[i] a 1 termination adjective only has one ending in the nominative singular for masculine, feminine and neuter e.g. audāx: bold; ingēns: huge
[ii] a 3
termination adjective has three endings in the nominative singular i.e.
a separate ending for each gender e.g. celer (m), celeris
(f), celere (n): fast; ācer, acris, acre:
bitter
[iii] One and
three termination adjectives are far fewer in number than two
termination.
[iv] Image #1: All
3rd declension adjectives – regardless of the number of terminations
in the nominative singular – are declined in the same way. The image shows the
three different terminations. Whatever the nominative neuter singular
is, it will be the same in the accusative singular.
[iii] Images #2
and #3: some 3rd declension adjectives, like 3rd
declension nouns, can undergo a change in the stem. That stem is listed
as the genitive singular of the adjective; it is to that stem which,
apart from the nominative singular and the neuter accusative singular, all the
other endings are added.
audāx, audācis:
bold; the stem is formed by removing the genitive singular ending
audāc¦is > audāc-
ingēns, ingentis:
huge
ingent¦is >
ingent-
Note: the small
change with adjectives which have a nominative in -āns / -ēns; when the stem is
added, the /a/ and /e/ are shortened i.e. ingēns > ingentis
LINKS
Summary of 3rd
declension adjectives
https://www.facebook.com/groups/latinforstarters/permalink/430876419523632/
or
https://mega.nz/file/7EFwQRbb#ZNryGxwHksaaa6ki4MFamvTuskNzGlL7BTBrg-eakFI
Link to all posts
on the 3rd declension of adjectives
https://mega.nz/file/OJFiyYRD#xolJEigSQAzZBOaWllJnxAQccjwl7D9-9Y0xoI17iSA
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