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116 a[h]! abiciō adulescēns aequipierō āl[l]ium [h]allūcinor ānulus ring ar[c]tus, etc. autumnus bāca berry bacc[h]ar bēl[l]ua brac[c]ae bracchuim caelebs caelum caenum caerimōnia caespes Camēna Caurus cēna clāt[h]ri comminus Condĭciō coniunx cōntiō cottīdiē cum or quom damma dĭciō ĕcŭleus [h]ei! ĕpistu'la [h]ĕrus exim, -in faenum faenus fēcundus fētidus fētus fūttilis Gāĭŭs gaesum gĕnetrīx glaeba Gnaeus Hadria haedus hăarēna hărundō hand, haut, hau hăveō hēiulō helluō hŏlus il[l]icō Hibērus hiemps inclutus incohō begin indŭtiae īnfĭtior intellego Kălendae lăcrima littera lītus maereō, etc' mīlle, Sg. milia, PI. mul[c]ta murra myrrh nē nēnia nēquīquam nūntiō oboediō obscēnus obstĭpēscō ōpiliō paelex paene paenitet Parnāsus percontor proelium prō[h]! prōmontūrium pulcher quattaor r[h]aeda quŏtiēns recĭperō saeculum saepio, etc. saaeta sătŭra scaena. sīcĭne? sŏlăcium sŭbŏlēs sŭeus suspĭciŏ taeter temptō tŏ tiĕns t[li]ūs Ulixēs [h]ŭmerus [h]ū mor, etc. Vergibius

Additional Notes.—(l) Till after the Augustan period instead of vu, uu, quu we find vo, uo, quo or cu, e.g., volt, equom or ecum. Compare § 270. (2) u as well as i found in Superlatives as māxŭmus, and occasionally elsewhere. (3) n was sometimes left out before s in the Ordinals and the Numeral Adverbs as quīnquiēs, etc., vīcēsimus.

GENDER OF NOUNS.

§ 260. General Rules.

In names of Rivers, Months, and Males,

And Winds the Masculine prevails;

The softer Feminine agrees

With names of Females, Plants, and Trees.