Wednesday 29 January 2014

Rex, Regis - a Third Declension Noun with Genitive Plural in -um

Rex, regis (m) king - is a third declension noun with its genitive plural ending in -um. It is declined as follows:

rex
rex
regem
regis
regi
rege

reges
reges
reges
regum
regibus
regibus

Most increasing (masculine & feminine) third declension nouns, which have more syllables in the genitive singular than the nominative singular, are declined in the same way.  Examples include:

iudex, iudicis (c) judge
lex, legis (f) law
leo, leonis (c) lion
flos, floris (m) flower
miles, militis (m) soldier

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