SINGULAR. Nom. senex caro os Gen. senis carnis ossis Dat. seni carni ossi Acc. senem carnem os Voc. senex caro os Abl. sene carne osse
PLURAL. Nom. senes carnes ossa Gen. senum carnium ossium Dat. senibus carnibus ossibus Acc. senes carnes ossa Voc. senes carnes ossa Abl. senibus carnibus ossibus
1. Iter, itineris, n., way, is inflected regularly throughout from the stem itiner-.
2. Supellex, supellectilis, f., furniture, is confined to the Singular. The oblique cases are formed from the stem supellectil-. The ablative has both -i and -e.
3. Jecur, n., liver, forms its oblique cases from two stems,—jecor- and jecinor-. Thus, Gen. jecoris or jecinoris.
4. Femur, n., thigh, usually forms its oblique cases from the stem femor-, but sometimes from the stem femin-. Thus, Gen. femoris or feminis.
General Principles of Gender in the Third Declension.
43. 1. Nouns in -o, -or, -os, -er, -es are Masculine.
2. Nouns in -as, -es, -is, -ys, -x, -s (preceded by a consonant); -do, -go (Genitive -inis); -io (abstract and collective), -us (Genitive -atis or -udis) are Feminine.
3. Nouns ending in -a, -e, -i, -y, -o, -l, -n, -t, -ar, -ur, -us are Neuter.
Chief Exceptions to Gender in the Third Declension.
44. Exceptions to the Rule for Masculines.
1. Nouns in -o.
a. Feminine: caro, flesh.
2. Nouns in -or.
a. Feminine: arbor, tree.
b. Neuter: aequor, sea; cor, heart; marmor, marble.
3. Nouns in -os.
a. Feminine: dos, dowry.
b. Neuter: os (oris), mouth.
4. Nouns in -er.
a. Feminine: linter, skiff.
b. Neuter: cadaver, corpse;
iter, way; tuber, tumor; uber, udder.
Also botanical names in -er; as, acer,
maple.
5. Nouns in -es.
a. Feminine: seges, crop.
45. Exceptions to the Rule for Feminines.
1. Nouns in -as.
a. Masculine: vas, bondsman.
b. Neuter: vas, vessel.
2. Nouns in -es.
a. Masculine: aries, ram; paries, wall; pes, foot.
3. Nouns in -is.
a. Masculine: all nouns in -nis
and -guis; as, amnis, river; ignis,
fire; panis, bread; sanguis,
blood; unguis, nail.
Also—
axis, axle. piscis, fish. collis, hill. postis, post. fascis, bundle. pulvis, dust. lapis, stone. orbis, circle. mensis, month. sentis, brier.
4. Nouns in -x.