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—;;§ IS IRREGULAR NOUNS. 394. Neuter in the singular, masculine in the plural ; as, Argos,^rgos, a city in Greece, plural Arcji; Elysium, the Elysianields, plural Elysii; coelum, heaven, plural coeli.Note 1.Argos, in the Singular, is used only in the Norn, and Ace.5. Neuter in the singular, masculine and neuter in theDlural ; as, frenum, a bridle, plural freni and frena; rostrum,irake, plural rastri and rastra.6. Neuter in the singular, feminine in the plural ; as, ba l~leum, a bath, plural balneal, seldom balnea; epulum, a banquet,plural epulai;delictum, a delight, plural delicice.Heteroclites.?. Vas, vasis, neuter, a vessel, of the third declension, pluralmsa, vasorum, of the second. Jugerum, jugeri, neuter, anicre, of the second declension, plural jugera, jugerum., of the;hird. Jugeris and jug ere from jugus, are also found in thelingular, (See Num. 11 below.)8. Some Greek proper nouns are declined both by thesecond declension and the third, as foilows :Xom. Gen. Dat. Ace. Voc; Abl.'Jrpheus, \( -eos,-eo, -eum, or -eon, -eo2d Decl.-ei, -ea, -eu, 8d Decl.-i, -o, -um, -o;r j 2d Decl.* '( -odis, -odi, -odem, -u, -ode 3d Decl.^.chilleus, -ei, -eo, -eu, -eo2d Decl.Achilles, -lis, or -leos, -li, -lem, or -len, -les, or -le, -le; 3d Decl,DOUBLE NOUNS.9. To this class may be referred a few double nouns, theparts of which are of different declensions. When the twolominatives combine, both parts are declined like a substantivemd adjective ;thus,Respublica, a commonwealth, Fern.Singular.Plural.N. respublica, JK respublicae,G. rerpublicae, G. rerumpublicaru m,D. reipublicae, D. rebuspublicis,Ac. rempublicam, Ac. respublicas,V. respublica, V. respublicse,Ab republica.Ab. rebu spublicis.