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—§ 10 SECOND DECLENSION. 17Like Penelope, decline Circe, a famous sorceress ; Cybele, the mother ofthe gods; epitome, an abridgment; grammatice, grammar;—also, aloe,crambe, Circe, Danue, Phoenlce.Obs. 1. When the plural of proper names occurs, it is likethe plural of penna; thus, Atrida, Atridarum, &c.Obs. 2. Nouns in es have sometimes a in the vocative, morerarely a. Nouns in sles have sta. They also sometimes havethe accusative in em, and the ablative in a.EXERCISES ON THE FIRST DECLENSION.[The words in the following exercises will be found in No. 60.]1. Tell the case and number of the following words, and translatethem accordingly.—Penna, pennam, pennarum, pennis,penna, pennae ;—aram, aris ; sellae, sella, sella, sell arum ;tubis,tubam, tubae ;litera, literarum, pennis, aras, tubas, Uteris ;Penelopes, Penelopen, ^Enean, Anchises, Anchisae, ^Enea.2. Translate the following words into Latin :—The pen, ofpens, with pens, from a pen, in a pen, by pens ;from the altars;of a trumpet ; with letters ; a seat ; O altar ; the seat of Penelope; of iEneas ;with Anchises ; a trumpet ; from the altar;to a seat ; with a pen ; of the altars; &c, ad libitum.§ 10. SECOND DECLENSION.63.—The Second Declension lias seven terminationsof the nominative singular : namely,Five masculine, er, ir, ur, us, and os.Two neuter, um and on.Of these terminations, os and on are Greek;the rest are Latin.Masculine.TERMINATIONS.Neuter.Singular. Plural. Singular. PluraiV r . -er,-ir,-ur,-us, N. -I,G. -I, G. -drumD. -6, D. -is,Ac.-mn,Ac. -6s,V. -er,-ir,-ur,-e, V. -I,A 6.-0.Ab. -is,N. -um, N. -aG. -I, G. -orum,D. -6, D. -is,Ac. -um,Ac. -k,V. -um, V. -a,Ab.-o.Ab.-ls.