Definition of "declensions" [declensions]

• Plural form of declension. (noun)

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• "Hobbies: Practicing Latin declensions by day and the black arts by night, depriving innocent boys of their toys and afternoon tea, summoning spirits"
• "We may have all joked during class about dead languages and the difficulties of learning the declensions from the 9th edition of Sweet's Primer -- but at the end of each class I was certain that however long the language had itself been out of use, these texts were alive."
• "To stand up and recite Latin declensions without trembling from hunger was something more of a feat, because I sometimes went to school with little or no breakfast; but even that required no special heroism, – at most it was a matter of self-control."