Chapter 096 Allen and Greenough's Latin Grammar Dickinson College Christopher Francese

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Nouns of the Fifth Declension are declined as follows:—

rēs , F., thing diēs , M., day fidēs , F., faith STEM rē- STEM diē- STEM fidē-
SINGULAR CASE-ENDINGS NOM. r ēs di ēs fid ēs -ēs GEN. r ĕī di ēī ( di ē ） fid ĕī -ēī ( -ē ） DAT. r ĕī di ēī ( di ē ） fid ĕī -ēī ( -ē ） ACC. r em di em fid em -em ABL. r ē di ē fid ē -ē PLURAL NOM. r ēs di ēs -ēs GEN. r ērum di ērum -ērum DAT. r ēbus di ēbus -ēbus ACC. r ēs di ēs ēs ABL. r ēbus di ēbus -ēbus The ē of the stem is shortened in the genitive and dative singular of fidēs , spēs , rēs , but in these it is found long in early Latin. In the accusative singular e is always short.

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