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The New Latin Primer
| Sing. | Plur. | |
| N.V. | dĭ-ēs | dĭ-ēs |
| A. | dĭ-em | dĭ-ēs |
| G. | dĭ-ēī | dĭ-ērum |
| D. | dĭ-ēī | dĭ-ēbŭs |
| Abl. | dĭ-ē | dĭ-ēbŭs |
Most Nouns of this declension are used only in the Sing. Only dĭēs and rēs (f.) thing have Gen., Dat., and Abl. Plur.
ADJECTIVES.
§ 27. Adjectives, like Nouns, have inflexions denoting Case and Number. They have also inflexions denoting Gender.
Adjectives are of two classes. The First Class has in the Masc. the inflexions of Nouns in -ŭs and -ĕr of the Second Declension; in the Fem. those of Nouns of the First Declension; in the Neut. those of Nouns in -um of the Second Declension.
The Second Class has the inflexions of the Third Declension.
§ 28. Adjectives of the First Class.
| Exx. | bŏnŭs, bŏnă, bŏnum good, base bŏn-. |
| pĭgĕr, pĭgra, pĭgrum slow, base pĭgr-. | |
| mĭsĕr, mĭsĕra, mĭsĕrum wretched, base mĭsĕr-. |
| M. | F. | N. | |
| N. | bŏn-ŭs | bŏn-ă | bŏn-um |
| V. | bŏn-ĕ | bŏn-ă | bŏn-um |
| A. | bŏn-um | bŏn-am | bŏn-um |
| G. | bŏn-ī | bŏn-ae | bŏn-ī |
| D. | bŏn-ō | bŏn-ae | bŏn-ō |
| Abl. | bŏn-ō | bŏn-ā | bŏn-ō |
