OF ONE ENDING.

632. Most adjectives ‘of one ending’ have a consonant form of the stem

in the singular, except usually in the ablative (633), and an #-i-# stem

in the plural; they are declined as follows:

+--------+-------------------------+-----------------------------+

| Example| M. F. and Ne. audāx, | M. F. Ne. regēns, _ruling_, |

| | _bold_, | |

| Stems | audāc(i)- | regent(i)- |

+--------+-------------------------+-----------------------------+

|Singular| MASC. & FEM. NEUT. | MASC. & FEM. NEUT. |

| _Nom._ | audāx audāx | regēns regēns |

| _Gen._ | audācis audācis | regentis regentis |

| _Dat._ | audācī audācī | regentī regentī |

| _Acc._ | audācem audāx | regentem regēns |

| _Abl._ | audācī audācī | regente, -ī regente, -ī |

+--------+-------------------------+-----------------------------+

| Plural | MASC. & FEM. NEUT. | MASC. & FEM. NEUT. |

| _Nom._ | audācēs audācia | regentēs regentia |

| _Gen._ | audācium audācium | regentium regentium |

| _Dat._ | audācibus audācibus | regentibus regentibus |

| _Acc._ | audācīs, -ēs audācia | regentīs, -ēs regentia |

| _Abl._ | audācibus audācibus | regentibus regentibus |

+--------+-------------------------+-----------------------------+

633. Present participles have #-ī# in the ablative, when they are used

as adjectives, otherwise #-e# (560). For #-ī# or #-e# in other words,

see 559, 561. For #-ium# or #-um# in the genitive plural, 563.

634. Most adjectives ‘of one ending’ in #-i-# are declined as above

(632); some of them have peculiarities in some of their cases, as

follows:

635. (1.) #trux# (531), _savage_, has Ab. #-ī# or #-e#, G. Pl. #-ium#,

no Ne. Pl. N. or Ac. #redux# (531), _returning_, has Ab. #-ī# or #-e#,

no G. Pl. or Ne. Pl. N. or Ac. #hebes#, _dull_, #teres#, _cylindrical_

(533), and compounds of #caput#, _head_, as #anceps#, (533),

_two-headed_, have Ab. #-ī#, no G. Pl.; a Ne. Pl. N. or Ac. #-ia# is

rare. For #locuplēs#, _rich_, see 533.

636. (2.) The following have #-ī# in the ablative, but #-um# of

consonant stems in the genitive plural, and no nominative or accusative

neuter plural: #inops# (535), _without means_, #vigil# (536),

_wide-awake_, #memor# (537), _remembering_, #dēgener#, _degenerate_,

ūber (537), _prolific_, has Ab. #-ī#, twice #-e#, Ne. Pl. once #-a#

(Acc.). Compounds of #pēs#, as, #bipēs# (532), _two-legged_, have a late

and rare Ne. Pl. N. and Ac. #-ia#.

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