Accusative forms

Nouns

Summary

The accusative endings for non-neuter nouns and adjectives are:

Neuter nouns and adjectives always have a single form for nominative, vocative and accusative singular, and a single form for nominative, vocative and accusative plural. The accusative endings for neuter nouns and adjectives are:

First declension

In the first declension, the accusative endings are:

word accusative singular accusative plural
puella -ae f. puellam puellas

Second declension

In the second declension, the accusative endings are:

word accusative singular accusative plural
colonus -i m. colonum colonos
puer pueri m. puerum pueros
magister magistri m. magistrum magistros
templum templi n. templum templa

Third declension

In the third declension, the accusative endings are:

The accusative singular of third-declension neuter nouns has the same irregular form as the nominative singular.

word accusative singular accusative plural
rex regis m. regem reges
navis navis f. navem naves
litus litoris n. litus litora
mare maris n. mare maria

These endings are added to the base of the word. You can find the base of a third declension word by removing ·is from its dative singular.

Adjectives

First and second declension

In first and second declension adjectives, the accusative endings are:

word accusative singular non-feminine accusative singular feminine accusative plural masculine accusative plural feminine accusative plural neuter
bonus -a -um bonum bonam bonos bonas bona
miser misera miserum miserum miseram miseros miseras misera

Third declension

In third declension adjectives, the accusative endings are:

The neuter accusative singular of third-declension adjectives has the same irregular form as the neuter nominative singular.

word non-neuter accusative singular neuter accusative singular non-neuter accusative plural neuter accusative plural
fortis forte fortem forte fortes fortia
ingens ingentis ingentem ingens ingentes ingentia

Pronouns

ea
them n.
eam
her, it
eas
them f.
eos
them m.
eum
him, it
me
me
nos
us
se
himself, herself, itself, themselves
te
you s.
vos
you pl.