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-ōs.]	Neuter ŏs (ossis), also ōs, And Feminine are cos and dos,
-ŏr]	So also arbŏr; Neuter cŏr, With marmŏr, aequŏr, and adŏr
-ĕr.]	Feminine only lintĕr is, Neuter ĭtĕr (ĭtĭnĕrĭs), Neuter cădāvĕr, 'pĭpĕr, ūbĕr, vēr, rŏbŭr, verbĕră, and tūbĕr;
-ĕs.]	While Feminine are compēs, sĕgĕs, quiēs with mercēs, mergĕs, tĕgĕs.[1]

(2) Feminine endings:

All Nouns that end in -ās or -ăas
Among the Feminines we class;
-ūs (-ūtis), -ūs (-ūdis) also,
With Nouns that end in -do and -go
And Abstracts ending in -iō;^[2]
-ĭs (-ĭdis) to this gender give,
-ĭs, ēs with equal Genitive.
-aus, -x, to Feminine we grant,
-s with preceding consonant.

Exceptions:

-ās.]	But Masculine is one, ās, assis. And Neuter also one, vas, vdsis.
-dō.]	Next, Masculine are ōrdō, cardō,
-gō.]	lĭgō (lĭgōnis), also margō[3]
-is]	Add Masculines in -is, nātālis,[4] annālls, amnis, and cănālis,[5] axis, būris, callis, collis,[6] caulis, fascis, fūstis, follis[7] īgnis, pānis, crīnis, corbis,[8] piscis, postis, scrŏbis, orbis,[9] sentēs, cassēs, atque clūnis,[10] veprēs, mānes, finis, fūnis,[11]

1. ădor spelt, linter trough, că}dēāvĕr corpse, pĭpĕr pepper, verbĕră (Pl.) blows, tĕgĕs mat.
2. Including Abstracts which have a secondary Concrete meaning, as lĕgiō, rĕgiō, portiō
3. ōrdō rank, cardō hinge,margō edge.
4. birthday.
5. annual, river, conduit.
6. axle, plough-beam, mountain-path, hill.
7. stalk, faggot, cudgel, bellows.
8. fire, bread, hair, basket.
9. fish, door-post, ditch, circle.
10. bramble {pi.), hunting-net (pi.), haunch,
11. briar (pl.), spirits of the dead (pl.), end, rope'