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

N. MVNICIPES; #-ō# for #-ōs# (66): MAIO, i.e. #maiōs# or #maior#. G.

#-es#, as early as 218 B.C.: SALVTES; #-us#, from 186 to 100 B.C.:

NOMINVS; #-u# (66): CAESARV. D. #-ei#: VIRTVTEI, soon after 290 B.C.;

HEREDEI, 45 B.C.; #-ē#, disappeared sooner than #-ei# except in set

phrases (501), but is equally old: IVNONE; IOVRE. Ac. #-e# (61): APICE.

Ab. #-īd# (426): CONVENTIONID, i.e. #cōntiōne#; #-ei#: VIRTVTEI; #-ī#:

HEREDI. Plural: N. #-īs#: IOVDICIS. G. #-om#: POVMILIONOM; #-ium#:

MVNICIPIVM. D. #-ebus#: TEMPESTATEBVS. Ac. #-īs#: MVNICIPIS.

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