Latin Fifth Declension Nouns



Yes there are more than three of them!



Latin Fifth Declension Nouns are nouns whose stem or radical ends with a long e sound, usually written with a macron over the e when fonts and typeface allow. Many of these have alternate First Declension forms ending in - a. All Fifth Declension Nouns are feminine in Gender except Dies and its Compound Meridies
Words marked with * are the radical form or stem. A ? indicates aprobable cognate.

Latin
English and Notes
DiesDAY - Probably the best known 5th Declension Noun
See the table further down *di(u) shining bright
AciesEDGE keenness battle line
*ak Latin acer Cognate Grk oxu
CaesariesHair a head of hair. Yes its related to Caesar
FaciesShape (seen), form, figure, outwards appearance
*fa+k+vowel Latin Facio IE *bha
FidesFaith trust confidence
Note Cognate pith stem in Greek pistis, peithw
do not confuse with third D. fides = lyre
GlaciesICE ,Cognate with * gelu
Materies ? 1st D. form Materia, matter ,material, originally timber
?* IE ma measure? ma+ter+ia
MeridiesNoon Midday Medius + Dies
MollitiesSoftness Flexibility Pliantness
N.B. First D. Mollitia
Planities1st D. planitia < planus plain, level surface
ProgeniesFrom gigno Descent Lineage Progeny Offspring
RabiesMadness Rage see verb rabio
RES"thing" like Greek Pragma? Cognate with *pra and *dra?
note that in the compound respublica the publica part declines separates
that means treat publica like a separate adjective
SaniesSanguis Blood Bloody Poison
ScabiesScab Mange Itch
Segnitiessegnitia slothfulness slowfulness * segnis
Speciesappearance seeing sight kind
* spek Latin Specio Cog. Grk - skep-
SPESHOPE Latin Spero
SuperficiesThe top the surface or upper side
what faces the viewer
TemperiesTempered Tempering Proper Mixture
from tempero tempus



Some more words I found recently -
Pernicies - destruction, disaster, ruin.
Effigies has parallel 1st D. form Effigia, Image Likeness Ideal
Durities with parallel 1stD. duritia, hardness from durus.


The Declension of Dies.



Case
SingularPlural
NominativeDiesDies
AccusativeDiemDies
GenitiveDieiDierum
DativeDieiDiebus
AblativeDieDiebus
What No VocativeOh come on!You can work that out!


The e before s is long and so is the final i in the diei endings

A Reminder

Singular>Plural
Nominativee + ese + es
Accusativee + me + es
Genitivee + e + long ie + erum
Dativee + e + long ie + ebus
Ablativee + ee + ebus


Some False Friends - Faux ami



Here are 10 3rd D. Nouns You might just possibly get mixed up with the 5th D. ones?
I've given the genitive endings
(Remember 3rd D. are far outnumber 5th D.)
Feminine Quies, Pes - dis foot, Nubes - is cloud
Caedes - is slaughter, sedes - is seat home, feles - is cat, rupes - is rock cliff
and Ceres the goddess - cereris,
Masc. Eques - itis horseman rider and Neuter Aes - ris bronze > bronze or copper coin.

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