Uses of the Cases
This table (adapted from Kennedy’s Latin Primer) provides a basic overview of how to translate each of the cases.
| Nominative | servus currit | The slave runs | subject |
| Vocative | serve! | O slave! | address |
| Accusative | servum video | I see the slave | object |
| Genitive | servi liber | The book of the slave | description |
| Dative | servo librum dedi | I gave a book to the slave | receiver |
| Ablative | servo clamor venit | The noise came from the slave | source |
Other uses of the cases
See the pages of the individual cases for other common, and exceptional, uses.
