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** 3rd Declension Masculine and Feminine Nouns ** **Nouns of all three genders occur in the 3rd Declension. The genitive singular form of these nouns is –** // is //.  The Nominative Singular form of 3rd Declension nouns varies. One must look up the genitive singular form provided in the dictionary and drop the - // **is** // to determine the base of the noun. – 


 * || honor, honoris || pater, patris || homo, hominis || regio, regionis ||
 * || m. honor || m. father || m. man || f. region ||
 * BASE || honor/ || patr/ || homin/ || region/ ||

Formula for forming 3rd Declension nouns:  Base of the noun + 3rd Declension Masc./Fem. Endings = Noun form __3rd Declension Masc./Fem. Endings __
 * || Singular || || Plural || ||
 * Nominative || varies || pater || -es || patres ||
 * Genitive || -is || patris || -um || patrum ||
 * Dative || -i || patri || -ibus || patribus ||
 * Accusative || -em || patrem || -es || patres ||
 * Ablative || -e || patre || -ibus || patribus ||

