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Rh † sūbĕr, sūbĕr-is, n. cork tree

sŭpellēx, sŭpellēctĭl-ĭs, f. furniture sŭperstĕs, stiperstit-is [adj.) surviving (So antistĕs, m. f. overseer; praestĕs, (adj.) protecting.) sūs, sŭ-ĭs, m.f. pig tellūs, tellūr-ĭs, f. earth tempŭs, tempŏr-ĭs, n. time tĕrĕs, tĕrĕt-ĭs (adj.) round

tergŭs, tergŏr-ĭs, n. back † termĕs, termĭt-ĭs, m. bough cut off † trāmĕs, trāmĭt-ĭs, m. path † triceps (as anceps) † tūbĕr, tūbĕr-ĭs, n. swelling, turbō, turbĭn-ĭs, m. whirl ūbĕr, ūbĕr-ĭs, n. teat ūbĕr, ūbĕr-ĭs (adj.) fruitful † vărix, vărĭc-ĭs, m. f. swollen vein vās, vă-ĭs, m. bail vās, vās-ĭs, n. vessel vēlĕs, vēlĭt-ĭs, m. skirmisher vēr, vēr-ĭs, n. spring † vervēx, vervēc-ĭs, m. wether

This list does not include Nouns borrowed from Greek.

Fourth Declension. § 277. Gen. Sing.—In old Lat. many Nouns formed their G. Sing, in -ī. senāt-i for senāt-ūs is sometimes found in the Classical period.

''Dat. Sing.''—The contracted form in -ū prevails in the poets for metrical reasons : it has also good prose authority.

''Dat. Abl. Plur. in -ŭbŭs.—In the best Latin -ŭbus (instead of the usual -ĭbus'') is found in the following words:

Fifth Declension. § 278. ''Gen. and Dat. Sing.—In these cases -ēī is generally shortened to ĕē if the base ends in a Consonant'', as fid-ĕī, r-ĕī. The ėı was often further contracted in old poets to the diphthong ei, and in Classical times to -e as fĭd-ē. plēbēs, another form of plēbs, has a Gen. plēbi, as in plēbi scitum a decree of the Plebs.

§ 279. Nouns often written as one Word but declined as two.—păter-fămĭliās m. head of a household (lit. father of a