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104 THE THIRD DECLENSION • CONSONANT STEMS LESSON XL THE THIRD DECLENSION • CONSONANT STEMS (Continued)

CLASS II 235. Consonant stems that add no termination in the nominative are declined in the other cases exactly like those that add -s. They may be masculine, feminine, or neuter.

236.


 * 1) With the exception of the nominative, the terminations are exactly the same as in Class I, and the base or stem is found in the same way.
 * 2) Masculines and feminines with bases or stems in -in- and -ōn- drop -n- and end in -ō in the nominative, as legiō (base or stem legiōn-), ōrdō (base or stem ōrdin-).
 * 3) Bases or stems in -tr- have -ter in the nominative, as pater (base or stem patr-).
 * 4) Note how the genitive singular gives the clue to the whole declension. Always learn this with the nominative.