401. Some nouns have more than one form of the stem: as,

#sēdēs# (476); #femur#, #iecur# (489); #vās#, #mēnsis# (492); #vīrus#,

#volgus# (493); #iter#, #nix#, #senex#, &c. (500); #vīs# (518); #caedēs#

(523); #famēs#, #plēbēs# (524); #domus# (594); #angiportus#, &c. (595).

Many nouns have a consonant stem in the singular, and an #-i-# stem in

the plural: see 516; most substantives in #-iē-# or #-tiē-# have a

collateral form in #-iā-# or #-tiā-# (604). Some adjectives have two

different stems: as, #hilarus#, #hilara#, #hilarum#, and #hilaris#,

#hilare#; #exanimus# and #exanimis#.

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