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processus posteriōris tali; pars laterālis ossis occipitālis; hiātus canālis nervi petrōsi minōris; nervus cutaněus brachii laterālis inferior; processus maxillāris conchae nasālis inferiōris; ligamentum longitudināle anterius columnae vertebrālis.

9. Translate into Latin using superlative degree:

gluteus maximus muscle; the longest muscle of neck; superior nuchal line; longissimus chest muscle; supreme nasal concha; the widest back muscle bursa ;gluteus minimus muscle; the widest back muscle; scalenus minimus muscle; little (the fifth) finger.

VII. VOCABULARY
1.	brevis, e	short
2.	bulbus, i m	bulb
3.	bursa, ae f	pouch, sac
4.	cavus, a, um	caval, hollow
5.	cervix, īcis f	neck
6.	cingŭlum, i n	girdle
7.	cutaněus, a, um	cutaneous
8.	dexter, tra, trum	right
9.	digĭtus, i m	finger; toe
10.	glutaeus, a, um	pertaining to buttocks
11.	hyoiděus, a, um	sublingual, hypoglossal
12.	jugulāris, e	jugular
13.	longitudinālis, e	longitudinal, lengthwise
14.	mediālis, e	medial
15.	nasālis , e	nasal
16.	nervus, i m	nerve
17.	ostĭum, i n	mouth, aperture, opening
18.	palpěbra, ae f	eyelid
19.	scalēnus, a, um	stairs-shaped

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20. talus, i m	ankle bone, talus
21. tendo, ĭnis m	tendon
22. thorax, ācis m	chest
23. tibiālis, e	tibial
Positive degree of comparison
24. magnus, a, um	large, great
25. parvus, a, um	little, small
Comparative degree
26. anterĭor, ĭus	anterior, front
27. inferĭor, ĭus	lower
28. major, us	large
29. minor, us	small
30. posterĭor, ĭus	back
31. superĭor, ĭus	higher, upper
Superlative degree
32. latissĭmus, a, um	widest
33. longissĭmus, a, um	longest
34. maxĭmus, a, um	largest
35. minĭmus, a, um	smallest
36. suprēmus, a, um	highest

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LESSON 6

LATIN THIRD DECLENSION NOUNS.

MASCULINE GENDER

In this lesson you will:

•Become familiar with the Latin third declension nouns.

•Learn how to find the stem of the third declension nouns.

•Learn the endings of the masculine third declension nouns.

•Become familiar with the structure of muscles names.

This lesson is divided into the following sections:

I.Particularities of the third declension. II. Stem of Latin third declension nouns. III. Endings of Latin third declension nouns.

IV. Exceptions to the rule of the masculine third declension nouns endings.

V. Latin muscle names. VI. Exercises.

VII. Vocabulary

I. PARTICULARITIES OF THE THIRD DECLENSION

The third declension includes nouns of all the three genders which have different endings in Nominative singular and –is in Genitive singular.

Parisyllaba and imparisyllaba third declension nouns

The Latin nouns of the 3rd declension can be divided into parisyllaba and imparisyllaba.

The first group includes a few feminine nouns that have equal number of syllables in Nominative singular and Genitive singular, such as:

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auris, is f – ear

cutis, is f – skin

The nouns that have one more syllable in Genitive singular than in Nominative singular are called imparisyllaba, cf. the following examples:

corpus, ŏris n – body caput, ĭtis n – head

II. STEM OF LATIN THIRD DECLENSION NOUNS

The stem determination of Latin third declension nouns is of great practical significance because the stem gives the clue to the formation of most of the other forms, for example of plural forms.

The stem of nouns of the 3rd declension is determined by the Genitive singular form.

The stem of nouns of the 3rd declension is obtained from the Genitive singular form by dropping the ending –is.

E.g.:

forāmen, ĭnis n →	foramĭn-is	opening
caput, ĭtis n →	capĭt-is	head
parĭes, ētis m →	pariēt-is	wall

III. ENDINGS OF LATIN THIRD DECLENSION NOUNS

Most nouns ending by –os, -or, -o, -er, -ex, -es (imparisyllaba) are masculine, cf.:

	Endings				Examples
	Nominative	Genitive (with	a
		part of the stem)
1.	- os	- ōris		flos, floris m -	flower
2.	- or	- ōris		constrictor,	constrictōris	m	–
				constrictor