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      Declension of Numerals - Unus, Duo, Tres, Milia | Study Latin Jump to content
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      Declension of Numerals - Unus, Duo, Tres, Milia


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      Not to make this any more complicated, but these four numbers (unus, una, unum; duo, due, duo; tres, tria; milia) have their declensions! This, however, isn't the case with the rest of the CARDINAL numbers. All ordinal numbers have their declension, but about that later.

      Unus, una, unum has the pattern of 2nd declension for masculine and neuter nouns (like adjective bonus, bona, bonum), and 1st declension for feminine nouns. However, beware: unus has only SINGULAR! Why? It's one! For plural, you must have at least two, which is why duo, due, duo has only plural! Same is with tres, tria and milia. They too come only in plural.

                one             

               

      N    unus      una      unum

      G              unius

      D                uni

      Acc unum    unam    unum

      V    unus      una      unum

      Ab  uno        una      uno

              two

      N    duo      due      duo

      G  duorum duarum duorum

      D  duobus  duabus  duobus

      Acc duo(s)    duas    duo

      V    duo      due      duo

      Ab  duobus duabus duobus

              three

      N      tres        tria

      G          trium

      D          tribus

      Acc    tres        tria

      V      tres        tria

      Ab        tribus

              millions

      N        milia

      G        milium

      D        milibus

      Acc      milia

      V        milia

      Ab      milibus

      You can also decline ''hundreds'' from ducenti (200) to nongenti (900), also in plural, so like  boni, bonae, bona.

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