New Latin Grammar, page 59 by Charles E. Bennett

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uo;s 900. nÅngÄ“nÄ« nÅngentiÄ“s 1,000. singula mÄ«lia mÄ«liÄ“s 2,000. bÄ«na mÄ«lia bis mÄ«liÄ“s 100,000. centÄ“na mÄ«lia centiÄ“s mÄ«liÄ“s 1,000,000. deciÄ“s centÄ“na mÄ«lia deciÄ“s centiÄ“s mÄ«liÄ“s

NOTE.-- -ēnsimus and -iēns are often written in the numerals instead of -ēsimus and -iēs.

Declension of the Cardinals.

80. 1. The declension of ūnus has already been given under § 66.

2. Duo is declined as follows:--

_Nom._ duo duae duo _Gen._ duÅrum duÄrum duÅrum _Dat._ duÅbus duÄbus duÅbus _Acc._ duÅs, duo duÄs duo _Abl._ duÅbus duÄbus duÅbus

a. So ambÅ, both, except that its final o is long.

3. Trēs is declined,--

_Nom._ trēs tria _Gen._ trium trium _Dat._ tribus tribus _Acc._ trēs (trīs) tria _Abl._ tribus tribus

4. The hundreds (except centum) are declined like the Plural of bonus.

5. Mīlle is regularly an adjective in the Singular, and indeclinable. In the Plural it is a substantive (followed by the Genitive of the objects enumerated; § 201, 1), and is declined,--

_Nom._ mīlia _Acc._ mīlia _Gen._ mīlium _Voc._ mīlia _Dat._ mīlibus _Abl._ mīlibus

Thus mīlle hominēs, _a thousand men_; but duo mīlia hominum, two thousand men, literally two thousands of men.

a. Occasionally the Singular admits the Genitive construction; as, mīlle hominum.

6. Other Cardinals are indeclinable. Ordinals and Distributives are declined li

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