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examples are given in 1, above, but the manuscript regularly has IS.

Dat.-abl. pl. of nouns ending in -ius, -ia, -ium, are almost always written IIS ; there are a few for which the manuscript has IS, which we have normalized to IIS : Gabis in Gabii v. 33, ⟨Es⟩quilis on the Esquiline v. 50, hostis with enemies v. 98, Publicis with public things v. 158, Faleris in Falerii v. 162, praeverbis in the first words vi. 82 (compare: "praeverbiis" vi. 38 bis), mysteris in the mysteries vii. 34 (compare: "mysteriis" vii. 19), miliaris with mile-stones ix. 85 (manuscript "militaris").

Deus God shows the following variations : Nom. pl. de⟨e⟩i viii. 70, dei v. 57, 58 bis twice, 66, 71, vii. 36, ix. 59, dii v. 58, 144, vii. 16 ; dat.-abl. pl. deis v. 122, vii. 45, diis v. 69, 71, 182, vi. 24, 34, vii. 34.

14. Third Declension : The abl. sing. varies between E and I : supellectile with furniture viii. 30, 32, ix. 46, and supellectili ix. 20 (manuscript "-lis") ; compare also: vesperi (manuscript "uespert-") and vespere in the evening ix. 73.

Nom. pl., where ending in IS in the manuscript, is altered to ES ; the examples are mediocris middling v. 5 ; partis parts v. 21, 56 ; ambonis rims v. 115 ; urbis cities v. 143 ; aedis buildings v. 160 ; compluris several vi. 15 ; Novendialis nine-day feast vi. 26 ; auris ears vi. 83 ; disparilis unlike viii. 67 ; lentis lentils ix. 34 ; omnis all ix. 81 ; dissimilis dissimilar ix. 92.

Gen. pl. in UM and IUM, see viii. 67. In view of dentum of teeth viii. 67, expressly championed by Varro, Veientum of the Veientines v. 30 (manuscript "uenientum"), caelestum of the celestial ones vi. 53, Quiritum of the citizens vi. 68 have been kept in our text.

Acc. pl. in ES and IS, see viii. 67. Varro's distribution of the two endings seems to have been purely empirical and arbitrary, and the manuscript readings have been retained in our text.

15. Fourth Declension : Gen. sing. : Gellius, Attic Nights original: "Noctes Atticae" iv. 16. 1, tells us that Varro always used UIS in this form. Nonius Marcellus 483-494 M. cites