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 * | PLURAL.
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 * colspan=2 | Dat. || ||
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Many verbal nouns are seldom or never used in the plural. As a rule the genitive singular of the verbal noun is identical in form with the past participle; but many verbal nouns are declined like ordinary nouns: nearly all those ending in, , and belong to the 3rd declension&#8203;—&#8203;e.g., , act of taking; gen., : , running; gen. ; , act of following; gen. : , act orof [sic] walking; gen. : , act of growing; gen. , &c.

SECOND CONJUGATION. The second conjugation comprises two classes of verbs&#8203;—&#8203;(1) derived verbs in or ; and (2) syncopated verbs.