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decl.

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abbreviation

  1. declension.


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CX = AC = AD cos lat. = a cos decl. cos lat.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 3 "Destructors" to "Diameter" by Various

Gen. and dat. of 1st and 2d decl. are always circumflex when accented on last syllable.

From Greek in a Nutshell by James Strong

Pres. participles used as nouns follow this decl. in the pl., following the weak class in the sg.:

From Icelandic Primer with Grammar, Notes and Glossary by Henry Sweet

Some nouns of this decl. take -ar in the gen. sing., especially proper names, such as Hākon, gen.

From Icelandic Primer with Grammar, Notes and Glossary by Henry Sweet

Vowel changes, 7. vulgus, gender of, 26, 2. -vum, -vus, decl. of nouns in, 24.

From New Latin Grammar by Charles E. (Charles Edwin) Bennett

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