New Latin Grammar by Charles E. Bennett
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c) RequiÄs, requiÄtis, _rest_, regularly of the Third Declension, takes
an Acc. of the Fifth, requiem, in addition to requiÄtem. d) Besides plÄbs, plÄbis, _common people_, of the Third Declension, we find plÄbÄs, plÄbÄÄ« (also plÄbÄ«, see § 52, 2), of the Fifth. Heterogeneous Nouns. 60. Heterogeneous nouns vary in Gender. Thus:-- 1. Several nouns of the Second Declension have two forms,--one Masc. in -us, and one Neuter in -um; as, clipeus, clipeum, _shield_; carrus, carrum, _cart_. 2. Other nouns have one gender in the Singular, another in the Plural; as,-- SINGULAR. PLURAL. balneum, n., _bath_; balneae, f., _bath-house_. epulum, n., _feast_; epulae, f., _feast_. frÄnum, n., _bridle_; frÄnÄ«, m.(rarely frÄna, n.), _bridle_. jocus, m., _jest_; joca, n. (also jocÄ«, m.), _jests_. locus, m., _place_; loca, n., _places_; locÄ«, m., _passages or topics in an author_. rÄstrum, n., _rake_; rÄstrÄ«, m.; rÄstra, n., _rakes_. a. Heterogeneous nouns may at the same time be heteroclites, as in case of the first two examples above. Plurals with Change of Meaning. |
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