2. The Dative and Ablative Plural are always alike.
3. In Neuters the Accusative and Nominative are always alike, and in the Plural end in -ă.
4. In the Third, Fourth, and Fifth Declensions, the Accusative Plural is regularly like the Nominative.
FIRST DECLENSION.
ā-Stems.
[20]. Pure Latin nouns of the First Declension regularly end, in the Nominative Singular, in -ă, weakened from -ā, and are of the Feminine Gender. They are declined as follows:—
| Porta, gate; stem, portā-. SINGULAR. | |||
| CASES. | MEANINGS. | TERMINATIONS. | |
| Nom. | porta | a gate (as subject) | -ă |
| Gen. | portae | of a gate | -ae |
| Dat. | portae | to or for a gate | -ae |
| Acc. | portam | a gate (as object) | -am |
| Voc. | porta | O gate! | -ă |
| Abl. | portā | with, by, from, in a gate | -ā |
PLURAL. | |||
| Nom. | portae | gates (as subject) | -ae |
| Gen. | portārum | of gates | -ārum |
| Dat. | portīs | to or for gates | -īs |
| Acc. | portās | gates (as object) | -ās |
| Voc. | portae | O gates! | -ae |
| Abl. | portīs | with, by, from, in gates | -īs |
1. The Latin has no article, and porta may mean either a gate or the gate; and in the Plural, gates or the gates.