[545]. For carō, F., flesh, carnis (Ab. -ī, usually -e, no G. Pl.) see [135, 2]. supellēx, F., furniture, supellēctilis (Ab. -ī or -e, no Pl.), has the nominative formed from a different stem from that of the other cases ([401]).
[546]. (2) Neuter stems in -i- have no nominative suffix, and end in -e for -i- of the stem ([107, b]): as,
mari-, sea, N. mare; brevi-, short, N. breve. In some words, originally neuter adjectives in -āle and -āre, the -e is dropped and the ā shortened: as, animāle, living thing, animal ([536]); exemplāre (Lucr.), pattern, exemplar ([537]). Some neuter adjectives end in -l or -r ([536], [537]); and some ‘of one ending’ end in -s ([612]).
[547]. The accusative singular of gender substantives usually has -em, like consonant stems ([424]); but a few substantives with the nominative in -is have -im only, and some have either -im or -em.
[548]. (a.) Accusatives in -im
| Are sitim, tussim, vim, | thirst, cough, strength |
| And būrim, cucumim. | ploughtail, cucumber |
[549]. The accusative in -im is found in many adverbs ([700]): as, partim, in part; in some adverbial expressions: as, adamussim, examussim, to a T, adfatim, to satiety, ad ravim, to hoarseness; in some names of rivers and cities: as, Tiberim, Hispalim; and in some Greek words ([565]).
[550]. (b.) Six have the accusative commonly in -im, sometimes in -em:
febrim, -em, fever
pelvim, -em, basin