 4) tunica cervicis uteri
1) nerve (noun) of eye (noun) 2) nerve (Nom.) of eye (Gen.) 3) nerve - nervus, i m Nom. eye - oculus, i m Gen. 4) nervus oculi
1) fibre (noun) of muscle (noun) of face (noun) 2) fibre (Nom.) of muscle (Gen.) of face (Gen.) 3) fibre - fibra, ae f Nom. muscle - musculus, i m Gen. face - facies, ei f Gen. 4) fibra musculi faciei
