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How the Latin cases are used. Listed in case order (not alphabetically listed).
Case Usage | Clauses | Mood | Nouns and Pronouns | Prepositional Phrases | Verbals | Verbs

Cases of Latin Nouns

These are the main uses of the 7 cases of Latin nouns.

Ablatives

There are 3 basic forms of the ablative case: the ablative proper, the instrumental ablative, and the locative.

Latin Declension Rules

Rules from Allen and Greenough's Latin Grammar on the declensions of nouns in Latin.

Passive Periphrastic

The passive periphrastic is a Latin verbal construction that expresses obligation.

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