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 * ||Sing.||Plur.
 * N.V.||ăgĕr||ăgr-ī
 * A.||ăgr-ŭm||ăgr-ōs
 * G.||ăgr-ī||ăgr-ōrum
 * D.||ăgr-ō||ăgr-īs
 * ăgr-ō||ăgr-īs
 * }
 * D.||ăgr-ō||ăgr-īs
 * ăgr-ō||ăgr-īs
 * }
 * ăgr-ō||ăgr-īs
 * }
 * }

A list of the Nouns in -ĕr which form their Genitive in -ĕrī is given in § 268.

vĭr man, G. vĭr-ī, is declined as puer. For G. Pl., see § 268.

In Nouns the base of which ends in -ĭ-, the Gen. Sing. is usually contracted. The Voc. Sing. of Roman Proper names in -ĭŭs, and of fīlĭŭs son, is also contracted. Thus, nĕgōtī (for nĕgōtĭī) of-business, fīlī (for fīlĭĕ) my son!

dĕŭs god is irregular. For other irregularities, see §§ 269, 270.

§ 21. The has many endings. Examples of the more frequent will be given below.