Second Declension I

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The Nominative Singular ends in -ŭs, -ĕr, or -ŭm.
GENDER.—Nouns in -ŭs and -ĕr are generally Masculine; nouns in -ŭm are Neuter.

Nouns in -ŭshaed-ŭs, goat, base haed-

singular plural
Nom.haedŭshaedî
Voc.haedĕhaedî
Acc.haedŭm    haedôs
Gen.haedîhaedôrum
Dat.haedôhaedîs
Abl.haedôhaedîs

Nouns in -ŭmbell-ŭm, war, base bell-

singular plural
Nom.bellŭmbellă
Voc.bellŭmbellă
Acc.bellŭm    bellă
Gen.bellîbellôrum
Dat.bellôbellîs
Abl.bellôbellîs

The Locative Singular, when used, ends in , as Corinthî, at Corinth.

Nouns in -ĕr.—These originally ended in -ĕr-ŭs (the Base ending in -er), and have lost the inflexion of the Nominative and Vocative Singular.  The majority also drop e before r, except in the same cases.

Exxpŭĕr, boy, base pŭĕr-; ăgĕr, field, base ăgr-

singular plural
Nom.pŭĕrpŭĕrî
Voc.pŭĕrpŭĕrî
Acc.pŭĕrŭm    pŭĕrôs
Gen.pŭĕrîpŭĕrôrum
Dat.pŭĕrôpŭĕrîs
Abl.pŭĕrôpŭĕrîs
singular plural
Nom.ăgĕrăgrî
Voc.ăgĕrăgrî
Acc.ăgrŭm      ăgrôs
Gen.ăgrîăgrôrum
Dat.ăgrôăgrîs
Abl.ăgrôăgrîs

The following Nouns are declined like pŭĕr: socĕr, father-in-law, gĕnĕr, son-in-law, vespĕr, evening, ădultĕr, adulterer, Lîbĕr, Liber.

In Nouns the base of which ends in -î-, the Genitive Singular is usually contracted.  The Vocative Singular Roman Proper names in -ĭŭs, and of fîlĭŭs son, is also contracted.  Thus, nĕgôtî (for nĕgôtĭî) of-business, fîlî (for fîlĭĕ) my son!

singular plural
Nom.fîlĭŭsfîlĭî
Voc.fîlîfîlĭî
Acc.fîlĭŭm      fîlĭôs
Gen.fîlî or fîlĭîfîlĭôrum
Dat.fîlĭôfîlĭîs
Abl.fîlĭôfîlĭîs

dĕŭs, god, and vĭr, man, are irregular.

singular plural singular plural
Nom.dĕŭsdî (dĕî)vĭrvĭrî
Voc.dĕŭsdî (dĕî)vĭrvĭrî
Acc.dĕŭm     dĕôsvĭrum    vĭrôs
Gen.dĕîdĕôrum or dĕum    vĭrîvĭrôrum or vĭrum
Dat.dĕôdĕîsvĭrôvĭrîs

Abl.dĕôdĕîsvĭrôvĭrîs

For other irregularities see § 268270.

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