[616]. (1.) Some stems in -ro- preceded by a short vowel end in -r in the nominative singular masculine and have no vocative ([454]); they are declined as follows:
| Example Stems | M. līber, F. lībera, Ne. līberum,free, lībero-, līberā-. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular. | Plural. | |||||
| Masc. | Fem. | Neut. | Masc. | Fem. | Neut. | |
| Nom. | līber | lībera | līberum | līberī | līberae | lībera |
| Gen. | līberī | līberae | līberī | līberōrum | līberārum | līberōrum |
| Dat. | līberō | līberae | līberō | līberīs | līberīs | līberīs |
| Acc. | līberum | līberam | līberum | līberōs | līberās | lībera |
| Abl. | līberō | līberā | līberō | līberīs | līberīs | līberīs |
Such are: compounds, chiefly poetical, ending in -fer and -ger, bearing, carrying, having: as, caelifer, heaven-upholding; corniger, horned; also the following:
(alter, [618]), asper, other, rough
lacer, līber, torn, free
gibber, miser, hump-backed, forlorn
satur, sēmifer, full, half-beast
tener, Trēver, tender, Treveran
dexter, right, has dextera, dexterum, or dextra, dextrum, G. dexterī, or dextrī, &c. sinister, left, has usually sinistra, &c., rarely sinisteram (Plaut., Ter.). asper has a plural accusative asprōs (Stat.), and ablative asprīs (Verg.).
[617]. (2.) Other stems in -ro- have a vowel before r only in the nominative singular masculine -er ([454]); they are declined as follows: