declension

[ UK /dɪklˈɛnʃən/ ]
[ US /dəˈkɫɛnʃən/ ]
NOUN
  1. the inflection of nouns and pronouns and adjectives in Indo-European languages
  2. a downward slope or bend
  3. a class of nouns or pronouns or adjectives in Indo-European languages having the same (or very similar) inflectional forms
    the first declension in Latin
  4. process of changing to an inferior state
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How To Use declension In A Sentence

  • A convenient summary of Latin declension and conjugation is available on-line here.
  • In Latin, if a word is second declension, it will be masculine.
  • Anyways, lest I ramble on again, I've renamed my pdf Etrusco-Lemnian Declension and it's to be found in the Lingua Files section as always. Expanding the Etrusco-Lemnian primer
  • He has moreover enriched his work by adding to it an ecclesiastic compute with all its indications; an orrery after the Copernican system, representing the mean tropical revolutions of each of the planets visible to the naked eye, the phases of the moon, the eclipses of the sun and moon, calculated for ever; the true time and the sideral time; a new celestial globe with the procession of the equinoxes, solar and lunary equations for the reduction of the mean geocentric ascension and declension of the sun and moon at true times and places. Historical Sketch of the Cathedral of Strasburg
  • Both authors chronicle the rise and declension of rural Illinois communities and directly address the social/market debate that has invigorated the field of rural history.
  • The declension of the adjective interrogative pronoun is like that of the relative one.
  • The unfortunate problem with Etruscan, Lemnian and Rhaetic (and probably too with Eteo-Cypriot and Eteo-Cretan) is that no personal endings appear to be attached to verbs in these languages despite the fact that many features like the 1ps and its oblique form (mi and mini), demonstratives and the declensional system (ie. the demonstrative accusative, s-genitive, animate and inanimate plural endings) all find direct connections to PIE. Archive 2009-11-01
  • Redgrave also evokes beautifully the gradual declension into old age. Driving Miss Daisy – review
  • It was in Latin and not English Language classes that we learnt about the various verb tenses and noun declensions.
  • The present is thus perceived as that period of declension that is the subject of the jeremiad.
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