2: Nouns - Declensions and Cases
IN THIS LESSON
What is the second declension?
Meet the second declension! The second declension is mainly a masculine declension, meaning that its words are given the masculine gender, just like how the first declension if feminine.. Like the Latin second declension, the Oscan second declension is mainly based in o-stems and u-stems, meaning that words typically have a at the end of their stem onto which endings are attached. Just like the first declension, the second declension is one of the most extant declensions left to us by Oscan inscriptions. However, unlike the first declension, the second declension has two versions: the second masculine and the second neuter, depending on the gender of the noun in question. Below is the chart for the second-masculine endings.
And here’s the second-neuter declension endings. Notice the differences with the masculine version! If you know Latin, note the similarities between the Latin second-masculine and second-neuter!
And here’s examples of both the second masculine and second neuter in action!
