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Figura - Shape

Declension of the Latin Noun Figura

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figura, -ae f. shape, form, phantom

Declension: Figura is a Latin noun of the first declension.

English Derivative: Figure

Example and Tip:

Pliny's ghost story uses the noun in the form figuram. Determine which case it could be in by running through the paradigm in your mind or by consulting the paradigm below. Note the macrons appear in this paradigm. There are no macrons in Rose William's version of Pliny's haunted house story.

Full Declension

CASE
Singular Plural
Nom. figūra figūrae
Gen. figūrae figūrārum
Dat. figūrae figūrīs
Acc. figūram figūrās
Abl. figūrā figūrīs

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