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New Latin Grammar by Charles E. Bennett
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_famous_; equester, _equestrian_; palūster, _marshy_; pedester,
_pedestrian_; puter, _rotten_; salūber, _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 salūbris,
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 fortiōris fortiōris
_Dat._ fortī fortī fortiōrī fortiōrī
_Acc._ fortem forte fortiōrem fortius
_Voc._ fortis forte fortior fortius
_Abl._ fortī fortī fortiōre fortiōre

PLURAL.
_Nom._ fortēs fortia fortiōrēs fortiōra
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