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FIRST DECLENSION.

ā-Stems.

20. Pure Latin nouns of the First Declension regularly end, in the
Nominative Singular, in -ă, weakened from -ā, and are of the Feminine
Gender. They are declined as follows:--

Porta, _gate_; stem, portā-.

SINGULAR.
CASES. MEANINGS. TERMINATIONS.
_Nom._ porta _a gate_ (as subject) -ă
_Gen._ portae _of a gate_ -ae
_Dat._ portae _to_ or _for a gate_ -ae
_Acc._ portam _a gate_ (as object) -am
_Voc._ porta _O gate!_ -ă
_Abl._ portā _with, by, from, in a gate_ -ā

PLURAL.
_Nom._ portae _gates_ (as subject) -ae
_Gen._ portārum _of gates_ -ārum
_Dat._ portīs _to_ or _for gates_ -īs
_Acc._ portās _gates_ (as object) -ās
_Voc._ portae _O gates!_ -ae
_Abl._ portīs _with, by, from, in gates_ -īs

1. The Latin has no article, and porta may mean either _a gate_ or _the