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SECOND20 .———DECLENSION. § 10EXCEPTIONS IN DECLENSION.69. Exc. 5. The Vocative Singular. 1st. Propernames in ius lose us in the vocative ; as,Virgilius, V. Virgili / except Pius, which hasPie.In like manner, Jilius, a son, has fill; and genius, one'sguardian angel, has geni. But other common nouns in ins,and such epithets as Delius, Saturnius, &c, not considered asproper names, have ie. Also proper names in ius, fromGreek nouns in stog, have ie.2d. Deus has cfez/s in the vocative, and in the plural morefrequently dii and diis, (sometimes contracted di and dis,)than del and tfm.Mens, my, has the vocative mi, sometimesmens.70.— Obs. The poets, sometimes, make the vocative ofnouns in us, like the nominative, which is seldom done inprose. Sometimes, also, they change nouns in er intous; as, Evander or Evandrus ; in the vocative, Evanderor Evandre.71.—^^c. 6. ?7*e Genitive Singular.—Nouns in ius andium, in the purest age of the Latin language, formed thegenitive singular in i, not in ii, both in prose and verse ; as,Jlli, Tulli, ingeni; they are now frequently written with acircumflex ; thus, Jilt, Tulli, ingeni; for, Jilii, Tullii, &c.72.jSItc. 7. TAe Genitive Plural.—Some nouns, especiallythose which denote value, measure, weight, commonly formthe genitive plural in um, instead of drum; as, nummum,sestertium, &c. The same form occurs in other w T ords, especiallyin poetry ; as, deiim, Danaum, &c. ; also, divom is usedfor divorum.73.Deus, a god, is thus declined :Si ngular.Plural.N. De-us, N. De-i, or Di-i, Contr. Di,a. De-i, G. De-6rum,D. De-o, D. De-is, or Di-is,uDis,Ac. De-um, Ac. De-os,V. De-us, V; De-i, or Di-i.uDi,uDis.Ab. De-o. Ab. De-is, or Di-is,