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§57. Mute Stems

Nouns of this class are declined as follows:

prīnceps, C., chief	rādīx, F., root	mīles, M., soldier
STEM prīncip-	STEM rādīc-	STEM mīlit-

		SINGULAR
				CASE-ENDINGS
NOM.	prīnceps	rādīx	mīles	-s
GEN.	prīncipis	rādīcis	mīlitis	-is
DAT.	prīncipī	rādīcī	mīlitī	-ī
ACC.	prīncipem	rādīcem	mīlitem	-em
ABL.	prīncipe	rādīce	mīlite	-e
		PLURAL
NOM.	prīncipēs	rādīcēs	mīlitēs	-ēs
GEN.	prīncipum	rādīcum	mīlitum	-um
DAT.	prīncipibus	rādīcibus	mīlitibus	-ibus
ACC.	prīncipēs	rādīcēs	mīlitēs	-ēs
ABL.	prīncipibus	rādīcibus	mīlitibus	-ibus

cūstōs, C., guard	dux, C., leader	rēx, M., king
STEM cūstōd-	STEM duc-	STEM rēg-

		SINGULAR
				CASE-ENDINGS
NOM.	cūstōs	dux	rēx	-s
GEN.	cūstōdis	ducis	rēgis	-is
DAT.	cūstōdī	ducī	rēgī	-ī
ACC.	cūstōdem	ducem	rēgem	-em
ABL.	cūstōde	duce	rēge	-e

		PLURAL
NOM.	cūstōdēs	ducēs	rēgēs	-ēs
GEN.	cūstōdum	ducum	rēgum	-um
DAT.	cūstōdibus	ducibus	rēgibus	-ibus
ACC.	cūstōdēs	ducēs	rēgēs	-ēs
ABL.	cūstōdibus	ducibus	rēgibus	-ibus

a. In like manner are declined—

ariēs, -etis (M.), ram; comes, -itis (c.), companion; lapis, -idis (M.), stone; iūdex, -icis (M.), judge; cornīx, -īcis (F.), raven, and many other nouns.

J. H. Allen and J. B. Greenough, New Latin Grammar (Boston: Ginn, 1903). Text provided under a CC BY-SA license by Perseus Digital Library, http://www.perseus.tufts.edu, with funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities.