a. The following have a masculine form in -us and a neuter in -um: balteus, cáseus, clipeus, collum, cingulum, píleus, tergum, vállum, with many others of rare occurrence.
b. The following have in the Plural a different gender from that of the Singular: -
balneum (N.), bath; | balneae (F.), baths (an establishment). |
caelum (N.), heaven; | caelós (M. acc., Lucr.). |
carbasus (F.), a sail; | carbasa (N.) (-=orum), sails. |
délicium (N.), pleasure; | déliciae (F.), pet. |
epulum (N.), feast; | epulae (F.), feast. |
frénum (N.), a bit; | fréní (M.) or fréna (N.), a bridle. |
iocus (M.), a jest; | ioca (N.), iocí (M.), jests. |
locus (M.), place; | loca (N.), loc=i (M., usually topics, passages in books) |
rástrum (N.), a rake; | rástri (M.), rástra (N.), rakes. |
NOTE: Some of these nouns are heteroclites as well as heterogeneous.