† sūbĕr, sūbĕr-is, n. cork tree
sŭpellēx, sŭpellēctĭl-ĭs, f. furniture
sŭperstĕs, stiperstit-is [adj.) surviving
(So antistĕs, m. f. overseer; praestĕs, (adj.) protecting.)
sūs, sŭ-ĭs, m.f. pig
tellūs, tellūr-ĭs, f. earth
tempŭs, tempŏr-ĭs, n. time
tĕrĕs, tĕrĕt-ĭs (adj.) round
tergŭs, tergŏr-ĭs, n. back[1]
† termĕs, termĭt-ĭs, m. bough cut off
† trāmĕs, trāmĭt-ĭs, m. path
† triceps (as anceps)
† tūbĕr, tūbĕr-ĭs, n. swelling,
turbō, turbĭn-ĭs, m. whirl
ūbĕr, ūbĕr-ĭs, n. teat
ūbĕr, ūbĕr-ĭs (adj.) fruitful
† vărix, vărĭc-ĭs, m. f. swollen vein
vās, vă-ĭs, m. bail
vās, vās-ĭs, n. vessel
vēlĕs, vēlĭt-ĭs, m. skirmisher
vēr, vēr-ĭs, n. spring
† vervēx, vervēc-ĭs, m. wether
This list does not include Nouns borrowed from Greek.
Fourth Declension.
§ 277. Gen. Sing.—In old Lat. many Nouns formed their G. Sing, in -ī. senāt-i for senāt-ūs is sometimes found in the Classical period.
Dat. Sing.—The contracted form in -ū prevails in the poets for metrical reasons : it has also good prose authority.
Dat. Abl. Plur. in -ŭbŭs.—In the best Latin -ŭbus (instead of the usual -ĭbus) is found in the following words:
Both have vĕru, spĕcus, portus;
ŭbus only, ăcus, artus,
arcus, tribus, lăcus, partus.
Fifth Declension.
§ 278. Gen. and Dat. Sing.—In these cases -ēī is generally shortened to ĕē if the base ends in a Consonant, as fid-ĕī, r-ĕī.
The ėı was often further contracted in old poets to the diphthong ei, and in Classical times to -e as fĭd-ē. plēbēs, another form of plēbs, has a Gen. plēbi, as in plēbi scitum a decree of the Plebs.
Irregular Nouns.
§ 279. Nouns often written as one Word but declined as two.—păter-fămĭliās m. head of a household (lit. father of a
- ↑ Also tergum, tergī,n.
