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The declining of Adjectives.

A Noun Adjective is declin'd with three Terminations, or with three Articles.

An Adjective of three terminations is declin'd like the first and second Declension of Substan∣tives joyn'd together after this manner.

Sing.	Plur.
Nom. bonus bona bonum	Nom. Vo. boni bonae bona
Gen. boni bonae boni	Gen. bonorum bona∣rum bonorum
Dat. bono bonae bono	Dat. Abl. bonis
Ac. bonum bonam bonum	Ac. bonos bonas bona.
Voc. bone bona bonum
Abl. bono bona bono

In like manner those in er and ur, as sacer sa∣cra sacrum, satur satura saturum: but unus, totus, so∣lus, alius, alter, ullus, uter, •…•…ith their compounds

Neuter, uterque, and the like, make thir Genitive Singular in ins, the Dative in i, as Unus una unum, Gen. unius, Dat. uni, in all the rest like bo∣nus, save that olius maketh in the Neuter Gen∣der aliud, and in the Dative alii, and somtimes in the Genitive.

Ambo and duo be thus declin'd in the plural only. Nom. Voc. Ambo ambae ambo.

Gen. amborum ambarum amborum.

Dat. Abl. Ambobus ambabus ambobus.

Acc. ambos or ambo, ambas ambo.

Adjectives of three Articles have in the No∣minative either one ending, as hic, haec, & hoc felix; or two, as hic & haec tristis, & hoc triste; and are declin'd like the Third Declension of Substantives, as followeth.

Sing.	Plur.
Nom. hic haec & hoc Felix	Nom. hi & hae felices; & haec felicia
Gen. felicis	Gen. felicium
Dat. felici	Dat. Abl. felicibus
Acc. hunc & hanc fe∣licem, & hoc felix	Acc. hos & has felices, & haec felicia
Voc. ô felix	Voc. ô felices, & ô fe∣licia.
Abl. felice or felici

Sing.	Plur.
No. hic & haec tristis, & hoc triste	Nom. hi & hae tristes; & haec tristio
Gen. tristis	Gen. tristium
Dat. Abl. tristi	Dat. Abl. tristibus
Acc. hunc & hanc tri∣st•…•…, & hoc triste	Acc. hos & has tristes, & haec tristia
Voc. ô tristis, & ô triste	Voc. ô tristes, & ô tristia.

There be also another sort which have in the Nominative Case three Terminations and three Articles, as hic acer, hic & haec acris, hoc acre. In like manner be declined equester, volucer, and some few others, being in all other cases like the Examples beforegoing.