[*] 76. The regular form of the Ablative singular of i-stems would be -ī: as, sitis , sitī; but in most nouns this is changed to -e. [*] a. The ablative in -ī is found exclusively—
- In nouns having the accusative in -im (§ 75); also secūris .
- In the following adjectives used as nouns: aequālis , annālis , aquālis , cōnsulāris , gentīlis , molāris , prīmipīlāris , tribūlis .
- In neuters in -e, -al, -ar:
except
baccar
,
iubar
,
rēte
, and sometimes mare.
[*] b.
The ablative in -ī is
found sometimes—
- In avis , clāvis , febris , fīnis, īgnis ,1 imber , lūx, nāvis , ovis , pelvis, puppis , sēmentis , strigilis , turris , and occasionally in other words.
- In the following adjectives used as nouns: affīnis , bipennis , canālis , familiāris , nātālis , rīvālis , sapiēns, tridēns , trirēmis , vōcālis .
[*] Note 1.--The ablative offamēs is always famē(§ 105. e). The defective māne has sometimes mānī (§ 103. b. N.) as ablative.
[*] Note 2.--Most names of towns in -e (as, Praeneste, Tergeste) and Sōracte , a mountain, have the ablative in -e. Caere has Caerēte.