§44. Greek Nouns of the First Declension
Many nouns of the First Declension borrowed from the Greek are entirely Latinized (as, aula, court); but others retain traces of their Greek case-forms in the singular.
| Electra, F. | synopsis, F. | art of music, F. | |
| NOM. | ēlectra (-ā) | epitomē | mūsica (-ē) |
| GEN. | ēlectrae | epitomēs | mūsicae (-ēs) |
| DAT. | ēlectrae | epitomae | mūsicae |
| ACC. | ēlectram (-ān) | epitomēn | mūsicam (-ēn) |
| ABL. | ēlectrā | epitomē | mūsicā (-ē) |
| Andromache, F. | Æneas, M. | Persian, M. | |
| NOM. | Andromachē (-a) | Aenēās | Persēs (-a) |
| GEN. | Andromachēs (-ae) | Aenēae | Persae |
| DAT. | Andromachae | Aenēae | Persae |
| ACC. | Andromachēn (-am) | Aenēān (-am) | Persēn (-am) |
| ABL. | Andromachē (-ā) | Aenēā | Persē (-ā) |
| VOC. | Andromachē (-a) | Aenēā (-a) | Persa |
| Anchises, M. | son of Æneas, M. | comet, M. | |
| NOM. | Anchīsēs | Aeneadēs (-a) | comētēs (-a) |
| GEN. | Anchīsae | Aeneadae | comētae |
| DAT. | Anchīsae | Aeneadae | comētae |
| ACC. | Anchīsēn (-am) | Aeneadēn | comētēn (-am) |
| ABL. | Anchīsē (-ā) | Aeneadē (-ā) | comētā (-ē) |
| VOC. | Anchīsē (-ā, -a) | Aeneadē (-a) | comēta |
There are (besides proper names) about thirty-five of these words, several being names of plants or arts: as, crambē, cabbage; mūsicē, music. Most have also regular Latin forms: as, comēta; but the nominative sometimes has the a long.
a. Greek forms are found only in the singular; the plural, when it occurs, is regular: as, comētae, -ārum, etc.
b. Many Greek nouns vary between the first, the second, and the third declensions: as, Boōtae (genitive of Boōtēs, -is), Thūcȳdidās (accusative plural of Thūcȳdidēs, -is). See § 52. a and § 81.
J. H. Allen and J. B. Greenough, New Latin Grammar (Boston: Ginn, 1903). Text provided under a CC BY-SA license by Perseus Digital Library, http://www.perseus.tufts.edu, with funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities.