Accedence commenc't grammar, supply'd with sufficient rules for the use of such (younger or elder) as are desirous, without more trouble than needs to attain the Latin tongue the elder sort especially, with little teaching and their own industry / by John Milton.

The second Declension.

THe second is when the Genitive Singular endeth in i, the Dative in o, &c.

Sing.	Plur.
Nom. Voc. Liber	Nom. Voc. Libri
Gen. libri	Gen. librorum
Dat. Abl. libr•…•…	Dat. Abl. libr•…•…
Acc. librum	Acc. libros.

Note that when the Nominative endeth in us, the Vocative shall end in e, as Dominus ô Domine, except Deus ô Deus. And those following, Ag∣•…•…us, lucus, vulgus, populus, chorus, f•…•…vius, e or us.

When the Nominative endeth in ius, if it be the proper name of a man, the Vocative shall end in i, as Georgius ô Georgi; hereto add filius ô fili, and genius ô geni.

All Nounes of the Second Declension are of the Masculin or Neuter Gender; of the Mascu∣lin, such as end in ir, or, or us, except some few, humus, domus, alvus, and others deriv'd of the Greek, as methodus, antidotus, and the like, which are of the Feminin, and some of them som∣times also Masculin, as atomus, phaselus; to which add f•…•…us the name of a disease, grossus, pampi∣nus, and rubus.

Those of the Neuter, except virus, pelagus, and vulgus (which last is sometimes Masculin) end all in 〈◊〉〈◊〉, and are declin'd as followeth:

Sing.	Plur.
Nom. Ac. Voc. Studium	Nom. Ac. Voc. Studia
Gen. studii	Gen. studiorum
Dat. Abl. studio	Dat. Abl. studiis.

Some Nouns in this Declension are of the first Example Singular, of the second Plural, as

Pergamus the City Troy, Plur. Haec Pergama; and some names of hills, as Maenalus, Ismarus, haec Isma ra; So also Tartarus, and the Lake Avernus; others are of both, as sibilus, jocus, locus, hi lo•…•…i, or haec loca. Some are of the Second Example Sin∣gular, of the first Plural, as Argos, Caelum, Plur. hi Caeli; others of both, as Rastrum, Capistrum, Filum, Fraenum; Plur. fraeni or fraena. Nundinum, & Epulum, are of the first Declension Plural, Nun∣dinae, Epulae; Balneum of both, balneae or balnea.

Greek proper names have here three endings, os, on, and us long from a Greek Diphthong. Haec Delos, hanc Delon. Hoc Ilion. The rest regu∣lar, Hic panthus, ô panthu, Virg.