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—:§21 ADJECTIVES. 53JExc. Plus, more, has only the neuter gender in the singular,and is thus declinedSingular.Neut.N. plus,G. plur-is,D.Ac. plus,V.Ab. plur-e, or i.Masc.Plural.FemNeut.N. plur-es, es, a, (ia,)6r. plur-ium, mm, mm,D. plur-ibus, ibus, ibus,Ac. plur-es, es,a, (ia,)Ab. plur-ibus,ibus,ibus.Note.—The neuter plural in ia is hardly ever used. The compound, complures,has no singular.III.A cljectives of three terminations.5. Acer or acris, acre, sharp.Masc.Singular.Fem.N. acer. or acr-is, is,67. acr-is, is,D. acr-i, i,Ac. acr-em, • em,V. acer, or acr-is, is,Ab. acr-i, i,Plural.Neut. Masc. Fem. Neut.e, N. acr-es, ^ es, ia,is, G. acr-ium, ium, ium,i, D. acr-ibus, ibus, ibus,e, Ac acr-es, es, ia,V. acr-es, es, ia,t>i. Ab. acr-ibus, ibus, ibus.Besides acer, the following twelve are declined in this way :Alacer, cheerful. Equester, equestrian. Saluber, wholesome.Campester,^/?^, level. Paluster, marshy. ' Silvester, woody.C eleber, famous. Pedester, on foot. Terrester, terrestrial.Celer, swift. Puter, putrid. Volucer, swift.100.Exceptions in the Ablative Singular andGenitive Plural.Exc. 1. The following adjectives have e in the ablativesingular, and um in the genitive plural ; viz :Ccelebs, unmarried. Pauper, poor. Sospes, safe.Compos, master of. Juvenis, young. Impubes, beardless.Hospes, strange. Pubis, marriageable. Superstes, surviving.Impos, unable. Senex, old. Vetus, old.The compounds of color , corpor, cuspis, and pes, have likewise e andurn.