New Latin Grammar by Charles E. Bennett
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_famous_; equester, _equestrian_; palūster, _marshy_; pedester,
_pedestrian_; puter, _rotten_; salÅ«ber, _wholesome_; silvester, _woody_; terrester, _terrestrial_; volucer, _winged_; also names of months in -ber, as September. 2. Celer, celeris, celere, _swift_, retains the e before r, but lacks the Genitive Plural. 3. In the Nominative Singular of Adjectives of this class the Feminine form is sometimes used for the Masculine. This is regularly true of salÅ«bris, silvestris, and terrestris. In case of the other words in the list, the use of the Feminine for the Masculine is confined chiefly to early and late Latin, and to poetry. Adjectives of Two Terminations. 69. These are declined as follows:-- Fortis, _strong._ Fortior, _stronger._ SINGULAR. M. AND F. NEUT. M. AND F. NEUT. _Nom._ fortis forte fortior fortius _Gen._ fortis fortis fortiÅris fortiÅris _Dat._ fortÄ« fortÄ« fortiÅrÄ« fortiÅrÄ« _Acc._ fortem forte fortiÅrem fortius _Voc._ fortis forte fortior fortius _Abl._ fortÄ« fortÄ« fortiÅre fortiÅre PLURAL. _Nom._ fortÄs fortia fortiÅrÄs fortiÅra |
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