Template:la-adecl

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A user suggests that this Latin template be cleaned up, giving the reason: “Issues: "noneut=: Don't display the neuter. Used for gendered nouns derived from adjectives, such as Rōmānus (“a Roman”)" -- Rōmānus m (“Roman”) and Rōmāna f (“female Roman”) aren't inflected forms of each other, but two different nouns with different genders and senses. Hence there have to be two separate noun entries with separate inflections. Additionally, it would be a bad idea to use an adjective inflection template in noun entries as it messes up Special:WhatLinksHere/Template:la-adecl.”

Please see the discussion on Requests for cleanup(+) for more information and remove this template after the problem has been dealt with.

This template creates a declension table for all types of Latin adjective (including multiword/multipart adjectives). It replaces the ten or so {{la-decl-*}} templates that used to exist.

Most of the time, just specifying the lemma is enough, e.g.:

• bonus (“good”): {{la-adecl|bonus}}
• melior (“better”): {{la-adecl|melior}}
• optimus (“best”): {{la-adecl|optimus}}
• līber (“free”): {{la-adecl|līber}}
• audāx (“bold”): {{la-adecl|audāx}}
• suāvis (“sweet”): {{la-adecl|suāvis}}

For third-declension adjectives of three terminations, you need to give a hint that the adjective is third-declension (otherwise, it will be assumed to be first/second-declension):

• ācer (“sharp, bitter”): {{la-adecl|ācer<3+>}}

Sometimes you have to give the stem, if not deducible from the lemma (the rules for deducing the stem are the same as for {{la-ndecl}}):

• piger (“slow, dull”): {{la-adecl|piger/pigr}}
• locuplēs (“rich, wealthy, possessing large landed property”): {{la-adecl|locuplēs/locuplēt}}

For third-declension non-i-stem adjectives, you need to specify this explicitly using the .-I subtype:

• concolor (“of the same color”): {{la-adecl|concolor<+.-I>}}

Sometimes you need to combine an explicit stem, partial or total specification of the declension, and a subtype:

• vetus (“old”): {{la-adecl|vetus/veter<3+.-I>}}
• ūber (“fruitful, copious”): {{la-adecl|ūber/ūber<3-1+.-I>|abl_sg_f=ūberī|abl_sg_m=ūberī|abl_sg_n=ūberī}}

In the latter case, it's not enough to indicate that the adjective is third-declension using 3+, because it will then be assumed to be an adjective of three terminations, as with ācer above. In this case, you need to specify the full declension 3-1+ to indicate that it is third-declension of one termination. The same must always be done with participles, e.g.:

• amāns (“loving”) (present active participle of amō): {{la-adecl|amāns<3-P+>}}

The reason for this is that participles decline differently in the ablative singular from adjectives in -ns such as ingēns (“huge”) and īnfāns (“speechless, newbown”), and adjectives in -ns are by default assumed to be the latter type.

The following parameters are allowed:

• |1=: Lemma with macrons, optionally along with a code indicating the declension and subtype(s) (see below).
• |num=: Number restriction, if not specified as a subtype.
• |title=: Override the automatically-generated title.
• |footnote=: Provide a note to be displayed below the table.
• |noneut=: Don't display the neuter. Used for gendered nouns derived from adjectives, such as Rōmānus (“a Roman”), Portucēnsis (“a Portuguese person”).
• any specific case-number-gender form: Override the automatically generated inflected form.
  • These parameter names consist of a three-letter case abbreviation, two-letter number abbreviation and one-letter gender abbreviation separated by _, e.g. nom_sg_m "nominative singular masculine". Case abbreviations are nom gen dat acc abl = nominative genitive dative accusative ablative, number abbreviations are sg pl = singular plural, gender abbreviations are m f n = masculine feminine neuter.
  • To assign multiple forms to a single case-number-gender slot, list them separated by /.

For parameter 1, the general format for the declension/subtype code is <DECLENSION+.SUBTYPE.SUBTYPE...>, i.e. a + sign, optionally preceded by a declension code, followed by zero or more subtypes, separated by periods. A bare lemma is equivalent to the lemma followed by <+>.

The first part of the code, which indicates the declension, can be omitted, 3, or the exact declension, which can be one of the following:

• 1&2: first-/second-declension adjective
• 1-1 first-declension adjective (e.g. rūricola, indigena)
• 2-2 second-declension adjective
• 3-1 third-declension adjective of one termination
• 3-2 third-declension adjective of two terminations
• 3-3 third-declension adjective of three terminations (e.g. ācer, ācris, ācre)
• 3-P third-declension participle of one termination (e.g. amāns)
• 3-C third-declension comparative adjective
• irreg irregular adjective