[656]. Some pronouns have a peculiar genitive singular in -ī̆us and dative singular in -ī, for masculine, feminine, and neuter alike.

These are: iste, ille, ipse, uter, and their derivatives. Some other words of a pronoun character also have this form of the genitive and dative: see [618].

[657]. In verse, the -ī- of the genitive is often shortened, and always in utriusque; but neutrīus is not found with short i. In dramatic verse, the genitive singular of iste, ille, or ipse, is often two syllables.

[658]. hīc, is, quī or quis, and their derivatives have the genitive singular in -ius, thus: huius, eius, and quoius or cuius; in dramatic verse, these genitives are often one syllable. Their datives are huic for hoice, ē̆ī or e͡i, and quoi or cui.

[659]. Six words have a peculiar neuter nominative and accusative singular in -d: id, illud, istud, quid, quod, aliud, and derivatives. In manuscripts, -t is sometimes found for -d: as, it, illut, istut, &c.; sometimes also in inscriptions of the empire. In hoc for *hod-ce and in istuc and illuc for *istud-ce, *illud-ce, the d has vanished ([166, 1]; [171, 1]).

[THE DEMONSTRATIVE PRONOUN.]

[660]. The demonstrative pronouns are hīc, this, this near me; iste, istic, that, that near you; and ille, illic, yonder, that.

[661]. The demonstrative pronoun hīc, this, this near me, is declined as follows:

Singular.Plural.
Masc.Fem.Neut.Masc.Fem.Neut.
Nom.hīchaechochīhaehaec
Gen.huiushuiushuiushōrumhārumhōrum
Dat.huichuichuichīshīshīs
Acc.hunchanchochōshāshaec
Abl.hōchāchōchīshīshīs

[662]. The stem of hīc is ho-, hā-; to most of its cases a demonstrative -c for -ce is attached. The masculine and feminine nominative singular and nominative and accusative neuter plural take an -i-: hīc for *ho-i-ce ([108, a]); haec for ha-i-ce ([96]). hunc, hanc, are for *hom-ce, *ham-ce. For the quantity of the first syllable of huius, see [153, 2]; of hoc, [171, 1].