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:;54 ADJECTIVES. § 22Kobe.— Codebs, compos, impos, and super stes, have sometimes i in theablative. Fetus lias commonly veteri in the ablative, but always Vetera andveter um in the plural.Exc. 2. The following adjectives have e or i in the ablativesingular, and um in the genitive plural ; vizAles, winged. Degener, degenerate. Partieeps, sharing.Anceps, double. Dispar, unequal. Preeceps, headlong.Artifex, artificial. Dives, rich^ Princeps, chief.Cicur. tame. Impar, unequal. Supplex, suppliantOompar, equal. Inops, poor. Vigil, watchful.Note.— Memor, mindful ; immemor, unmindful ;par, equal ; uber, fertile;volucer, swift, have i only in the ablative singular, and um in the genitiveplural ; except par, which has ium.LoeuplitSs rich ; sons, guilty, and insons, innocent, have um, as well as ium,in the genitive plural.101.—§ 22. IRREGULAR ADJECTIVES.Irregular adjectives are Defective or Medundant.I. DEFECTIVE ADJECTIVES.1. The adjectives frugi, temperate; sat or satis, sufficient;semis, half; and the plurals quot, how many']tot, so manyaliquot, some;quotquot, and quotcunque, how many soevertotidem, just so many, are indeclinable. Nequam, worthless,is also indeclinable, but used in both numbers.2. Exspes, hopeless ; and potis, neuter pote, sometimespotis, able, are used only in the nominative. They are of allgenders, and potis is also found joined with plural nouns.Tantundem, as much, has tantidem in the genitive, and tantundem,m. and n., in the nominative and accusative singular.Necesse, or necessum, necessary; and volupe, pleasant, areused only in the nominative and accusative singular.3. Mactus, -e, and plural -i, a common word of encouragement,brave ! gallant ! is used only in the nominative andvocative singular, and nominative plural.Plus, more, in the singular, is neuter only ;wants the dative,and probably the vocative ; has e only in the ablative, and a,seldom ia, in the nominative, accusative, and vocative pluralneuter.