a. Masculine: vultur, vulture.
4. Nouns in -ŭs.
a. Masculine: lepus, hare.
Greek Nouns of the Third Declension.
[47]. The following are the chief peculiarities of these:—
1. The ending -ă in the Accusative Singular; as, aetheră, aether; Salamīnă, Salamis.
2. The ending -ĕs in the Nominative Plural; as, Phrygĕs, Phrygians.
3. The ending -ăs in the Accusative Plural; as, Phrygăs, Phrygians.
4. Proper names in -ās (Genitive -antis) have -ā in the Vocative Singular; as, Atlās (Atlantis), Vocative Atlā, Atlas.
5. Neuters in -ma (Genitive -matis) have -īs instead of -ibus in the Dative and Ablative Plural; as, poēmatīs, poems.