, _Rome_
/scu:tum, -i:\, n., _shield_ (escutcheon)
/vir, viri:\, m., _man, hero_ (virile)

ADJECTIVES
/legio:na:rius, -a, -um\,[A] _legionary, belonging to the legion_.
As a noun, /legio:na:rii:, -o:rum\, m., plur., _legionary soldiers_
/li:ber, li:bera, li:berum\, _free_ (liberty) As a noun. /li:beri:,
-o:rum\,
m., plur., _children_ (lit. _the freeborn_)
/pulcher, pulchra, pulchrum\, _pretty, beautiful_

PREPOSITION
/apud\, _among_, with acc.

CONJUNCTION
/sed\, _but_

[Footnote A: The genitive singular masculine of adjectives in -ius
ends in -ii: and the vocative in -ie; not in -i:, as in nouns.]

_91._ Declension of Nouns in _-er_ and _-ir_. In early Latin all the
masculine nouns of the second declension ended in -os. This -os
later became -us in words like /servus\, and was dropped entirely in
words with bases ending in -r, like /puer\, _boy_; /ager\, _field_;
and /vir\, _man_. These words are therefore declined as follows:

_92._ puer, m., _boy_ ager, m., _field_ vir, m., _man_
BASE puer- BASE agr- BASE vir-

SINGULAR TERMINATIONS
Nom. puer ager vir ----
Gen. pueri: agri: viri: -i:
Dat. puero: agro: viro: -o:
Acc. puerum agrum virum -um
Abl. puero: agro: viro: -o:

PLURAL
Nom. pueri: agri: viri: -i:
Gen. puero:rum agro:rum viro:rum -o:rum
Dat. pueri:s agri:s viri:s -i:s
Acc. puero:s agro:s viro:s -o:s
Abl. pueri:s agri:s viri:s -i:s

_a._ The vocative case of these words is like the nominative,
following the general rule (Sec. 74.a).

_b._ The declension differs from that of /servus\ only in the
nominative and vocative singular.

_c._ Note that in /puer\ the /e\ remains all the way through, while
in /ager\ it is present only in the nominative. In /puer\ the /e\
belongs to the base, but in /ager\ (base agr-) it does not, and
was inserted in the nominative to make it easier to pronounce. Most
words in -er are declined like /ager\. _The genitive shows whether
you are to follow_ /puer\ _or_ /ager\.

_93._ Masculine adjectives in -er of the second declen