

Symbolum Apostolorum Crédo in Déum, Pátrem omnipoténtem, Creatórem cáeli et térræ. Et in Jésum Chrístum, Fílium éjus unícum, Dóminum nóstrum: qui concéptus est de Spíritu Sáncto, nátus ex María Vírgine, pássus sub Póntio Piláto, crucifíxus, mórtuus, et sepúltus: descéndit ad ínferos: tértia díe resurréxit a mórtuis: ascéndit ad cáelos: sédet ad déxteram Déi Pátris omnipoténtis: índe ventúrus est judicáre vívos et mórtuos.

The Six Forms of a Declension FORM N – Nominative V – Vocative G – Genitive D – Dative Ac – Accusative Ab ‐ AblativeĮXAMPLE Dog bites boy O Lord! Name of the Lord given to him Dog bites boy Tea with milk House of Bob below the Prepositioned Indirect Object (Ablative) Threw a small rock at the Indirect Object (Dative) The naughty boy violently Adjective Object (Accusative) Preposition ‐ In a word of two syllables, the accent always falls on the first syllable: servus, mihi, octo. bello = bel‐lo terra = ter‐ra ‐ The accent is never on the last (ultimate) syllable. Latin Pronunciation Guide Vowels Pronunciation Examples a = ah as in father ad, mater e = eh as in fate te, video i = ee as in machine, feet in, qui o = aw as in glow gloria, omnis u = oo as in tutor, cool cum, summus Two Vowels Together Pronunciation Examples ae = eh as in fate prae, illae oe = eh as in fate coelum, coepi au = ow as in loud aut, lauda eu = eh and oo two distinct syllables euge Consonants Pronunciation Examples c (before e,i, ae, oe) as ch in church certus, cibus c as c in cat cum ch=k as in ache Christus g (before e ,i, ae, oe) soft, as in gentle gens, agit g (before other letters) hard, as in go gratis, gloria gn ny as in canyon agnus, ignis h silent horarum h = k pronounced as k mihi, nihil j (or consonant i) as y in yes Jesus, Justus qu as qu in queen qui, que r slightly rolled on the tongue Carnis s as s in sing (never z as in raise) miser, fides sc (before a, o, u or a consonant ) as sc in scope scutum, Pascha sc (before e, i, oe, ae, and i) as sh in shall descendit, scio th as t in ten Thomas ti (when followed by a vowel and proceeded as tsee bratia, etiam by any letter except s, t, or x) x (in words beginning ex‐ and followed by a as ks exaudi, pax vowel, h, or s ) xc (before e, ae, oe, i) as ksh excelsis =ekshelsees z as dz zizania B, D, F, K, L, M, N, P, and V Pronounced as in English Note: ‐ Double consonants must be clearly sounded.
