530. Imparisyllabic stems in #-i-# are declined as follows:_A Latin Grammar for Schools and Colleges

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531. Examples of stems in #-ci-#, with nominative #-x#, genitive #-cis#,

are:

#-āx#, #-ācis#

#fornāx#, F., _furnace_. Many adjectives (284): as, #audāx#,

_daring_.

#-aex#, #-aecis#

#faex#, F., _dregs_, no G. Pl. (430).

#-ex#, #-icis#

#supplex#, _suppliant_, Ab. #-ī#, sometimes #-e#, G. Pl.

#supplicum#. Adjectives: #duplex#, _twofold_; #multiplex#,

_manifold_; #quadruplex#, _fourfold_; #septemplex#, _sevenfold_;

#simplex#, _simple_; #triplex#, _threefold_. The foregoing have

Ab. #-ī#: as, #duplicī#; #duplice# once (Hor.), #septemplice#

twice (Ov.; Stat.); G. Pl. #-ium#, Ne. Pl. N. and Ac. #-ia#.

#-īx#, #-īcis#

#fēlīx#, _happy_; #pernīx#, _nimble_, adjectives. Also many

feminines of the agent in #-trīx# (205): as, #victrīx#,

_victorious_; these sometimes have a Ne. Pl. N. and Ac.: as,

#victrīcia#; in the G. Pl. they have #-ium#, or, as substantives,

#-um#: as, #nūtrīcum#, _nurses_.

#-lx#, #-lcis#

#calx#, F. (M.), _heel_; #calx#, M., F., _limestone_, no G. Pl.

(430); #falx#, F., _sickle_.

#-nx#, #-ncis#

#lanx#, F., _platter_, no G. Pl. (430); #deūnx#, M., _eleven

twelfths_; #quīncunx#, M., _five twelfths_.

#-ox#, #-ocis#

#praecox#, _over-ripe_, older stem #praecoqui-#: as,

G. #praecoquis#; rarely with #-o-# stem (401): as, #praecoquam#.

#-ōx#, #-ōcis#

#celōx#, F., _clipper_. #atrōx#, _savage_; #ferōx#, _wild_;

#vēlōx#, _swift_, adjectives.

#-rx#, #-rcis#

#arx#, F., _citadel_, G. Pl. rare and late; #merx#, F., _ware_,

N. in old Latin sometimes #mercēs# or #mers#.

#-ux#, #-ucis#

Adjectives: #trux#, _savage_, Ab. #-ī# or #-e#, G. Pl. #-ium#;

#redux#, _returning_, Ab. #-ī# or #-e# (558); no G. Pl. and no

Ne. N. or Ac. (430).

#-aux#, #----#

#fauce#, F., Ab., _throat_, N. #faux# once only and late,

generally Pl.

#-ūx#, #-ūcis#

#lūx#, F. (581), _light_, Ab. sometimes #-ī#, no G. Pl. (430).

532. (_a._) Examples of stems in #-di-#, with nominative #-s#, genitive

#-dis#, are:

#-ēs#, #-edis#

Compounds of #pēs#, _foot_: #compede#, F., Ab., _fetter_, no N.,

G. Pl. #compedium#; adjectives: as, #ālipēs#, _wing-footed_,

#bipēs#, _two-legged_, #quadrupēs#, _four-footed_, &c., Ab. #-ī#,

Pl. G. #-um# only (563), Ne. N. and Ac. #-ia#, rare and late.

#-ns#, #-ndis#

Feminines: #frōns#, _foliage_; #glāns#, _acorn_; #iūglāns#,

_walnut_.

#-rs#, #-rdis#

#concors#, _like-minded_, adjective, and other compounds of #cor#,

Ab. #-ī# (559) Ne. Pl. N. and Ac. #-ia#, G. Pl. not usual:

#discordium#, _at variance_, and #vēcordium#, _frantic_, once each.

#-aus#, #-audis#

#fraus#, F., _deceit_, G. Pl. #fraudium#, later #fraudum#.

533. (_b._) Examples of stems in #-ti-#, with nominative #-s# (#-x#),

genitive #-tis#, are:

#-ās#, #-ātis#

#Arpīnās#, _of Arpinum_, and adjectives from other town names;

#optimātēs#, _good men and true_, G. Pl. #-ium#, less often #-um#;

#penātēs#, _gods of the household store_.

#-es#, #-etis#

Adjectives: #hebes#, _dull_; #teres#, _cylindrical_, Ab. #-ī#

(559), no G. Pl., Ne. Pl. #hebetia#, #teretia#, late and rare;

#perpes#, _lasting through_, Ab. #perpetī#, late only; #praepes#,

_swift-winged_, Ab. #-ī# or #-e#, G. Pl. #-um#, no Ne. Pl.

N. or Ac.

#-ēs#, #-ētis#

#locuplēs#, _rich_, adjective, Ab. usually #-e# of a person, #-ī#

often of a thing, G. Pl. #locuplētium#, sometimes #locuplētum#,

Ne. Pl. #locuplētia# once.

#-īs#, #-ītis#

#līs#, _contention_; #dīs#, _rich_, adjective, Ab. always #-ī#

(559), Pl. G. #-ium#, once #-um# (Sen.), Ne. N. and Ac. #-ia#.

#Quirīs#, #Samnīs#.

#-ls#, #-ltis#

#puls#, _pottage_, no G. Pl. (430).

