25 November 2006 |
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The vast majority of nouns encountered in Ecclesiastical Latin belong to the first three declensions. Given the near-instant identifiability of those nouns, however, I think it a simpler matter to keep track of the fewer, but important, nouns that belong to the Fourth and Fifth Declensions.
Fourth Declension: Virtually all Declension IV nouns are masculine, with only a few feminine or neuter (*).
Fifth Declension: Virtually all Declension V nouns are feminine.
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