§99. Nouns wanting in the Plural
Some nouns are ordinarily found in the Singular number only ( singulāria tantum). These are—
- Most proper names: as, Caesar, Cæsar; Gallia, Gaul.
- Names of things not counted, but reckoned in mass: as, aurum, gold; āēr, air; trīticum, wheat.
- Abstract nouns: as, ambitiō, ambition; fortitūdō, courage; calor, heat.
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.