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46.

Nouns of the Second Declension in -us (ós) and -um (-om) are thus declined: -

o servus, M., slave bellum, N., war Pompêíus, M., Pompey
o STEM servo- STEM bello- STEM Pompêio-
o 

SINGULAR

CASE-ENDINGS CASE-ENDINGS NOM. servus (-os)
o GEN. serví -í bellí -í Pompêí
o DAT. servó -ó belló -ó Pompêió
o ACC. servum (-om) -um (-óm) bellum -um Pompêium
o ABL. servó -ó belló -ó Pompêió
o VOC. serve -e bellum -um Pompêí (-ei)
o 

PLURAL

NOM.

serví -í bella -a Pompêí
o GEN. servórum -órum bellórum -órum Pompêiórum
o DAT. servís -ís bellís -ís Pompêís
o ACC. servós -ós bella -a Pompêiós
o ABL. servís -ís bellís -ís Pompêís


NOTE 1: The earlier forms for nominative and accusative were -os, -om, and these were always retained after u and v up to the end fo the Republic. The terminations s and m are sometimes omitted in inscriptions: as, Cornélio for Cornélios, Cornéliom.

NOTE 2: Stems in quo-, like equo-, change qu to c before u. Thus, - ecus (earlier equos), equí, equó, ecum (earlier equom), eque. Modern editions disregard this principle.