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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.

.§ 22 ADJECTIVES. 55Primoris, genitive, first, wants the nominative and vocativesingular, and the nominative, accusative, and vocative pluralneuter; likewise semiuecis, half dead, which is not used in theneuter, and has seminecum in the genitive plural.Pauci, few ; and plerlque, the most part, are seldom used inthe singular.4. The following classes of words want the vocative ; viz :Partitives; as, quldam, alius: Relatives; as, quails, quantus :Negatives; as, nullus, neuter: Interrogative^ ; as, qubtus ?titer?Except aliquis, quicunque, quilibet, and quisque. (See 131.)5. The following adjectives of one termination, in the subjoinedlist, are scarcely used in the nominative, accusative, orvocative plural of the neuter gender ; viz :Adjectives in ER : as, pauper, puber, celer, degener, itber.Adjectives in FEX :as, artifex, camifex.Adjectives in OR : as, memor, concolor, bicorpor.Adjectives in ES : as, ales, dives, locuples, sospes, superstes,deses, reses, hebes, teres, prcepes.Adjectives in OS : as, compos, impos, exos.Also pubis, impubis, supplex, comis, inop)S, vigil, sons, insons,intercus, redux, and perhaps some others.Cceter, or ceeterus, the rest, is scarcely used in the nominativesin gular masculineVictrix, victorious, and ultrix, revengeful, are feminine onlyin the singular, but feminine and neuter, in the plural ; victrlces,victricia.IIREDUXDAOT ADJECTIVES.6. Some adjectives compounded of cllvus,frenum, bacillum, arma,jugurn,llmus, somnus, and animus, have two forms of declension ; one in us, of thefirst and second declensions ; and another in is, of the third ; as, acclivus,•a, -urn, and acclivis, -e, steep ;imbecillus, and imbecillis, weak ; semisomnus,and semisomnis, half-sleeping ; exanwius, and exaiii?nis, dead. Also,hilaris, and hildrus, merry.Obs. Some of these compounds do not admit of this variation ; as..magnanirnus, flexanimus, ejfrenus, levisoinnus, not magnaiiimis. &c. On thecontraiy, pusillanimis, injugis, illlmis, insomnis, exsomnis, are used, andnot pusillanimus,

.§ 22 ADJECTIVES. 55Primoris, genitive, first, wants <strong>the</strong> nominative and vocativesingular, and <strong>the</strong> nominative, accusative, and vocative pluralneuter; likewise semiuecis, half dead, which is not used in <strong>the</strong>neuter, and has seminecum in <strong>the</strong> genitive plural.Pauci, few ; and plerlque, <strong>the</strong> most part, are seldom used in<strong>the</strong> singular.4. <strong>The</strong> following classes <strong>of</strong> words want <strong>the</strong> vocative ; viz :Partitives; as, quldam, alius: Relatives; as, quails, quantus :Negatives; as, nullus, neuter: Interrogative^ ; as, qubtus ?titer?Except aliquis, quicunque, quilibet, and quisque. (See 131.)5. <strong>The</strong> following adjectives <strong>of</strong> one termination, in <strong>the</strong> subjoinedlist, are scarcely used in <strong>the</strong> nominative, accusative, orvocative plural <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> neuter gender ; viz :Adjectives in ER : as, pauper, puber, celer, degener, itber.Adjectives in FEX :as, artifex, camifex.Adjectives in OR : as, memor, concolor, bicorpor.Adjectives in ES : as, ales, dives, locuples, sospes, superstes,deses, reses, hebes, teres, prcepes.Adjectives in OS : as, compos, impos, exos.Also pubis, impubis, supplex, comis, inop)S, vigil, sons, insons,intercus, redux, and perhaps some o<strong>the</strong>rs.Cceter, or ceeterus, <strong>the</strong> rest, is scarcely used in <strong>the</strong> nominativesin gular masculineVictrix, victorious, and ultrix, revengeful, are feminine onlyin <strong>the</strong> singular, but feminine and neuter, in <strong>the</strong> plural ; victrlces,victricia.IIREDUXDAOT ADJECTIVES.6. Some adjectives compounded <strong>of</strong> cllvus,frenum, bacillum, arma,jugurn,llmus, somnus, and animus, have two forms <strong>of</strong> declension ; one in us, <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>first and second declensions ; and ano<strong>the</strong>r in is, <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> third ; as, acclivus,•a, -urn, and acclivis, -e, steep ;imbecillus, and imbecillis, weak ; semisomnus,and semisomnis, half-sleeping ; exanwius, and exaiii?nis, dead. Also,hilaris, and hildrus, merry.Obs. Some <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>se compounds do not admit <strong>of</strong> this variation ; as..magnanirnus, flexanimus, ejfrenus, levisoinnus, not magnaiiimis. &c. On <strong>the</strong>contraiy, pusillanimis, injugis, illlmis, insomnis, exsomnis, are used, andnot pusillanimus,

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