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—:::§ 18 IKKEGULAR NOUNS. 43the genitive, and perhaps the dative singular, and probably the genitive,dative, and ablative plural.Nemo, c., nobody, wants the vocative singular,and has no pluraLII.Nouns defective in number.15. Some nouns, from the nature of the things which theyexpress, cannot be used in the plural. Such are the namesof virtues and vices ; of arts, herbs, metals, liquors, differentkinds of corn, abstract nouns, &c. ; as, justitia, justice ; luxus,luxury; miislca, music; apium, parsley; aurum, gold; lac,milk ; triticum, wheat ; magnitude*, greatness ; senectus, oldage ; macies, leanness, &c. But some of the nouns includedin these classes are occasionally found in the plural.16. The following masculine nouns, for the most part, wantthe pluralAer, aeris, the air. Penus, -i, or -us, all manner of pro-^Ether, -eris, the sky.visions.Firnus, -i, dung. Pontus, -i, the sea.Hesperus, -i, the evening star. Pulvis, -eris, dust.Limus, -i, mud. Sanguis, -inis, blood.Meridies, -iei, mid-day.Sopor, -oris, sleep.Mundus, -i, a woman's ornaments. Yeternus, -i, a lethargy.Muscus, -i, moss.Note 3.Aer, pulvis, and sopor are found in the plural.17. The following feminine nouns, for the most part, wantthe pluralArgilla, -ae, potter's earth. Salus, -litis, safety.Fames, -is, hunger. Sitis, -is, thirst.Humus, -i, the ground. Supellex, -ctilis, household furni*Indoles, -is, a disposition. ture.Plebs, -is, the common people. Yenia, -ae, pardon.Pubes, -is, the youth. Yespera, -ae, the eveningThe following are sometimes found in the pluralBilis, -is, bile. Pituita, -ae, phlegm.Cholera, -ae, choler. Pix, -cis, pitch.Cutis, -is, the skin. Proles, -is, offspring.Fama, -&,fame.Quies, -etis, rest.Gloria, -ae, glory. Soboles, -is, offspring.Labes, -is, a stai n. Tellus, -uris, the earth.Pax. -cis, peace.3*