declensional

Meanings

• adjective, noun

  Relating to the inflection of a word or the way in which inflection changes the form and meaning of a word.

  - "The declensional forms of Latin verbs are studied in classical linguistics."
  - "The declensional categories of nouns in Latin include genitive, dative, accusative, vocative, and ablative."

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Variants

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declension , declensional , declensions

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Etymology

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From the Latin declinare ‘turn aside, deviate’, from de- ‘away from’ + clinare ‘lean, turn’.

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Trivia

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1. Did you know that English has fewer declensional forms compared to Latin and other inflected languages?

2. The word 'declensional' itself is an example of a Latinism in the English language.

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Related Concepts

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1. inflection: A grammatical process whereby a word changes form based on its function in a sentence.

2. conjugation: The arrangement of a verb in its different forms.

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Culture

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Declensional forms have been a subject of interest in various literary works, particularly in Latin literature and classical studies.

How to Memorize "declensional"

1. visualize
   

   - Imagine a Latin verb and its different declensional forms.
   - Visualize the different cases of a Latin noun and their functions in a sentence.

2. associate
   

   - Associate the different declensional forms of a Latin verb with their respective meanings.
   - Associate the different cases of a Latin noun with their functions in a sentence.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Use the acronym 'GDAVAC' to remember the six cases in Latin: Genitive, Dative, Accusative, Vocative, Ablative, and Nominative.
   - Use the mnemonic 'Felix quidam habet quattuor filios qui Fabiae sunt nominae' to remember the Latin declensional forms of 'filius'.

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