day_ (meridian)
/nox, noctis (-ium)\, f., _night_ (nocturnal)
/pri:mus, -a, -um\, _first_ (prime)
/re:s, rei:\, f., _thing, matter_ (real);
/re:s gestae\, _deeds, exploits_ (lit. _things performed_);
/re:s adversae\, _adversity_; /re:s secundae\, _prosperity_
/spe:s, spei:\, f., _hope_

_272._ Gender. Nouns of the fifth declension are feminine except
/die:s\, _day_, and /meri:die:s\, _midday_, which are usually masculine.

_273._ PARADIGMS

[Transcriber's Note:
The "Stems" are missing in the printed book. They have been supplied
from the inflectional table in the Appendix.]

die:s, re:s, f.,
m., _day_ _thing_
STEMS die:- re:-
BASES di- r-

SINGULAR TERMINATIONS
Nom. die:s re:s -e:s
Gen. die:i: rei: -e:i: _or_ -ei:
Dat. die:i: rei: -e:i: _or_ -ei:
Acc. diem rem -em
Abl. die: re: -e:

PLURAL
Nom. die:s re:s -e:s
Gen. die:rum re:rum -e:rum
Dat. die:bus re:bus -e:bus
Acc. die:s re:s -e:s
Abl. die:bus re:bus -e:bus

1. The vowel /e\ which appears in every form is regularly long. It is
shortened in the ending -ei: after a consonant, as in /r-ei:\; and
before -m in the accusative singular, as in /di-em\. (Cf. Sec. 12.2.)

2. Only /die:s\ and /re:s\ are complete in the plural. Most other
nouns of this declension lack the plural. /Acie:s\, _line of battle_,
and /spe:s\, _hope_, have the nominative and accusative plural.

_274._ The ablative relation (Sec. 50) which is expressed by the
prepositions _at, in_, or _on_ may refer not only to place, but also to
time, as _at noon, in summer, on the first day_. The ablative which is
used to express this relation is called the _ablative of time_.

_275._ RULE. The Ablative of Time. _The time /when\ or /within which\
anything happens is expressed by the ablative without a preposition._

_a._ Occasionally the preposition /_in_\ is found. Compare the
English _Next day we started_ and _/On\ the next day we started_.

_276._ EXERCISES

First learn the special vocabulary, p. 294.

I. _Galba the Farmer._ Galba agricola ruri vivit. Cotidie prima luce
laborare incipit, nec ante noctem in studio suo cessat. Meridie Iulia
filia eum ad cenam vocat. Nocte pedes defessos domum vertit. Aestate
filii agricolae auxilium patri dant