Declining Names

The Declenatio Nomenis, Declension of Names, is used to decline names in a way that preserves the original name. Using the example above, if I wanted to say “The dog was seen by Marcus,” I have to decline Marcus. However, there is a declining system for names. Since Marcus is singular, and the object, we need the Sg. Obl. For declining names, we make use of an auxiliary word added after the name. In this case it is MV̄T.

CĀNIS Ā MARCUS MV̄T 𐤉A𐤓ĀB WIDĒB

The dog was seen by Marcus