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;14 DECLENSION. §857.—GENERAL RULES FOR THE DECLENSION OF NOUNS.1. Nouns of the neuter gender have the nominative,accusative, and vocative, alike in bothnumbers, and these cases, in the plural, end alwaysin a.2. The vocative, for the most part in the singular,and always in the plural, is like the nominative.3. The dative and the ablative plural are alike.4. Proper names for the most part want theplural.The difference between these declensions will be seen atone view in the following :58.—TABLE OF TERMINATIONS.Singular.N.a.D.Ac.V.Ab.First.-a,-ae,— 93,-am,-a,-a.Second.M. N.-us, -er, -urn.~h-6,-urn,-e, -er, -urn,-o.M.j-is,-urn, |-em,Third.l-e, or LN. M.-US,-US,-ul,•urn,us,-u.Fourth.N.-ft-us,-u,-ft-ft-U.Fifth.-es,-ei',-ei,-em,-es,-e.N.G.D.Ac.V.Ab.Plural.-33,rt -a, -es, -a, -la, -us, -ua, -es,•arum, -orum, -um,-ium, -uum, -erum-is, -is, -ibus, -ibus,oriibus, -ebus,-as, -OS, -a, -es, -a, -ia, -us, -ua, -es,-33, -1, -a, -es, -a, —ia, -us, -ua, -es,-is. -is. -Ibus. -lbus.orubus. -ebus.59.—The terminations of the nominative singular in thethird declension, being numerous, are omitted in the tablealso those of the vocative, which, in this declension, is alwayslike the nominative. The terminations of the genitive, dative,and ablative neuter, are the same as the masculine.