New Latin Grammar, page 38

New Latin Grammar, page 38 by Charles E. Bennett

l;•s, Phrygians.

3. The ending -Äƒs in the Accusative Plural; as, PhrygÄƒs, Phrygians.

4. Proper names in -Äs (Genitive -antis) have -Ä in the Vocative Singular; as, AtlÄs (Atlantis), Vocative AtlÄ, Atlas.

5. Neuters in -ma (Genitive -matis) have -Ä«s instead of -ibus in the Dative and Ablative Plural; as, poÄ“matÄ«s, poems.

6. Orpheus, and other proper names ending in -eus, form the Vocative Singular in -eu (Orpheu, etc.). But in prose the other cases usually follow the second declension; as, OrpheÄ«, OrpheÅ, etc.

7. Proper names in -Ä“s, like PericlÄ“s, form the Genitive Singular sometimes in -is, sometimes in -Ä«, as, Periclis or PericlÄ«.

8. Feminine proper names in -Å have -Å«s in the Genitive, but -Å in the other oblique cases; as,--

_Nom._ DidÅ _Acc._ DidÅ _Gen._ DidÅ«s _Voc._ DidÅ _Dat._ DidÅ _Abl._ DidÅ

9. The regular Latin endings often occur in Greek nouns.

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FOURTH DECLENSION.

_Å_-Stems.

48. Nouns of the Fourth Declension end in -us Masculine, and -Å« Neuter. They are declined as follows:--

FrÅ«ctus, m., fruit. CornÅ«, n., horn. SINGULAR. PLURAL. SINGULAR. PLURAL. _Nom._ frÅ«ctus frÅ«ctÅ«s cornÅ« cornua _Gen._ frÅ«ctÅ«s frÅ«ctuum cornÅ«s cornuum _Dat._ frÅ«ctuÄ« frÅ«ctibus cornÅ« cornibus _Acc._ frÅ«ctum frÅ«ctÅ«s cornÅ« cornua _Voc._ frÅ«ctus frÅ«ctÅ«s cornÅ« cornua _Abl._ frÅ«ctÅ« frÅ«ctibus cornÅ« cornibus

Peculi

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