SINGULAR            TERMINATIONS
Nom.   die:s       re:s      -e:s
Gen.   die:i:       rei:       -e:i:  or -ei: 
Dat.   die:i:       rei:       -e:i:  or -ei: 
Acc.   diem        rem       -em
Abl.   die:         re:        -e: 

PLURAL
Nom.   die:s       re:s      -e:s
Gen.   die:rum     re:rum    -e:rum
Dat.   die:bus     re:bus    -e:bus
Acc.   die:s       re:s      -e:s
Abl.   die:bus     re:bus    -e:bus

1.  The vowel e\ which appears in every form is regularly long.  It is
shortened in the ending -ei:  after a consonant, as in r-ei:\; and
before -m in the accusative singular, as in di-em\. (Cf.  Sec. 12.2.)

  2.  Only die:s\ and re:s\ are complete in the plural.  Most other
  nouns of this declension lack the plural. Acie:s\, _line of battle_,
  and spe:s\, hope, have the nominative and accusative plural.

274. The ablative relation (Sec. 50) which is expressed by the prepositions at, in, or on may refer not only to place, but also to time, as at noon, in summer, on the first day.  The ablative which is used to express this relation is called the ablative of time.

275. RULE.  The Ablative of Time. The time /when\ or /within which\ anything happens is expressed by the ablative without a preposition.

    a. Occasionally the preposition /_in_\ is found.  Compare the
    English Next day we started and On\ the next day we started_.

276. EXERCISES

First learn the special vocabulary, p. 294.

I. Galba the Farmer. Galba agricola ruri vivit.  Cotidie prima luce laborare incipit, nec ante noctem in studio suo cessat.  Meridie Iulia filia eum ad cenam vocat.  Nocte pedes defessos domum vertit.  Aestate filii agricolae auxilium patri dant.  Hieme agricola eos in ludum mittit.  Ibi magister pueris multas fabulas de rebus gestis Caesaris narrat.  Aestate filii agricolae perpetuis laboribus exercentur nec grave agri opus est iis molestum.  Galba sine ulla cura vivit nec res adversas timet.

II. 1.  In that month there were many battles in Gaul. 2.  The cavalry of the enemy made an attack upon Caesar’s line of battle. 3.  In the first hour of the night the ship was overcome by the billows. 4.  On the second day the savages were eager to come under Caesar’s protection. 5.  The king had joined battle, moved by the hope of victory. 6.  That year a fire destroyed many birds and other animals. 7.  We saw blood on the wild beast’s teeth.

277. DAED’ALUS AND IC’ARUS (Continued)

Tum Daedalus gravibus curis commotus filio suo Icaro ita dixit:  “Animus meus, Icare, est plenus tristitiae nec oculi lacrimis egent.  Discedere ex Creta, Athenas properare, maxime studeo; sed rex recusat audire verba mea et omnem reditus spem eripit.  Sed numquam rebus adversis vincar.  Terra et mare sunt inimica, sed aliam fugae viam reperiam.”  Tum in artis ignotas animum dimittit et mirum capit consilium.  Nam pennas in ordine ponit et veras alas facit.