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107. Many nouns are found in the Plural in a peculiar sense:—

aedēs , -is (F.), temple; aedēs , -ium, house.
aqua (F.), water; aquae, mineral springs, a watering-place.
auxilium (N.), help; auxilia, auxiliaries.
bonum (N.), a good; bona, goods, property.
carcer (M.), dungeon; carcerēs, barriers (of race-course).
castrum (N.), fort; castra, camp.
comitium (N.), place of assembly; comitia, an election (town-meeting).
cōpia (F.), plenty; cōpiae, stores, troops.
fidēs (F.), harp-string; fidēs, lyre.
fīnis (M.), end; fīnēs, bounds, territories.
fortūna (F.), fortune; fortūnae, possessions.
grātia (F.), favor (rarely, thanks); grātiae, thanks (also, the Graces).
hortus (M.), a gardon; hortī, pleasure-grounds.
impedīmentum (N.) hindrance; impedīmenta, baggage.
littera (F.), letter (of alphabet); litterae, epistle, literature.
locus (M.), place [plural loca (N.)]; locī,1 topics, places in books.
lūdus (M.), sport; lūdī, public games.
mōs (M.), habit, custom; mōrēs, character.
nātālis (M.), birthday; nātālēs, descent, origin.
opera (F.), work; operae, day-laborers (“hands”).
[ ops ,] opis (F.), help (§ 103. f. 1); opēs, resources, wealth.
pars (F.), part; partēs, part (on the stage), party.
rōstrum (N.), beak of a ship; rōstra, speaker's platform.
sāl (M. or N.), salt; salēs, witticisms.
tabella (F.), tablet; tabellae, documents, records.

1 In early writers the regular plural.

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