domina, lady Stem dominā- Base domin-
SingularPlural
TERMINATIONSTERMINATIONS
Nom.domina-adominae-ae
Gen.dominae-aedominārum-ārum
Dat.dominae-aedominīs-īs
Acc.dominam-amdominās-ās
Abl.dominādominīs-īs

a. Dea and fīlia have the termination -ābus in the dative and ablative plural.

[462.] SECOND DECLENSION. O-STEMS

a. Masculines in -us

dominus, master Stem domino- Base domin-
SingularPlural
TERMINATIONSTERMINATIONS
Nom.dominus-usdominī
Gen.dominīdominōrum-ōrum
Dat.dominōdominīs-īs
Acc.dominum-umdominōs-ōs
Abl.dominōdominīs-īs

1. Nouns in -us of the second declension have the termination -e´ in the vocative singular, as domine.

2. Proper names in -ius, and filius, end in in the vocative singular, and the accent rests on the penult, as Vergi´lī, fīlī.

b. Neuters in -um

pīlum, spear Stem pīlo- Base pīl-
SingularPlural
TERMINATIONSTERMINATIONS
Nom.pīlum-umpīla-a
Gen.pīlīpīlōrum-ōrum
Dat.pīlōpīlīs-īs
Acc.pīlum-umpīla-a
Abl.pīlōpīlīs-īs

1. Masculines in -ius and neuters in -ium end in in the genitive singular, not in -iī, and the accent rests on the penult.