#-ns#, #-ntis#

Masculines: #dēns#, _tooth_: #fōns#, _fountain_; #pōns#, _bridge_;

#mōns#, _mountain_, N. once #montis# (Enn.); factors of twelve:

#sextāns#, _one sixth_; #quadrāns#, #triēns#, #dōdrāns#, #dēxtāns#.

Feminines: #frōns#, _forehead_; #gēns#, _clan_; #mēns#, _mind_.

Present participles: as, #regēns#, _guiding_. Many adjectives: as,

#ingēns#, _gigantic_, Ab. #-ī# (559); #Vēiēns#, _of Vei_; compounds

of #mēns#: as, #āmēns#, _out of one’s head_; of #dēns#: as,

#tridēns#, Ab. #-ī#, as substantive usually #-e#.

#-eps#, #-ipitis#

Adjective compounds of #caput#, _head_: #anceps# (543),

_two-headed_, once older #ancipēs# (Plaut.); #biceps#, _two-headed_;

#triceps#, _three-headed_; #praeceps#, _head-first_, old

#praecipēs# (Plaut.; Enn.), Ab. #-ī# (559), no G. Pl., Ne. Pl.

N. and Ac. #-ia#.

#-rs#, #-rtis#

Feminines: #ars#, _art_; #cohors#, _cohort_; #fors#, _chance_;

#mors#, _death_; #pars#, _part_; #sors#, _lot_, N. twice #sortis#

(Plaut.; Ter.). Adjectives: #cōnsors#, _sharing_, #exsors#, _not

sharing_, no G. Pl.; #expers#, _without part_; #iners#,

_unskilled_, #sollers#, _all-skilled_, Ne. Pl. N. and Ac. #-ia#.

#-x#, #-ctis#

#nox#, F., _night_; Ab. also #noctū# (401); an old adverb form is

#nox#, _nights_.

534. (_a._) Stems in #-bi-#, with nominative #-bs# (149), genitive

#-bis#, are:

#trabs#, F., _beam_, older N. #trabēs# (Enn.); #plēbs#, F., _commons_,

N. sometimes #plēps#, for the older #plēbēs# (603), no Pl.; #urbs#, F.,

_city_.

535. (_b._) Stems in #-pi-#, with nominative #-ps#, genitive #-pis#,

are:

#inops#, _poor_, adjective, Ab. #-ī# (559), G. Pl. #-um#, no Ne. Pl. N.

or Ac. (430); #stirps#, F. (M.), _trunk_.

536. Examples of stems in #-li-#, with nominative #-l#, genitive #-lis#,

are:

#-al#, #-ālis#

Neuters, originally adjective (546): #animal#, _animal_;

#bacchānal#, _shrine_ or _feast of Bacchus_; #cervīcal#, _bolster_;

#puteal#, _well-curb_; #toral#, _valance_; #tribūnal#, _tribunal_;

#vectīgal#, _indirect tax_. Only N. or Ac.: #cubital#,

_elbow-cushion_; #minūtal#, _minced-fish_; #capital#, #capitālia#,

_death_, _capital crime_.

#-il#, #-ilis#

#vigil#, _wide-awake_, adjective, Ab. #-ī#, as substantive #-e#

(561), G. Pl. #vigilum# (563), no Ne. Pl. N. or Ac. (430).

537. (_a._) Examples of stems in #-ri-#, with nominative #-r#, genitive

#-ris#, are:

#-ar#, #-āris#

Neuters, originally adjective (546): #calcar#, _spur_; #columbar#,

_dove-cote_; #exemplar#, _pattern_; #lacūnar#, _panel-ceiling_;

#pulvīnar#, _couch_; #subligar#, _tights_; #torcular#, _wine-press_.

#-ār#, #-aris#

Adjectives: #pār#, _equal_; #dispār#, #impār#, _unequal_, for Ab.,

see 561; G. Pl. #-ium#, Ne. Pl. N. and Ac. #-ia#; #compār#,

_co-mate_, as substantive has G. Pl. #-um#.

#-er#, #-eris#

Adjectives: #dēgener#, _degenerate_, Ab. #-ī# (559), no Ne. Pl.

N. or Ac. (430); #ūber#, _fruitful_, Ab. #-ī#, late #-e#, Ne. Pl.

#ūbera# once only (Acc.).

#-or#, #-oris#

Adjectives: #memor#, _remembering_; #immemor#, _forgetful_, Ab.

#-ī# (559), G. Pl. #memorum# (636) once only (Verg.), no Ne. Pl.

N. or Ac. (430).

#-or#, #-ōris#

Adjective compounds of #color#: as, #concolor#, _of like shade_,

#discolor#, _of different shade_, both with Ab. #-ī# only;

#versicolor#, _pied_, Ab. #-ī#, rarely #-e#, Ne. Pl. N. and Ac.

#-ia#; the G. Pl. of these words is not usual, but #versicōlorum#

once.

538. (_b._) Stems in #-ri-#, with nominative #-s# of the stem, genitive

#-ris#, are #glīs#, F., _dormouse_, #glīris#; #mās#, M., _male_,

#maris#; #mūs#, F., _mouse_, #mūris#.

539. The only imparisyllabic stem in #-si-# is #ās# (171, 1), M., _unit,

an as_, G. #assis#, with its compounds #bēs#, _two thirds_, G. #bessis#,

and #sēmis#, _half an as_, _half_, G. #sēmissis#.

[Erratum:

537 ... #dēgener#, _degenerate_, Ab. #-ī# (559)

Ab.,]