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☞ In this and the following Preparations the nouns of the Second Declension like puer will be given in the Nom. Sing., except when a whole phrase is quoted.
| locus | place |
| fābula | play, drama [fable] |
| commemorātus | mentioned [commemorated] |
| Leir | Lear |
| rēgulus | ruler, petty king |
| fortūna misera | unhappy fate [miserable fortune] |
| dēplōrō | I deplore, lament |
| stultitia | folly |
| culpō | I blame |
| animus ingrātus | ingratitude (lit. an ungrateful mind) |
| accūsō | I accuse |
| fortūna aspera | harsh fate |
| fīliae impiae | unnatural [impious] daughters |
| constantia | constancy |
| ex poētā nōminātus | named after (from) the poet; i.e. Shakspere's cliff |
| vir generōsus | a man of noble birth, a nobleman [generous] |
| amīcus fīdus | a faithful friend |
| dē scopulō | down from the cliff |
| sē praecipitāre | to hurl himself [precipitate] |
| parō | I prepare |
| fīlius suus | his own son |
| virum servat | saves the man [preserves] |
| perīculum | peril, danger |
| SINGULAR. | PLURAL. | |||
| 1 | vir, a man | virī, men | ||
| 2 | vir, o man | virī, o men | ||
| 1 | virum, a man | virōs, men | ||
| 1 | virī, a man’s | virōrum, men’s | ||
| 1 | virō, to a man | virīs, to men | ||
| 6 | cum | virō, with a man | cum | virīs, with men |
There is no other word in Latin exactly like ‘vir’: but ‘Leir’ is declined in the same way in some Latin Histories of the Britons.
