Capitulum 10: Dictionary Entry

A noun's dictionary entry is what you will see when you look up that noun in a Latin dictionary. It generally goes like this:

nominative sing. genitive sing., gender = English meaning(s).
Exempla:
īnsula, -ae, f. = island
fluvius, -ī, m. = river
māter, mātris, f. = mother

The genitive singular ending is there to tell you which declension the noun belongs to.

Try your hand at completing the dictionary entries for the nouns in this activity. See if you can find any patterns. If you get stuck, you can always look back at your chapter outlines!