a. Precī, precem, prece, lacks the Nom. and Gen. Sing.
b. Vicis, vicem, vice, lacks the Nom. and Dat. Sing.
6. Opis, dapis, and frūgis,—all lack the Nom. Sing.
7. Many monosyllables of the Third Declension lack the Gen. Plu.: as, cor, lūx, sōl, aes, ōs (ōris), rūs, sāl, tūs.
Indeclinable Nouns.
[58]. Here belong—
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fās, n., right. īnstar, n., likeness. māne, n., morning. |
nefās, n., impiety. nihil, n., nothing. secus, n., sex. |
1. With the exception of māne (which may serve also as Ablative, in the morning), the nouns in this list are simply Neuters confined in use to the Nominative and Accusative Singular.
Heteroclites.
[59]. These are nouns whose forms are partly of one declension, and partly of another. Thus:—
1. Several nouns have the entire Singular of one declension, while the Plural is of another; as,—