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Metella Caecilius mercator Metellam Caecilium mercatorem

1st Declension

ancilla

ancillam

2nd Declension

servus

servum

3rd Declension

mercator

mercatorem

The nominative ending of the 3rd declension may take various forms, but the accusative nearly always ends in –em.

EXAMPLES

mercator

leo

senex

canis

Grumio

What Latin nouns do you know already? Place them into 1st, 2nd or 3rd declensions

according to the nominative ending.