tota toto

1. All these words lack the Vocative. The Plural is regular.

2. Neuter is declined like uter.

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ADJECTIVES OF THE THIRD DECLENSION.

67. These fall into three classes,--

1. Adjectives of three terminations in the Nominative Singular,--one for
each gender.

2. Adjectives of two terminations.

3. Adjectives of one termination.

a. With the exception of Comparatives, and a few other words mentioned
below in Sec. 70, 1, all Adjectives of the Third Declension follow the
inflection of i-stems; i.e. they have the Ablative Singular in -i, the
Genitive Plural in -ium, the Accusative Plural in -is (as well as -es) in
the Masculine and Feminine, and the Nominative and Accusative Plural in
-ia in Neuters.

Adjectives of Three Terminations.

68. These are declined as follows:--

Acer, _sharp_.

SINGULAR.
MASCULINE. FEMININE. NEUTER.
_Nom._ acer acris acre
_Gen._ acris acris acris
_Dat._ acri acri acri
_Acc._ acrem acrem acre
_Voc._ acer acris acre
_Abl._ acri acri acri

PLURAL.
_Nom._ acres acres acria
_Gen._ acrium acrium acrium
_Dat_, acribus acribus acribus
_Acc._ acres, -is acres, -is acria
_Voc._ acres acres acria
_Abl._ acribus acribus acribus

1. Like acer are declined alacer, _lively_; campester, _level_; celeber,
_famous_; equester, _equestrian_; paluster, _marshy_; pedester,
_pedestrian_; puter, _rotten_; saluber, _wholesome_; silvester, _woody_;
terrester, _terrestrial_; volucer, _winged_; also names of months in -ber,
as September.

2. Celer, celeris, celere, _swift_, retains the e before r, but lacks the
Genitive Plural.

3. In the Nominative Singular of Adjectives of this class the Feminine form
is sometimes used for the Masculine. This is regularly true of salubris,
silvestris, and terrestris. In case of the other words in the list, the use
of the Feminine for the Masculine is confined chiefly to early and late
Latin, and to poetry.

Adjectives of Two Terminations.

69. These are declined as follows:--

Fortis, _strong._ Fortior, _strong