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.

Nounes encreasing Short.

Nounes encreasing short in the Genitive are generally Masculin, as hic sanguis sanguinis, lapis lapidis.

Except, Feminin all words of many syllables ending in do or go, as dulcedo, compago, arbor, hyems, cuspis, pecus, pecudis: These in ex, forfex, carex, tomex, supellex: In ix, appendix, hi∣strix, co•…•…endix, filix. Greek Nounes in as and is, as lampas, iaspis: To these add chlamys, bacehar, syndon, icon.

But margo, cinis, pulvis, adeps, forceps, pumex, vamex, imbrex, obex, silex, cortex, onix and sardo∣nix, hic or haec.

Neuters are all ending in a as problema, in en, except hic pecten, in ar as jubar, in er these, ver∣ber, iter, uber, cadaver, zinziber, laser, cicer, siser, piper, papaver; somtimes in ur, except hic furfur, in us as onus, in ut as caput; to these, marmor, aequor, ador.

Greek proper names here end in as, an, is and eus, and may be declin'd some wholly after the Greek form, as Pollas pallados palladi pallada; others in some Cases, as Atlas, acc. Atlanta, voc. Atla. Goramas, plur. garamantes, acc. garàmantas. Pan panos pana Phyllis phyllidos, voc phylli, plur. Phyl∣l•…•…des, acc. phyllidas. Tethys, tethyos, acc. tethyn, voc. tethy. Neapolis, neapolios, acc. neapolin. Pa∣ris, paridos or parios, acc. parida or parin. Orphe∣us orpheos orphei orphea orpheu. But Names in eus borrow somtimes thir Genitive of the Se∣cond

Declension, as Erechtheus, erech•…•…hei. Cic. Achilles or Achilleus, Achillei; and somtimes their Accusative in on or um, as Orpheus Orpheon, The∣seus Theseum, Perseus Perseum, which somtimes is formd after Greek words of the First Declension Latin, Perseus or Perses, Persae Persae Persen Persae Persa.