[69]. These are declined as follows:—
| Fortis, strong. | Fortior, stronger. | |||
| SINGULAR. | ||||
| M. AND F. | NEUT. | M. AND F. | NEUT. | |
| Nom. | fortis | forte | fortior | fortius |
| Gen. | fortis | fortis | fortiōris | fortiōris |
| Dat. | fortī | fortī | fortiōrī | fortiōrī |
| Acc. | fortem | forte | fortiōrem | fortius |
| Voc. | fortis | forte | fortior | fortius |
| Abl. | fortī | fortī | fortiōre | fortiōre |
PLURAL. | ||||
| Nom. | fortēs | fortia | fortiōrēs | fortiōra |
| Gen. | fortium | fortium | fortiōrum | fortiōrum |
| Dat. | fortibus | fortibus | fortiōribus | fortiōribus |
| Acc. | fortēs, -īs | fortia | fortiōrēs, -īs | fortiōra |
| Voc. | fortēs | fortia | fortiōrēs | fortiōra |
| Abl. | fortibus | fortibus | fortiōribus | fortiōribus |
1. Fortior is the Comparative of fortis. All Comparatives are regularly declined in the same way. The Acc. Plu. in -īs is rare.
Adjectives of One Termination.
[70].
| Fēlīx, happy.. | Prūdēns, prudent. | |||
SINGULAR. | ||||
| M. AND F. | NEUT. | M. AND F. | NEUT. | |
| Nom. | fēlīx | fēlīx | prūdēns | prūdēns |
| Gen. | fēlīcīs | fēlīcis | prūdentis | prūdentis |
| Dat. | fēlīcī | fēlīcī | prūdentī | prūdentī |
| Acc. | fēlīcem | fēlīx | prūdentem | prūdēns |
| Voc. | fēlīx | fēlīx | prūdēns | prūdēns |
| Abl. | fēlīcī | fēlīcī | prūdentī | prūdentī |
PLURAL. | ||||
| Nom. | fēlīcēs | fēlīcia | prūdentēs | prūdentia |
| Gen. | fēlīcium | fēlīcium | prūdentium | prūdentium |
| Dat. | fēlīcibus | fēlīcibus | prūdentibus | prūdentibus |
| Acc. | fēlīcēs, -īs | fēlīcia | prūdentēs, -īs | prūdentia |
| Voc. | fēlīcēs | fēlīcia | prūdentēs | prūdentia |
| Abl. | fēlīcibus | fēlīcibus | prūdentibus | prūdentibus |
Vetus, old. | Plūs, more. | |||
SINGULAR. | ||||
| M. AND F. | NEUT. | M. AND F. | NEUT. | |
| Nom. | vetus | vetus | —— | plūs |
| Gen. | veteris | veteris | —— | plūris |
| Dat. | veterī | veterī | —— | —— |
| Acc. | veterem | vetus | —— | plūs |
| Voc. | vetus | vetus | —— | —— |
| Abl. | vetere | vetere | —— | plūre |
PLURAL. | ||||
| Nom. | veterēs | vetera | plūrēs | plūra |
| Gen. | veterum | veterum | plūrium | plūrium |
| Dat. | veteribus | veteribus | plūribus | plūribus |
| Acc. | veterēs | vetera | plūrēs, -īs | plūra |
| Voc. | veterēs | vetera | —— | —— |
| Abl. | veteribus | veteribus | plūribus | plūribus |
1. It will be observed that vetus is declined as a pure Consonant-Stem; i.e. Ablative Singular in -e, Genitive Plural in -um, Nominative Plural Neuter in -a, and Accusative Plural Masculine and Feminine in -ēs only. In the same way are declined compos, controlling; dīves, rich; particeps, sharing; pauper, poor; prīnceps, chief; sōspes, safe; superstes, surviving. Yet dīves always has Neut. Plu. dītia.
2. Inops, needy, and memor, mindful, have Ablative Singular inopī, memorī, but Genitive Plural inopum, memorum.
3. Participles in -āns and -ēns follow the declension of ī-stems. But they do not have -ī the Ablative, except when employed as adjectives; when used as participles or as substantives, they have -e; as,—
ā sapientī virō, by a wise man; but