OF ONE ENDING.

624. A dozen adjectives ‘of one ending,’ mostly words applying to

persons, with consonant stems throughout, have no nominative or

accusative neuter plural; they are:

caelebs, compos, _unmarried_, _master of_

*dēses, dīves, _lazy_, _rich_

particeps, prīnceps, _sharing_, _first_

pūbēs, impūbēs, _mangrown_, _immature_

sōspes, superstes, _safe_, _surviving_

pauper, cicur, _poor_, _tame_

625. When these adjectives have a neuter, it is the same as the gender

forms, except in the accusative singular; they are declined as follows:

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