AdJectlves Q.
of the Third Declension.
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With the exception of Comparatives, and a few other words mentioned below in ยง 70. I, all Adjectives of the Third Declension follow the inflection of I-stems; i,e, they have the Ablative Singular in -I, the Genitive Plural in -ium, the Accusative Plural in -is (as well as -es) in the Masculine and Feminine, and the Nominative and Accusative Plural in -ia in Neuters. Adjectives
of Three
Terminations.
68. These are declined as follows:Acer,sharp. SINGULAR. MASCULINE.
FEMININKo
NEUTER.
Nom. Gen. Dat. Ace. Voc. Abl.
acer acris acri acrem acer acri
acris acris acri acrem acris acri
acre acris acri acre acre acri
Nom. Gen. Dat. Ace. Voc. Abl.
acres acrium acribua acres, -is acres acrtbus
PLURAL.
acres acrlum acribus acres, -is acres acribus
acria acrium acribus acrta acria acribua
I. Like acer are declined alacer, lively; campester, level; celeber, famous; equester, eqteestrian ; paluster, marshy; pedester, pedestrian; puter, rotten; salftber, 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 sallibris, 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.