A. Tristiōr-ě (1), tristiōr-ě (î). | A. Tristiōr-ībŭs, tristiōr-ībŭs. CLASS III.-ONE TERMINATION. 154. All other adjectives of this declension have only one form in the nominative singular for all genders. A. Prudent-ě (1), prudent-ě (i). A. Prudent-ibus, prudent-ibus. 2. (a) 1. Pater meus fidēlem servum vindicabat. Fidēles servi dominos suos vindicabunt. 3. Sol splendens cuncta sua luce illustrabat. 4. Sapientes virtutem maximi aestimant. 5. Sapiens leges acres non violabit. 6. Christiāni virtutem laudant. 7. Boni virtutem magni aestimabant. 8. Pausanias gloriam turpi morte maculabat. 9. Pausa nias magnam belli gloriam turpi morte maculabat. (b) 1. The brave soldier will fight. 2. The brave king will conquer the enemy (pl.). 3. The brave will conquer the cowardly. 4. Wise (men) will not stain their glory by a base death. 5. The good prize the laws of the state very highly. 6. Kind masters do not punish faithful slaves. 7. A prudent (man) will not violate the laws of his country. 8. The prudent do not violate severe laws. LESSON XXX. Adjectives, continued.-Nouns.-Fourth Declens.on. 157. ADJECTIVES are either of the first and second declension, or of the third only: those of the first and second declension are declined in the masculine and neuter like nouns of the second declension, and in the feminine like nouns of the first; those of the third declension. are declined throughout like nouns of the third. (See Lesson XXIII.) 158. Endings of adjectives of the first and second declension. SINGULAR. PLURAL. A few have Sing. thus: Masc. Fem. Neut. Masc. Fem. Neut. Masc. Fem. Neut. rals. * The declensions of the different genders are here indicated by nume In adjectives in er, the masc. nom. sing. is generally the root (ě is sometimes dropped): ĕr, therefore, is not properly a case-ending; it is given merely to show the termination of the nom. and voc. sing., with out regard to the root (107). t See list, 118, REM. 160. Nouns of the Fourth Declension have the genitive singular in us, and the nominative in us and u. 161. In this declension, nouns in us (with a few exceptions) are masculine, and those in u are neuter. 162. The root is found by dropping the nominative ending: as, fructus, fruit; root, fruct: cornu, a horn; root, corn. 163. Nouns in us (of the fourth declension) are declined with the following * The remark on this ending, in adjectives of the first and second de clension, is also applicable here (See 158, REM. 2.) The or here given in connection with the case-endings belongs to the root; in the nom., acc., and voc. of the neut. sing., it is changed into us § This ending is used only in a few words t Neut. like nom. |