Classics- How to Latin

Singular Adjectives

Adjective Latin m Latin f Latin neuter

x-al x-alis x-alis x-ale
x-ic x-icus x-ica x-icum
x-ous x-osus x-osa x-osum
x-ary x-aris x-aris x-are
x-ar x-aris X-aris x-are
x-an x-anus x-ana x-anum
x-ine x-inus x-ina x-inum
x-ac x-acus x-aca x-acum
x-oid x-oideus X-oidea x-oideum
- The not bolded words, usually look the same as their noun endings
- The bolded words don’t look the same as their noun endings

Most of the time nouns end the following, and adjectives follow, with the exception of the bolded

- Masculine: ends in US
- Feminine: ends in A
- Neuter: ends in UM or ON

Naming rules:

- Adjectives follow the noun they modify

- Adjectives agree with the noun they modify in gender, in number and in case

Masculine singular:

- Most nouns end in us

- Most adjectives end in us or is

Feminine singular:

- Most nouns end in a

- Most adjectives end in a or is

Neuter singular:

- Most end with um or on

- Adjectives end with um and e
Latin PLURALS

Noun Adjective Adjective

Mas s Musculus Cardiacus cervicalis
Masculine PLURAL Musculi Cardiaci cervicales

Fem s Vena Cardiaca Cervicalis

Feminine Plural Venae Cardiacae Cervicales

Neut s Ligamentum Cardiacum Cervicale

Neut PLURAL Ligamenta Cardiaca Cervicalia

Masculine PLURAL

- us -> i
- For us adjectives => i
- For is adjectives => es

Feminine PLURAL

- a -> ae
- For a adjectives => ae
- For is adjectives => es

Neuter PLURAL

- um -> a
- For um adjectives -> a
- For e adjectives -> ia

Irregular Latin

Cervix Cervices
Phalanx Phalanges
Neurosis Neuroses
Pes (m) Pedes
Cartilage Cartilagines
Tendo Tendines