Editing Grammatical case (section)

=== Latin ===
An example of a [[Latin]] case inflection is given below, using the singular forms of the Latin term for "cook", which belongs to [[wikt:Appendix:Latin second declension|Latin's second declension class]].

* {{wikt-lang|la|coqu'''us'''}} ([[nominative case|nominative]]) "[the] cook" [as a subject] (e.g. {{lang|la|coquus ibī stat}} – the cook is standing there)
* {{lang|la|coqu'''ī'''}} ([[genitive case|genitive]]) "[the] cook's / [of the] cook" (e.g. {{lang|la|nōmen coquī Claudius est}} – the cook's name is Claudius)
* {{lang|la|coqu'''ō'''}} ([[dative case|dative]]) "[to/for the] cook" [as an indirect object] (e.g. {{lang|la|coquō dōnum dedī}} – I gave a present to the cook)
* {{lang|la|coqu'''um'''}} ([[accusative case|accusative]]) "[the] cook" [as a direct object] (e.g. {{lang|la|coquum vīdī}} – I saw the cook)
* {{lang|la|coqu'''ō'''}} ([[ablative case|ablative]]) "[by/with/from/in the] cook" [in various uses not covered by the above] (e.g. {{lang|la|sum altior coquō}} – I am taller than the cook: ablative of comparison)
* {{lang|la|coqu'''e'''}} ([[vocative case|vocative]]) "[you] the cook" [addressing the object] (e.g. {{lang|la|grātiās tibi agō, coque}} – I thank you, cook)

For some toponyms, a seventh case, the [[locative case|locative]], also exists, such as {{lang|la|Mediolān'''ī'''}} (in [[Milan|Mediolanum]]).

The [[Romance languages]] have largely abandoned or simplified the grammatical cases of Latin. Much like English, most Romance case markers survive only in pronouns.