PREPARATIONS
Third DeeleTision— Co/i/tnued.
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Most nouns of two syllables belonging to ihe ^rd Docl. and ending in is have the same form for the Genitive as for the Nominalive Singular, and form the Genitive Plural in u/m : thus 'navis,' s/iip, ' classis,' /V^/, 'hostis,' ene77iy. These nouns are niostly feminine, except those denoting male persons, hke ' hostis.'
SIKGULAR.
PLURAL.
], 2 3 4 5 6
nSvis nSvem
navia nSvI in nave
nSvgg nSvgs navium nSvibus in naviuus
Note that all these forms are of two' syllables except the Genitive, the Dative, and the Ablative of the Pkiral. The Gen. Plur. has one syllable more than the Nom. Sing., as in §§27-31.
NoTE. — Similarly are declincd some nouns whose Nominative Singular ends in es, e.g., 'clades,' disaster.
§33-
ornare to equip
forma, i Jorm, shape
puppis, 3 • stern, poop
accommodatus, a, suited [accom-
um carlna, i planus, a, um robur (robor-). ferreus, a, um funis, 3 * pellis, 3 * slve . . . slve
modated ] keel
flat [plane] hcre oak viade 0/ iron rope
skin, hide ivhether . . . 0/ propter(withAcc.) on account of
- This word is tleclin
+ The Roman ' tormentuni
llnum, r:.
quia
phis . . quam
firmitOdo
■(-tudin-), 3 llneus, a, um tam . . quam rostrum, 2 turris, 3 * lamina, i quid opus tormcntum, 2
flax
because
inore . . than
firmness
made of flax so . . as beak, ram turret plate what need a macliine for huTling stones t
ed like ' navis,' § 32. corresponds to our cannon
