1st Declension
| singular | plural | |
| nom. | puella | puellae |
| acc. | puellam | puellas |
| gen. | puellae | puellarum |
| dat. | puellae | puellis |
| abl. | puella | puellis |
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1st Declension nouns end in –a in the nominative singular.
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They are all feminine words at GCSE, except for nauta (m.), “sailor.”
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There is wide scope for confusion with the –ae ending. Use the rest of the sentence to iron out ambiguity.
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The ablative singular terminates in a long a (e.g. puellā).
GCSE vocab
Quizlet
Practise with the 1st Declension Nouns which are on the OCR GCSE (DVL) word list.
List
There are 30 1st Declension nouns to learn for the OCR GCSE Latin Language paper (J282/01):
| ancilla | slave-girl, slave-woman |
| aqua | water |
| cena | dinner, meal |
| copiae | forces, troops |
| cura | care, worry |
| dea | goddess |
| domina | mistress |
| epistula | letter |
| femina | woman |
| filia | daughter |
| hora | hour |
| ianua | door |
| insula | island, block of flats |
| ira | anger |
| nauta | sailor |
| patria | country, homeland |
| pecunia | money |
| poena | punishment |
| porta | gate |
| puella | girl |
| regina | queen |
| Roma | Rome |
| silva | wood |
| taberna | shop, inn |
| terra | ground, land, country |
| turba | crowd |
| via | street, road, way |
| victoria | victory |
| villa | house, country villa |
| vita | life |
