Latin Nouns of the Third Declension > Greek Borrowings in the Third Declension
Latin imported many Greek names, some more obvious than others. The legendary founder Aeneas has an imported name, which makes sense because he was, after all, a Trojan prince. To use these borrowings in a sentence, the names have to have the proper endings. Some of the imported Greek names are declined in Latin using the third declension endings. Here are some Latin third declension paradigms of Greek-based nouns.
Source: Latin Grammar, by James Ross (1818)
| MASCULINE | Don't know what NOM., GEN., DAT., ACC., and ABL. mean? See Latin Cases |
| NOM. Daphnis | |
| GEN. Daphnidis (Daphnidos) | |
| DAT. Daphnidi | |
| ACC. Daphnim (Daphnin) | |
| ABL. Daphide |
Some words declined like the example Daphnis are:
- Adōnis
- Anūbis
- Busīris
- Paris
- Thyrsis
- Tibris
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FEMININE Example 1 |
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| NOM. Bēlis | |
| GEN. Belidis (Belidos) | |
| DAT. Belidi | |
| ACC. Belidem (Belida) | |
| ABL. Belide | |
Some words declined like Bēlis are:
- Brisēis
- Danais
- Aeneis
- Thētis
| Example 2 | ||
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SINGULAR |
PLURAL |
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| NOM. | Troas | Troades |
| GEN. | Troadis (Troados) | Troadum (Troadōn) |
| DAT. | Troadi | Troadibus |
| ACC. | Troadem (Troada) | Troadas |
| ABL. | Troade | Troadibus |
Some words declined like Troas are:
Greek nouns ending in -eus are declined like Orpheus:|
MASCULINE |
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| NOM. | Orpheus |
| GEN. | Orpheos, Orpheōs |
| DAT. | Orpheieo |
| ACC. | Orphea |
| ABL. | Orpheō |
