ABSTRACT

There are neuter nouns belonging to the 3rd declension which, as other neuter nouns, have the same endings in the nominative and accusative cases, and the ending -a in the nominative and accusative plural. Like other 3rd declension nouns the stems of these nouns change:

singular

body

name

head

N.

corpus

nōmen

caput

V.

corpus

nōmen

caput

A.

corpus

nōmen

caput

G.

corporis

nōminis

capitis

D.

corporī

nōminī

capitī

Ab.

corpore

nōmine

capite

plural

N.

corpora

nōmina

capita

V.

corpora

nōmina

capita

A.

corpora

nōmina

capita

G.

corporum

nōminum

capitum

D.

corporibus

nōminibus

capitibus

Ab.

corporibus

nōminibus

capitibus