Inflections.
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II. A.
Masculine
i-Stems. a1td Feminiru:
i-Stems.
37. These regularly end in -Is in the Nominative Singular, and always have -ium in the Genitive Plural. Originally the Accusative Singular ended in -im, the Ablative Singular in -r, and the Accusative Plural in -is; but these endings have been largely displaced by -em, -e, and -as, the endings of Consonant-Stems. 38. Tussis, ÂŁ, cough; Ignis, m.,jire; stem, tussi-.
stem, igni-.
Hostis, c., memy; stem, hosti-.
SINGULAR.
Nom. Gen. Dat. Ace. Voc. Abl.
tussis tussis tussi tussim tussis tussi
Nom. Gen. Dat. Ace. Voc. Abl.
tusses tussium tussibus tussis or -es tusses tussibus
ignis ignis igni ignem ignis igni or-e
TERMINATION.
bostis bostis hosti hostem hostis hoste
-is -is -i -im, -em -is -e, -i
PLURAL.
ignes ignium ignibus ignis or -es ignes ignibus
To the same class belongapis, bee. era-tis, hurdle. auris, ear. "'febris,fever. avis, bird. orbis, circle. axis, axle. ovis, sheep, -biiris, plough-beam. pelvis, basin. ellivis, key. puppis, stern, collis, hzll. restis, rope. and many others.
-es hostes hostium -ium hostibus -ibus hostis or -es -Is, -es hostes -es hostibus -ibus
I.
t *seeiiris,
axe. sementis, sowing. t *sitis, thirst. torris, brand. t *turris, tower. trudis, pole. veetis, lever.
Words marked with a star regularly have Ace. -im ; those marked with a t regularly have Abl. -I, Of the others, many at times show -im and -I. Town and river names in -Is regularly have -im, -Y.