Nounes encreasing one syllable long in the Genitive are generally Feminin, as haec pietas pietatis, virtus virtutis.
Except such as end in ans Masculin, as do∣drans, quadrans, sextans; in ens, as oriens, torrens, bidens a pick-axe.
In or, most commonly deriv'd of Verbs, as •…•…or, clamor; In o, not thence deriv'd, as ternio, senio, ser•…•…o, temo, and the like.
And these of one syllable, sal, sol, ren, splen, as, bes, pes, mos, flos, ros, dens, mons, pons, sons, grex.
And words deriv'd from the Greek in e•…•…, as lichen; in er, as crater; in as, as adamas; in es, as lebes; to these, hydrops, thorax, phaenix.
But scrobs, rudens, stirps the body or root of a tree, and calx a heel, hic or haec.