§59. Mute Stems
Nouns of this class are declined as follows:—
| cor, N., heart | caput, N., head | poēma, N., poem |
| STEM cord- | STEM capit- | STEM poēmat- |
| SINGULAR | ||||
| CASE-ENDINGS | ||||
| NOM. | cor | caput | poēma | ----- |
| GEN. | cordis | capitis | poēmatis | -is |
| DAT. | cordī | capitī | poēmatī | -ī |
| ACC. | cor | caput | poēma | ----- |
| ABL. | corde | capite | poēmate | -e |
| PLURAL | ||||
| NOM. | corda | capita | poēmata | -a |
| GEN. | ----- | capitum | poēmatum | -um |
| DAT. | cordibus | capitibus | poēmatibus | -ibus |
| ACC. | corda | capita | poēmata | -a |
| ABL. | cordibus | capitibus | poēmatibus | -ibus |
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.