«laudat», _he (she, it) praises, is praising, does praise_ (laud)
«parat», _he (she, it) prepares, is preparing, does prepare_
«vocat», _he (she, it) calls, is calling, does call; invites,
is inviting, does invite_ (vocation)

«57.» In the preceding lessons we have now gone over all the cases,
singular and plural, of nouns whose nominative singular ends in «-a».
All Latin nouns whose nominative singular ends in «-a» belong to the
First Declension. It is also called the _Ā_-Declension because of the
prominent part which the vowel «a» plays in the formation of the cases.
We have also learned what relations are expressed by each case. These
results are summarized in the following table:

+--------+----------------+-------------------+-------------------------+
| CASE | NOUN | TRANSLATION | USE AND GENERAL MEANING |
| | | | OF EACH CASE |
+--------+----------------+-------------------+-------------------------+
| | | SINGULAR | |
+--------+----------------+-------------------+-------------------------+
| _Nom._ | do´min-a | _the lady_ | The subject |
| | | | |
| _Gen._ | domin-ae | _of the lady_, | The possessor |
| | | or _the lady’s_ | of something |
| | | | |
| _Dat._ | domin-ae | _to_ or _for | Expressing the relation |
| | | the lady_ | _to_ or _for_, |
| | | | especially the |
| | | | indirect object |
| | | | |
| _Acc._ | domin-am | _the lady_ | The direct object |