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Second declension: Common nouns like amīcus-ī (friend), puer-ī (boy), ager-rī (field)
Third declension: mīles-mīlitis (soldier), cīvis-is (citizen), nōmen-minis (name)
Fourth declension: frūctus-ūs (fruit, benefit), cornū-ūs (horn)
Fifth declension: faciēs-ēī (form, face)
By examining the genitive ending—ae, ī, is, ūs, ēī—you can determine the declension of a Latin noun.
The Second Declension: Masculine and Neuter Nouns
The second declension includes nouns that are either masculine or neuter. In this tutorial, we concentrate on masculine nouns.