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The other cases of this declension are formed according to the general rules given above; and, for the sake of illustration, a word of this declension is subjoined, declined according to the usual arrangement of six cases.

SINGULAR.

C3& ........................... a younger brother* i o r es&o >15^x>j:f_ ........ ofayounger brother. &o )i3 .............................. to a younger brother. Acc efo&s & &c. ................... ....... a younger brother- V- efS&> C~GJ ......... . ...... ....'.......9 younger brother. Ab. &Sxx> iO - ef^ - "iS^" . ^** ....... in t by, or with a younger brother. P L U K A L. N- e^^x^oo ............................. younger brothers. G. ^^ V or ^^ > c^ 50 .^. ---- of younger brothers. D. ef5&,e;^> ........................... fo younger brothers. Ace. e^^Soo e)o^) &c. ..................... younger brothers- V.' iS"S^ er "^ ........ .... ............ younger brothers. Ab ^^J SJ - er* - ^SeS" - ^ ....... i nt by } or with younger brothers.

By rule 163, all words, except e^^c^b and esejoc^, which, in the nominative singular, have the vowel ^ preceding the final termination C^ may in the inflexion singular have two forms : such words, therefore, have likewise two forms in the genitive, dative, accusative, and ablative singular, which are formed from the inflexion ; thus, nom. sing. a)j)x<&b a strong man, inflex. sin. v&> or >>&>. sren- sing;. &>>>b<0c&>o' or w^CSb^ooS' dat. O <v V> or> "U~~" *v> ~U~~ sino-. We)25o^)| or W&^^So by the addition of to >e)&>!0 or ^o to a)e)5$o o fy^ ro * on on rules 132 & 146. ace. sing. &> &c. or we)^> &c- see rule 117. abl. sing. ttSeS^^ - er- 6 - "^^ - or ^^^ - er 6 - ir - &* and even D or) V> and ^^tfc, which, in the other cases, are exceptions to this rule, in the dative