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For questions about declension—the inflection of Latin nouns and adjectives to mark grammatical features such as case and number.

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What is the vocative of Gnaeus?

Eureka, as the scientist said. J. L. Vives, 16th century humanist, uses the vocative of Gnæus Pompeius in Pompeius Fugiens (page 136 of the Brill edition of his early writings, volume I). Brill spells …
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Is -um (instead of -ōrum) a typical genitive plural ending outside of poetry?

In addition to deum and virum, genitive plurals of second declension nouns denoting money or measure often end in -um: Nam cum fere constaret, curriculum stadii quod est Pisis apud Jovem Olympium Herculem …
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What is the plural of virus, vulgus and pelagus?

It seems there are many theories, among them viri, virora, and virus. (The point of the article is that it's pointless to try to figure it out.) Here, however, is a refutation of the article linked a …
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