5. And in this place; quō does not here introduce a subordinate relative clause, but establishes the connection with the preceding sentence. Such a relative is called a connecting relative, and is translated by and and a demonstrative or personal pronoun.
[ LESSON XLVIII]
THE FIFTH OR Ē-DECLENSION · THE ABLATIVE OF TIME
[272.] Gender. Nouns of the fifth declension are feminine except diēs, day, and merīdiēs, midday, which are usually masculine.
[273.] PARADIGMS
The “Stems” are missing in the printed book. They have been supplied from the inflectional table in the Appendix.
| diēs, m., day | rēs, f. thing | ||
| Stems | diē- | rē- | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bases | di- | r- | |
| Singular | TERMINATIONS | ||
| Nom. | diēs | rēs | -ēs |
| Gen. | diēī | reī | -ē̆ī |
| Dat. | diēī | reī | -ē̆ī |
| Acc. | diem | rem | -em |
| Abl. | diē | rē | -ē |
| Plural | |||
| Nom. | diēs | rēs | -ēs |
| Gen. | diērum | rērum | -ērum |
| Dat. | diēbus | rēbus | -ēbus |
| Acc. | diēs | rēs | -ēs |
| Abl. | diēbus | rēbus | -ēbus |
1. The vowel e which appears in every form is regularly long. It is shortened in the ending -eī after a consonant, as in r-ĕī; and before -m in the accusative singular, as in di-em. (Cf. [§ 12. 2].)
2. Only diēs and rēs are complete in the plural. Most other nouns of this declension lack the plural. Aciēs, line of battle, and spēs, hope, have the nominative and accusative plural.
[274.] The ablative relation ([§ 50]) which is expressed by the prepositions at, in, or on may refer not only to place, but also to time, as at noon, in summer, on the first day. The ablative which is used to express this relation is called the ablative of time.