rēgēs Rōmae

Rōmulus Rēmum necāvit et tunc mūrōs circum Rōmam confēcit. Rōmānī Rōmulum valdē amāvērunt quod Rōmulus multās terrās ad Rōmam addit. post Rōmulum multī rēgēs Rōmam rēgnābant; Nūma Pompilius, Tullus Hostīlius, Ancus Martius, Tarquinius Prīscus, Servius Tullius et tandem Tarquinius Superbus.

Tarquinius Superbus contrā Volscōs bellum gessit et praedās ad collem Capitōlīnum portāvit. ibi Tarquinius templum māgnificum aedificāvit et templum Iovī dēdicāvit. Rōmanī autem nec Tarquinium Superbum nec fīlium suum Sextum nōn amāvērunt. quōdam diē Sextus Tarquinius Lūcrētiam, uxōrem Collātīnī, vīdit. Sextus voluit Lūcrētiam capere et noctē ad vīllam suam advēnit....

Latin has three genders for nouns and adjectives. You have already met the masculine and feminine; in this mission you will learn about neuter nouns. There are two rules which apply to all neuter nouns:

• The nominative and accusative endings are always the same (in both singular and plural)
• The plural nominative and accusative endings are always -a

With the exception of these two rules, neuter nouns behave just like a masculine or feminine noun of the same declension.

In the second declension, neuter nouns have a nominative singular ending -um . According to the first rule above, this means that they also have an accusative singular ending -um.

According to the second rule, second declension neuter nouns have a nominative and accusative ending -a . (NB: think "bacteria," which is really a collection of lots and lots of little organisms, each of which is a single bacterium.)

A second declension neuter noun declines as follows:

Here's a video briefing courtesy of latintutorial.com about neuters of the second declesnion:

Like masculine/feminine nouns in the third declension, there are several options for the nominative singular ending for neuter nouns. Like above, the nominative singular ending is repeated for the accusative singular, and the nominative and accusative plural endings remain -a .

Here is an example:

Here's a video briefing courtesy of latintutorial.com about neuters of the third declesnion: