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:4A IRREGULAR KOUNS. § 1818. The following neuter nouns, for the most part, wantthe pluralAlbum, -i, a list of names. Lutum, -i, clay.Barathrum, -i, any deep place. Nectar, -aris, nectar.Diluculum, -i, the dawn of day. Pelagus, -i, the sea.Ebur, -oris, ivory. Penum, -i, and penus, -oris, all kindsFcenuni, -i, hay. of provisions.Gelu, frost, indeclinable.Pus, puris, matter.Hilum, -i, the black speck of a bmn; Sal, salis, salt.a trifle.Jubar, -aris, the sunbeam.Yer, yeris, the spring.Virus, -i, poison.Justitium, -i, a vacation, the time Vitrum,-i, glass.when courts do not sit. Yiscum, -i, the mistletoe.Lardum, -i, bacon. Yulgus, i, the rabble.Lethum, -i, death.Obs. 6. JEbur, lardum, lutum, and pus, are found in theplural ; and pelage is found, in some cases, as the plural ofpelagus; sal, as a neuter noun, is not used in the plural.19. Many nouns want the singular ; such as the names offeasts, books, games, and many cities and places ;Apollinares, -ium, games in honor of Olympia, -drum, the Olympic games.Apollo.as,Syracusae, -arum, Syracuse.Bacchanalia, -ium, and -orum, the Hierosolyma, -oruni, Jerusalem.feasts of Bacchus. Therraopylas, -arum, the straits ofBucolica, -orum, a book of pastorals.Thermopylae.20. The following masculine nouns are scarcely used inthe singular :Antes, the front rows of vines.Inferi, the gods below.Cancelli, lattices, or windows made Lemures, -um, ghosts, hobgoblins.with cross-bars.Cani, gray hairs.Celeres, -um, the light-horse.Codicilli, writings.Liberi, children.Majores, -um, ancestors.Manes, -ium, ghosts.Minores, -um, successors.Fasti, -orum, or fastus, -uum, calen- Penates, -um, or -ium, household gods,dars, in which were markedfestivaldays,&c.Fori, the gangways of a ship, or scatsin the Circus.Posteri, posterity.Proceres, -um, the nobles.Pugillares, -ium, writing tables.Superi, the gods above.Obs. 7. Liberi and proceres are also found in the singular(procere?n). Some of the others, as inferi, majores, &c,