which declension?

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which declension?

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Does anyone know what declension absis, absidis belongs to? It is feminine neuter. Is it 3rd?

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3rd. All nouns that have their genitive as *-is belongs to the third declension.

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thanks!

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does that decline normally otherwise? the genitive is what had me confused.

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in order to decline it use the root of the word, which is found in the genitive, so say singular accusative would be absidem and not absem.

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that is feminine. there is no such thing as "feminine neuter".
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Re: which declension?

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marrika wrote:Does anyone know what declension absis, absidis belongs to? It is feminine neuter. Is it 3rd?
I agree with everyone else.

A very good website for looking up Latin words can be found here (William Whitaker's Words):
http://www.archives.nd.edu/cgi-bin/words.exe

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oops

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benissimus wrote:that is feminine. there is no such thing as "feminine neuter".
of course. I have no idea why I typed neuter.

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:lol: quite alright. We all make mistakes. But now you know, and knowing is half the battle. ;)

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Yes thanks again cweb! :D

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Episcobus - you had this problem also? ;)

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benissimus my fructual philie, stop editing my posts.

cweb you were fooled by benissimus... :?
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And use the right plosive you twat

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Sorry, but it seems as you've been the butt of the joke today. Well, you missed it, and then try to insult me with a puerile anatomical slang. Tsk-tsk, I thought better of you.

Chris

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yes, cweb255, the choice between uerum ingenium and ars speciosa is always a challenging one. i'm glad that yours has, quod nemo nescit, been made.

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whiteoctave wrote:yes, cweb255, the choice between uerum ingenium and ars speciosa is always a challenging one. i'm glad that yours has, quod nemo nescit, been made.

~D
eh?

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