Published: December 7, 2025
List of Third Declension Latin Nouns
Need a 3rd declension Latin noun? Here's our list! Perfect for classroom review, lesson prep, or review game planning! Each noun is complete with the dictionary forms of the Latin and its English meaning.
Latin Third Declension Nouns
If you are a Latin teacher like me, you might get tired of coming up 3rd declension Latin nouns on the fly in the classroom or at home when coming up with assignments. I hope this list helps make your life a little easier! Let me know if you think of any I could add!
- Patrick
3rd Declension Nouns: Masculine and Feminine
- aer, aeris, m, air
- aestas, aestatis, f, summer
- amor, amoris, m, love
- arbor, arboris, f, tree
- artifex, artificis, m, artist
- benedictio, benedictionis, f, blessing
- calor, caloris, f, heat
- comes, comitis, m, companion
- creatio, creationis, f, creation
- defensio, defensionis, f, defense
- dictator, dictatoris, m, dictator
- divisio, divisionis, f, division
- dux, ducis, m, leader
- emptor, emptoris, m, buyer
- exercitatio, exercitationis, f, practice
- festinatio, festinationis, f, haste
- frater, fratris, m brother
- homo, hominis, m, man
- honor, honoris, m, honor
- imago, imaginis, f, image
- imperator, imperatoris, m, commander
- labor, laboris, m, work
- latro, latronis, m, bandit
- lectio, lectionis, f, reading
- legio, legionis, f, legion
- leo, leonis, m, lion
- libertas, libertatis, f, freedom
- lux, lucis, f light
- mater, matris, f mother
- miles, militis, m soldier
- navigatio, navigationis, f, voyage
- obsidio, obsidionis, f, siege
- occasio, occasionis, f, opportunity
- odor, odoris, m, smell
- orator, oratoris, m, speaker
- pater, patris, m father
- pax, pacis, f, peace
- rebellio, rebellionis, f, revolt
- repercussio, repercussionis, f, echo
- rumor, rumoris, m, rumor
- sacerdos, sacerdotis, m priest
- scriptor, scriptoris, m writer
- sectio, sectionis, f, section
- senator, senatoris, m, senator
- societas, societatis, f, alliance
- uxor, uxoris, f wife
- veritas, veritatis, f. truth
- victor, victoris, m, conqueror
- vox, vocis, f. voice
3rd Declension Nouns: Neuter
- aenigma aenigmatis n, figure
- aes, aeris, n, bronze
- cacumen, cacuminis, n, summit
- cadaver, cadaveris, n, corpse
- caput, capitis, n head
- carmen, carminis, n, song
- cicer, ciceris, n chickpea
- cor, cordis, n, heart
- corpus, corporis, n, body
- crimen, criminis, n verdict
- decus, decoris, n honor
- emblema, emblematis, n, emblem
- flumen, fluminis, n. river
- foedus, foederis, n treaty
- genus, generis, n. kind
- gramen, graminis, n, grass
- iter, itineris, n, journey
- ius, iuris, n, law
- lac, lactis, n, milk
- limen, liminis, n. threshold
- litus, litoris, n. shore
- lumen, luminis, n light
- marmor, marmoris, n, marble
- mel, mellis, n, honey
- nomen, nominis, n, name
- onus, oneris, n, burden
- opus, operis, n, work
- os, oris, n, mouth
- papaver, papaveris, n, poppy
- pectus, pectoris, n. chest
- pecus, pecoris, n herd
- piper, piperis, n pepper
- pondus, ponderis, n, weight
- rus, ruris, n countryside
- scelus, sceleris, n, crime
- sidus, sideris, n, constellation
- sulphur, sulphuris, n, sulphur
- tempus, temporis, n. time
- tentamen, tentaminis, n attempt
- vas, vasis, n, vessel
- vellus, velleris, n wool
- vellus, velleris, n, fleece
- ver, veris, n, spring
- verber, verberis, n, scourge
- volūmen, voluminis, n book
- vulnus, vulneris, n. wound
- zema, zematis, n saucepan
3rd Declension Nouns: i-stem Masculine and Feminine
- cīvis, cīvis, m citizen
3rd Declension Nouns: i-stem Neuter
- māre, maris, n sea
- animal, animālis, n animal
- exemplār, exemplāris, n example
Ideas or Suggestions?
Know of more third declension Latin nouns we should add? Let us know!
Click to Email Us
Patrick Mooney
Patrick received his bachelors degree in History and Classics (with an emphasis in Latin) from the University of Mississippi. Afterwards he earned a Masters degree in History from the University of Tennessee where he studied Medieval Latin manuscripts and paleography. Patrick taught 6th - 12th grade Latin for five years at a public charter school in Arizona. In 2022, he switched to a career in web development where he worked primarily on tourism websites across the US. Patrick now splits his time between teaching 7th grade Latin, running a freelance web-development business, and building Arcade Schoolhouse.
