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71. Mixed i-stems have -em in the accusative and -e in the ablative singular, -ium in the genitive1 and -īs or -ēs in the accusative plural. They include the following:—

  1. Nouns in -ēs, gen. -is.2
  2. Monosyllables in -s or -x preceded by a consonant: as, ars , pōns, arx .
  3. Polysyllables in -ns or -rs: as, cliēns , cohors .
  4. Nouns in -tās, genitive -tātis (genitive plural usually -um）3: as, cīvitās .
  5. Penātēs, optimātēs , and nouns denoting birth or abode (patrials) in -ās, -īs, plural -ātēs, -ītēs: as, Arpīnās , plural Arpīnātēs;Quirīs, plural Quirītēs .
  6. The following monosyllables in -s or -x preceded by a vowel: dōs, fraus , glīs, līs , mās,mūs, nix, nox , strix, vīs .

1 There is much variety in the practice of the ancients, some of these words having -ium, some -um, and some both.

2 These are acīnacēs , aedēs , alcēs , caedēs , cautēs , clādēs , compāgēs , contāgēs , famēs, fēlēs , fidēs (plural),indolēs, lābēs , luēs , mēlēs , mōlēs, nūbēs , palumbēs , prōlēs , prōpāgēs , pūbēs , sēdēs , saepēs , sordēs , strāgēs , struēs , subolēs , tābēs , torquēs, tudēs , vātēs , vehēs , veprēs , verrēs , vulpēs; aedēs has also nominative aedis .

3 There is much variety in the practice of the ancients, some of these words having -ium, some -um, and some both.

Ginn and Company, 1903.

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