443. Other case forms are found in inscriptions, as follows:

G. #-ai#, which may be monosyllabic or disyllabic in pronunciation:

PVLCHRAI; LAVERNAI; #-āēs#, after 80 B.C., chiefly in proper names,

mostly Greek: HERAES; rarely in appellatives: DOMINAES; #-ēs#: MINERVES;

#-ā#, VESTA; COIRA, i.e. #Cūrae#. D. #-ai#, in all periods (96): FILIAI;

#-ā#: FORTVNA; #-ē# (96): FORTVNE. Ac. #-a# (61): TAVRASIA; MAGNA

SAPIENTIA. Ab. #-ād# (426): PRAIDAD. Loc. #-ai#: ROMAI. Plural: N. #-ai#

(96): TABELAI DATAI; #-ā#, rare: MATRONA; #-ē#, rare and provincial

(96): MVSTE, i.e. #mystae#. D. and Ab. #-eis#, very often (98):

SCRIBEIS; D. #-ās#, once: DEVAS CORNISCAS, i.e. #dīvīs Cornīscīs#. Ab.

#-ēs# once (98): NVGES, i.e. #nūgīs#.

[Erratum:

443 ... TABELAI DATAI; #-ā#, rare

DATAI:]

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