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Tense Present pl. No. sing. 1st - 2nd Conjugation 1st Conjugation amo amas amat amamus amatis amant amabam amabas amabat amabamus amabatis amabent amabo amabis amabit amabimus amabitis amabunt amavi amavisti amavit amavimus amavistis amaverunt amaverum amaveras amaverant amaveramus amaveratis amaverant amavero amaveris amaerit amaverimus amaveritis amaverint Verbs and Sum 2nd Conjugation moneo mones monet monemus monetis monent monebam monebas monebat monebamus monebatis monebant monebo monebis monebit monebimus monebitis monebunt monui monuisti monuit monuimus monuistis monuerunt monueram monueras monuerat monueramus monueratis monuerant monuero monueris monuerit monuerimus monueritis monuerint 1st - 2nd Declension Nouns 2nd Decl. Masculine us i o um o 2nd Decl. Masculine servus servi servo servum servo 3rd - 4th Declension Nouns 3rd Decl. Neuter is i e servi servorum servis servos servis a um ibus a ibus Sum sum es est sumus etis sunt eram eras erat eramus eratis erant ero eris erit erimus eritis erunt fui fuisti fuit fuimus fuistis fuierunt fueram fueras fuerat fueramus fueratis fuerant fuero fueris fuerit fuerimus fueritis fuerint

Verb Forms - Tense Endeings Present Singular o s t Imperfect Singular bam bas bat Future Singular bo bis bit Perfect Singular i isti it Pluperfect Singular eram eras erat Future Perfect Singular ero eris erit 2nd. Decl. Neuter Present Plural mus tis nt Imperfect Plural bamus batis bant Future Plural bimus bitis bunt Perfect Plural imus istis erunt Pluperfect Plural eramus eratis erant Future Perfect Plural erimus eritis erint

sing. Imperfect pl.

sing. Future pl.

sing. Perfect pl.

sing. Pluperfect pl.

sing. Future Perfect pl.

1st Decl. Feminine Nominative Genative Dative Accusative Ablative a ae ae am a ae arum is as is

i orum is os is

um i o um o 2nd. Decl. Neuter bellum belli bello bellum bello 4th Declension us us ui um u

a orum is a is

1st Decl. Feminine Nominative Genative Dative Accusative Ablative Nominative Genative Dative Accusative Ablative mensa mensae mensae mensam mensa mensae mensarum mensis mensas mensis

bella bellorum bellis bella bellis us uum ibus us ibus

3rd Decl. M/F es is um i ibus em es e ibus

*Derived Primarily From: Richard A. Muller, Dictionary of Latin and Greek Theological Terms. www.wittenberginstitute.org

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3rd Decl. M/F pater patres patris patrum patri patribus patrem patres patre patribus 5th Declension es es ei erum ei ebus em es e ebus 5th Declension res res rei rerum rei rebus rem res re rebus 3rd Decl. Neuter nomen nominis nomini nomen nomine 4th Declension portus portus portui portum portu

Nominative Genative Dative Accusative Ablative 5th Declension Nominative Genative Dative Accusative Ablative Nominative Genative Dative Accusative Ablative

nomina nominum nominibus nomina nominibus

portus portuum portibus portus portibus

Nominative Genitive Dative Accusative Ablative

Masculine bonus boni bono bonum bono

1-2 Declension Adjectives Singular Feminine Neuter bona bonum bonae boni bonae bono bonam bonum bona bono

Plural Masculine Feminine Neuter Nominative boni bonae bona Genitive bonorum bonarum bonorum Dative bonis bonis bonis Accusative bonos bonas bona Ablative bonis bonis bonis Commonly Used Theological Latin Vocabulary* actus fiduciae Actual faith resting on the apprehension by the will. adiaphora Things or theological summations that are indifferent. analogia fidei The analogy of faith; using the clear loci(us) of faith to interpret ambiguous portions of Scripture. analogia Scripturae Using clear portions of Scripture to assist in interpreting the unclear portions of Scripture. anima The soul od spiritual part of a human being. articuli fidei Articles of faith or individual doctrines of loci(us) of the Christian faith. articulus stantis et credentis ecclesiae - The article on which the Church stands or falls, i.e. Justification by grace through faith. baptismus Baptism; the first in order of the two Sacraments given in the New Testament. benedictio Benediction, blessing, either the blessing of God or the liturgical blessing at the end of a Church service. caput ecclesiae Head of the Church, that is Christ. causa Cause; that which brings about any change or mutation. Can also refer to one of the 4 Aristotelian causes. certitudo Certainty, ceertitude, surety; specifically the certitude that one is saved on account of Christ. Christus Literally Christ, the annointed one. coena Domini or coena sacra - The Lord's Supper or the Sacramental [or Holy] Supper. credere To believe, specifically belief as it refers to faith in Christ. Deus absconditus / Deus revelatus - God hidden and God revealed. donum gratiae The gift of grace. ex nihilo Out of nothing; refering to the divine creation of the world. evangelium The Gospel. favor Dei The favor of God. fides - fiducia Fides = faith. Fiducia = Faith as trust in the mercy of God on account of Christ. gratia or gratia Dei Grace - the gracious will of God toward a sinnful man. The grace of God on account of Christ. homoiousios Of the same substance; creedal language refering to the fact that Christ is of the same substance as God the Father. iustificatio Justification by God. lex Dei The Law of God. loci communes Common places, the collection of the most basic scriptural loci and their systemization in Christine doctrine. locus Place or topic, the crucial text or place in Scripture that is at the heart of a particular Christian doctrine. media iustificationis The means of justification, i.e. the Word and Sacrament. notae ecclesiae The marks of the Church, that is, (1) the preached Word and (2) the rightly administered Sacraments. oratio Prayer peccata Sins; peccatum actuale is actual sin; peccatum originale is original sin. pater Father, God the Father is Deus Pater. praedestinatio Predestination, election, or foreordination, before the foundation of the world. propter Because of, on account of, on account of which. Specically, propter Christum, on account of Christ. ratio Reason, both as the mental capacity for reason and a motive, premise or ground of an argument. sacramentum Sacrament: Baptism and the Lord's Supper. Ocassionally, Confession & Absolution, Confirmation and Ordination. Spiritus Sanctus The Holy Spirit, that is, the thrid person of the Holy Trinity. theologia crucis The theology of the corss. voluntas The "will," is the nature of a spiritual person. By some said to be the thing that by the Holy Spirit apprehends faith.
*Derived Primarily From: Richard A. Muller, Dictionary of Latin and Greek Theological Terms. www.wittenberginstitute.org

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