/valere iussit\, _bade farewell to_.]

[Footnote 14: This sentence marks the end of the story.]

APPENDIX I

DECLENSIONS, CONJUGATIONS, NUMERALS, ETC.

NOUNS

_460._ Nouns are inflected in five declensions, distinguished by the
final letter of the stem and by the termination of the genitive
singular.

FIRST DECLENSION--A-stems, Gen. Sing. -ae

SECOND DECLENSION--O-stems, Gen. Sing. -i

THIRD DECLENSION--Consonant stems and I-stems, Gen. Sing. -is

FOURTH DECLENSION--U-stems, Gen. Sing. -u:s

FIFTH DECLENSION--E-stems, Gen. Sing. -e:i or -ei

_461._ FIRST DECLENSION. _A_-STEMS

domina, _lady_ STEM domina- BASE domin-

SINGULAR PLURAL
TERMINATIONS TERMINATIONS
Nom. domina -a dominae -ae
Gen. dominae -ae domina:rum -a:rum
Dat. dominae -ae domini:s -i:s
Acc. dominam -am domina:s -a:s
Abl. domina: -a: domini:s -i:s

_a._ /Dea\ and /filia\ have the termination -a:bus in the dative
and ablative plural.

_462._ SECOND DECLENSION. _O_-STEMS

_a._ MASCULINES IN -us

dominus, _master_ STEM domino- BASE domin-

SINGULAR PLURAL
TERMINATIONS TERMINATIONS
Nom. dominus -us domini: -i:
Gen. domini: -i: domino:rum -o:rum
Dat. domino: -o: domini:s -i:s
Acc. dominum -um domino:s -o:s
Abl. domino: -o: domini:s -i:s

1. Nouns in -us of the second declension have the termination -e in
the vocative singular, as /domine\.

2. Proper names in -ius, and /filius\, end in -i: in the vocative
singular, and the accent rests on the penult, as /Vergi'li:, fi:li:\.

_b._ NEUTERS IN -um

pi:lum, _spear_ STEM pi:lo- BASE pi:l-

SINGULAR PLURAL
TERMINATIONS TERMINATIONS
Nom. pi:lum -um pi:la -a
Gen. pi:li: -i: pi:lo:rum -o:rum
Dat. pi:lo: -o: pi:li:s -i:s
Acc. pi:lum -um pi:la -a
Abl. pi:lo: -o: pi:li:s -i:s

1. Masculines in -ius and neuters in -ium end in -i: in the
genitive singular, _not_ in -ii:, and the accent rests on the penult.

_c._ MASCULINES IN -er AND -ir

puer, _boy_ ager, _field_ vir, _man_
STEMS puero- agro- viro-
BASES puer- agr- vir-