Sing. | Plur. |
cōpia f. abundance | cōpiae troops |
fascis m. faggot | fascēs lictor's fasces |
hortus m. kitchen garden | hortī pleasure garden, park |
impĕdīmentum n. hindrance | impĕdimenta luggage |
littĕra f. letter (of the alphabet) | littĕrae epistle, literature |
lūdus m. sport | lūdī public games |
rōstrum n. beak of bird or ship | rōstră the Rostra (in Forum). |
ŏpera f. work, aid | ŏpĕ gang of labourers |
ŏpem (Acc.) help | ŏpēs resources |
§ 284.
Numerals.
Compound Numbers.—From 13 to 19 inclusive, the smaller number is prefixed without et as Septimus dĕecimus. From 21 to 99 either (a) the larger precedes without et, as vīgintī dŭŏ twenty-two, or (b) the smaller precedes with et, as dŭ ŏ et vīgintī two and twenty. From 101 upwards, the larger generally precedes, without or (except Distributives) with et, as centum (et) trīginta (et) quīnque. But sometimes the smaller precedes with et, as trīgintā et dŭcentī.
The Ordinals must be used to give the Year, as A.D. 100, anno post Christum nātūm centē(n)simō.
The Distributives (1) denote that the number belongs to each of several persons or things as puĕrī dēnum annōrum boys of ten years old each; (2) are used in multiplication as bis bŭina twice two; (3) with Nouns which have no Singular corresponding (§ 283) as bīna castra two camps;[1] bīnae litterae two letters (epistles), but duae litterae two letters of the alphabet; (4) Poets often use Distributives for Cardinals.
Pronouns.
§ 285. The following are compounds of quis or qui, and are declined like them.
They have often two forms in the Nom. Masc. and N.A. Neut. Sing., viz., quīs, quĭd when Substantival, quī, quod when Adjectival.
ecquis? ecquī? ec-quă, -quae? ecquĭd? ecquod? is there any that?
quispiam, quaepiam, quidpiam, quodpiam, someone
quisquam, (no Fem.), quicquam, anyone at all; (ŭllus supplies missing cases and Plural).
quisquis, (no Fem.), quicquid, whoever; other cases rare except Abl. quōquō.
quisquc, quaeque, quidquS, quodquĕ, each
quīcumque, quaecumque, quodcumque, whoever
quuīlībet, quaelŭbet, quidlŭbet, quodllbet, any you please.
quīvīs, quaevīs, quidvīs, quodvīs, any you please
ūnas-quisquĕ each one, is declined as two words.
- ↑ ' But ūna castra one camp.