Chapter 071Allen and Greenough's Latin GrammarDickinson CollegeChristopher Francese
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Mixed
i-
stems have
-em
in the accusative and
-e
in the ablative singular,
-ium
in the genitive
There is much variety in the practice of the ancients, some of these words having
-ium
, some
-um
, and some both.
and
-īs
or
-ēs
in the accusative plural. They include the following:—
Nouns in
-ēs
, gen.
-is
.
These are
acīnacēs
,
aedēs
,
alcēs
,
caedēs
,
cautēs
,
clādēs
,
compāgēs
,
contāgēs
,
famēs
,
fēlēs
,
fidēs
(plural),
indolēs
,
lābēs
,
luēs
,
mēlēs
,
mōlēs
,
nūbēs
,
palumbēs
,
prōlēs
,
prōpāgēs
,
pūbēs
,
sēdēs
,
saepēs
,
sordēs
,
strāgēs
,
struēs
,
subolēs
,
tābēs
,
torquēs
,
tudēs
,
vātēs
,
vehēs
,
veprēs
,
verrēs
,
vulpēs
;
aedēs
has also nominative
aedis
.
Monosyllables in
-s
or
-x
preceded by a consonant: as,
ars
,
pōns
,
arx
.
Polysyllables in
-ns
or
-rs
: as,
cliēns
,
cohors
.
Nouns in
-tās
, genitive
-tātis
(genitive plural usually
-um
)
There is much variety in the practice of the ancients, some of these words having
-ium
, some
-um
, and some both.
: as,
cīvitās
.
Penātēs
,
optimātēs
, and nouns denoting birth or abode (
patrials
) in
-ās
,
-īs
, plural
-ātēs
,
-ītēs
: as,
Arpīnās
, plural
Arpīnātēs
;
Quirīs
, plural
Quirītēs
.
The following monosyllables in
-s
or
-x
preceded by a vowel:
dōs
,
fraus
,
glīs
,
līs
,
mās
,
mūs
,
nix
,
nox
,
strix
,
vīs
.