Latin pronouns Declension of Latin adjectival pronouns in parallel.
Version of Monday 19 February 2024.
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This report contains well-known information organized into a novel format that may help the student understand the declensions of those Latin pronouns which are inflected as adjectives. Arranging the forms into parallel columns helps to make patterns and irregularities more conspicuous; in particular, the forms within each row are often similar. Listed are the nominative, genitive, dative, accusative, and ablative cases. Omitted are the vocative and locative cases.

This page is largely consistent with Gildersleeve and Lodge as well as Allen and Greenough. Meanwhile, Wikipedia has a convenient summary.

Of course, the ancient authors vary in their usage. Also, the grammarians who describe that usage sometimes differ in (1) their terminologies and classifications; (2) what forms they choose to report, especially with rarely-seen variations; and (3) which vowels are marked as long. In the third matter, typographical errors may play a role because the macron used to signify a long vowel has such a small glyph that it might be overlooked, or confused with a different marking because of poor script or print quality.


In the table below, columns 1 thorough 8 show the pronouns that are declined in three genders and are often used with adjectival force. Column 9 has the endings for the pronominal adjectives. As a basis for comparison, columns 10 and 11 contain typical endings for ordinary adjectives of the first-second and third declensions.

number case gender determinative demonstrative relative interrogative pro adj 1st-2nd3rd
col 1col 2col 3 col 4col 5col 6 col 7col 8col 9 col 10col 11
singularnommas is īdem ipse hīc iste ille quī quis -us various various
fem ea eadem ipsa haec ista illa quae quis -a -a various
neu id idem ipsum hōc istud illud quod quid -um -um various
genmas ēius ēiusdem ipsīus hūius istīus illīus cūius cūius -īus -ī -is
fem ēius ēiusdem ipsīus hūius istīus illīus cūius cūius -īus -ae -is
neu ēius ēiusdem ipsīus hūius istīus illīus cūius cūius -īus -ī -is
datmas eī ēidem ipsī huīc istī illī cuī cuī -ī -ō -ī
fem eī ēidem ipsī huīc istī illī cuī cuī -ī -ae -ī
neu eī ēidem ipsī huīc istī illī cuī cuī -ī -ō -ī
accmas eum eundem ipsum hunc istum illum quem quem -um -um -em
fem eam eandem ipsam hanc istam illam quam quem -am -am -em
neu id idem ipsum hōc istud illud quod quid -um -um various
ablmas eō ēodem ipsō hōc istō illō quō quō -ō -ō -ī, -e
fem eā ēadem ipsā hāc istā illā quā quō -ā -ā -ī, -e
neu eō ēodem ipsō hōc istō illō quō quō -ō -ō -ī, -e
    col 1col 2col 3 col 4col 5col 6 col 7col 8col 9 col 10col 11
pluralnommas iī, eī, ī iīdem, eīdem, īdem ipsī hī istī illī quī quī -ī -ī -ēs
fem eae eaedem ipsae hae istae illae quae quae -ae -ae -ēs
neu ea eadem ipsa haec ista illa quae quae -a -a -ia
genmas eōrum eōrundem ipsōrum hōrum istōrum illōrum quōrum quōrum -ōrum -ōrum -ium, -um
fem eārum eārunden ipsārum hārum istārum illārum quārum quārum -ārum -ārum -ium, -um
neu eōrum eōrundem ipsōrum hōrum istōrum illōrum quōrum quōrum -ōrum -ōrum -ium, -um
dat, ablmas iīs, eīs, īs iīsdem, eīsdem, īsdem ipsīs hīs istīs illīs quibus quibus -īs -īs -ibus
fem iīs, eīs, īs iīsdem, eīsdem, īsdem ipsīs hīs istīs illīs quibus quibus -īs -īs -ibus
neu iīs, eīs, īs iīsdem, eīsdem, īsdem ipsīs hīs istīs illīs quibus quibus -īs -īs -ibus
accmas eōs eōsdem ipsōs hōs istōs illōs quōs quōs -ōs -ōs -īs, ēs
fem eās eāsdem ipsās hās istās illās quās quās -ās -ās -īs, ēs
neu ea eadem ipsa haec ista illa quae quae -a -a -ia
 
The table below contains the same information as the table above, but in a condensed format that some readers might find more convenient. Observe the unconventional sequence of genders.
 
number case gender determinative demonstrative relative interrogative pro adj 1st-2nd3rd
col 1col 2col 3 col 4col 5col 6 col 7col 8col 9 col 10col 11
singularnom fem ea eadem ipsa haec ista illa quae quis -a various
mas is īdem ipse hīc iste ille quī -us -us et al.
neu id idem ipsum hōc istud illud quod quid -um
gen fem ēius ēiusdem ipsīus hūius istīus illīus cūius -īus -ae -is
mas, neu -ī
dat fem eī ēidem ipsī huīc istī illī cuī -ī -ae -ī
mas, neu -ō
acc fem eam eandem ipsam hanc istam illam quam quem -am -em
mas eum eundem ipsum hunc istum illum quem -um
neu id idem hōc istud illud quod quid various
abl fem eā ēadem ipsā hāc istā illā quā quō -ā -ī, -e
mas, neu eō ēodem ipsō hōc istō illō quō -ō
    col 1col 2col 3 col 4col 5col 6 col 7col 8col 9 col 10col 11
pluralnom fem eae eaedem ipsae hae istae illae quae -ae -ēs
mas iī, eī, ī iīdem, eīdem, īdem ipsī hī istī illī quī -ī
neu ea eadem ipsa haec ista illa quae -a -ia
gen fem eārum eārunden ipsārum hārum istārum illārum quārum -ārum -ium, -um
mas, neu eōrum eōrundem ipsōrum hōrum istōrum illōrum quōrum -ōrum
dat, abl all iīs, eīs, īs iīsdem, eīsdem, īsdem ipsīs hīs istīs illīs quibus -īs -ibus
acc fem eās eāsdem ipsās hās istās illās quās -ās -īs, ēs
mas eōs eōsdem ipsōs hōs istōs illōs quōs -ōs
neu ea eadem ipsa haec ista illa quae -a -ia

The typical list of pronominal adjectives (column 9) includes these:


Although the personal pronouns are not inflected adjectivally, they are listed below for comparison. A key characteristic is they are not inflected for gender:

numbercase 1st 2nd reflex
singularnom ego tū none
gen meī tuī suī
dat mīhī tibī sibī
acc mē tē sē, sēsē
abl mē tē sē, sēsē
     
pluralnom nōs vōs none
gen obj nostrī vestrī suī
gen part nostrum vestrum suī
dat nōbīs vōbīs sibī
acc nōs vōs sē, sēsē
abl nōbīs vōbīs sē, sēsē

The singular genitive and the two forms of the plural genitive are for objective and partitive use. For possesion, however, they are not used. In their place are specific pronouns, adjectival in form and inflected as ordinary first-second declension adjectives, for that purpose. They are:

Analogous is this relative and interrogative pronoun:


Typographical note: There are multiple ways to obtain the macron used to signify long vowels. This report, implemented in HTML, uses combining diacritical marks from Unicode such as these:

alonein context
sourceresultsourceresult
āistārumistārum
īhīchīc
ōillōsillōs

Other examples:

sourceresult
è
é
ê
ĕ
ë
ë̆ë̆