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New Latin Grammar by Charles E. Bennett
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also the following forms of the Second:--

domī (locative), _at home_;
domō, _from home_;
domum, _homewards_, _to one's home_;
domōs, _homewards_, _to their_ (etc.) _homes_

5. The only Neuters of this declension in common use are: cornū, _horn_;
genū, _knee_; and verū, _spit_.

Exceptions to Gender in the Fourth Declension.

50. The following nouns in -us are Feminine: acus, _needle_; domus,
_house_; manus, _hand_; porticus, _colonnade_; tribus, _tribe_; Īdūs
(Plural), _Ides_; also names of trees (§ 15, 2).

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FIFTH DECLENSION.

ē-Stems.

51. Nouns of the Fifth Declension end in -ēs, and are declined as
follows:--

Diēs, m., _day_. Rēs, f., _thing_.
SINGULAR. PLURAL. SINGULAR. PLURAL.
_Nom._ diēs diēs rēs rēs
_Gen._ diēī diērum rĕī rērum
_Dat._ diēī diēbus rĕī rēbus
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