The Genitive Case

Show Possession

In English we show possession

with ‘s, s’, or the preposition OF.

e.g. (for example)

This is Julia’s book.

The girls’ mom will be

here soon.

The commander of the

troops withdrew from

the field.

In Latin we use genitive endings to make

a word show possession. Here are those

endings:

1st 2nd 3rd

Sing. -ae -i -is

Plural -arum -orum -um

Here are some examples of the

Genitive

case from your reading.

Gaia estfiliaIuliae.-ae is genitive sing. – 1st declension

Gaia is the daughter of Julia.

Gaia is Julia’s daughter.

SpuriusestfiliusGai. -iis genitive sing. – 2nd declension

Spurius is Gaius’ son.

Spurius is the son of Gaius.

Comitēsmeīpatrisadsunt. -is is genitive sing. – 3rd declension

My father’s comrades are here.

Remember, it is the GENITIVE that tells you

the declension of the noun!

Nouns are listed in

the dictionary:

Nominative.,

Genitive, gender

cena, cenae, f. dinner – 1st

amicus, amici, m. friend – 2nd

mors, mortis, f. death – 3rd