Learn Latin from the Romans A Complete Introductory Course Using Textbooks from the Roman Empire

The nominative, vocative, and accusative are only three of the six cases in Latin. Another is the genitive, whose singular endings you have already seen in the vocabulary entries. The genitive is traditionally used in dictionary entries because it was the second case (after the nominative) in the order that the Romans themselves used, and many modern Classicists (especially in North America) follow this ancient order. British Classicists, however, tend to learn the cases in a revised order that puts similar endings together and therefore makes the paradigms easier to learn. In order to accommodate both traditions, this book will give all declensions twice, first in the British order and then in the ancient order. It is recommended that any given class choose one order and stick to it consistently throughout the course, to avoid confusion.