Synopsis of Noun-Adjective Combinations

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Nouns: 5 Declensions		Adjectives: 3 Major Types
		-us-a-um type = 1st/ 2d declension	-is genitive type = 3d declension type	-ius genitive type*
		A	B	C
1	-a-ae-ae-am-â -ae-ârum-îs-âs-îs	longa vîta iûcundus agricola	dulcis vîta sapiens agricola	haec vîta ullus agricola
2	-us-î-ô-um-ô -î-ôrum-îs-ôs-îs    -um-î-ô-um-ô -a-ôrum-îs-a-îs	vêrus amîcus alta platanus magnum templum	fortis amîcus vetus platanus ingens templum	ûnus amîcus sôla platanus neutrum templum
3	[var] -is-î-em-e- ês-[i]um-ibus-ês/îs-ibus    [var] -is-î-[var]-e[-î] -[i]a-[i]um-ibus-[i]a-ibus	bona virtûs clârus rêx lâtum flûmen	ûtilis virtûs tristis rêx potêns flûmen	ista virtûs ille rêx hoc flûmen
4	-us-ûs-uî-um-û -ûs-uum-ibus-ûs-ibus    -û-ûs-û-û-û -ua-uum-ibus-ua-ibus	beâta domus parvus exercitus aureum cornû	fêlix domus celer exercitus âcre cornû	altera domus nullus exercitus id cornû
5	-ês-eî-eî-em-ê -ês-êrum-êbus-ês-êbus	câra rês sanctus dies	gravis rês omnis dies	ipsa rês uter dies

*The "-ius genitive type" includes the "UNUS NAUTA" words:

U nus	N euter
N ullus	A lius
U llus	U ter
S olus	T otus
	A lter.

Also included are many others like

• is / ea / id


• hic / haec / hoc


• ille / illa / illud


• qui / quae / quod


• iste / ista / istud.

  

See the -ius words fully declined.

  

Nota Bene: These words often have a genitive singular ending of -îus and a dative singular ending of -î. (But notice the exceptions for the dative singulars of hic / haec / hoc, which are huic / huic / huic.)