wo classes,--

1. Adjectives of the First and Second Declensions.

2. Adjectives of the Third Declension.

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ADJECTIVES OF THE FIRST AND SECOND DECLENSIONS.

63. In these the Masculine is declined like hortus, puer, or ager, the
Feminine like porta, and the Neuter like bellum. Thus, Masculine like
hortus:--

Bonus, _good_.

SINGULAR.
MASCULINE. FEMININE. NEUTER.
_Nom._ bonus bona bonum
_Gen._ boni bonae boni
_Dat._ bono bonae bono
_Acc._ bonum bonam bonum
_Voc._ bone bona bonum
_Abl._ bono bona bono

PLURAL.
_Nom._ boni bonae bona
_Gen._ bonorum bonarum bonorum
_Dat._ bonis bonis bonis
_Acc._ bonos bonas bona
_Voc._ boni bonae bona
_Abl._ bonis bonis bonis

1. The Gen. Sing. Masc. and Neut. of Adjectives in -ius ends in -ii (not in
-i as in case of Nouns; see Sec. 25, 1; 2). So also the Voc. Sing. of such
Adjectives ends in -ie, not in i. Thus eximius forms Gen. eximii; Voc.
eximie.

2. Distributives (see Sec. 78, 1, c) regularly form the Gen. Plu. Masc. and
Neut. in -um instead of -orum (compare Sec. 25, 6); as, denum centenum; but
always singulorum.

64. Masculine like puer:--

Tener, _tender_.

SINGULAR.
MASCULINE. FEMININE NEUTER.
_Nom._ tener tenera tenerum
_Gen._ teneri tenerae teneri
_Dat._ tenero tenerae tenero
_Acc._ tenerum teneram tenerum
_Voc._ tener tenera tenerum
_Abl._ tenero tenera tenero

PLURAL.
_Nom._ teneri tenerae tenera
_Gen._ tenerorum tenerarum tenerorum
_Dat._ teneris teneris teneris
_Acc._ teneros teneras tenera
_Voc._ teneri tenerae tenera
_Abl._ teneris teneris teneris

65. Masculine like ager:--

Sacer, _sacred_.

SINGULAR.
MASCULINE. FEMININE. NEUTER.
_Nom._ sacer