M. F. and Ne. #dīves#, _rich_, stem #dīvit-#.

M. F. and Ne. #dīves#, _rich_, stem #dīvit-#.

Singular: N. #dīves#, G. #dīvitis#, D. #dīvitī#, Ac. M. and F. #dīvitem#, Ne. #dīves#, Ab. #dīvite#. Plural: N. and Ac. M. and F. #dīvitēs#, G. #dīvitum#, D. and Ab. #dīvitibus#.

626. The plural #caelitēs#, _heavenly_, _occupants of heaven_, is also declined like the plural of #dīves#; the singular Ab. #caelite# occurs a couple of times. #vetus#, _old_, G. _veteris_, is also declined like #dīves#, but has a Ne. Pl. N. and Ac. #vetera#; the Ab. S. is regularly #vetere#, but #veterī# is sometimes used.

STEMS IN #-i-#.

OF THREE ENDINGS.

627. A dozen adjectives with stems in #-bri-#, #-cri-#, or #-tri-#, have a distinctive form in #-er# for the masculine nominative singular; they are:

celeber, _thronged_ salūber, _healthy_ ācer, _keen_ alacer, _lively_ volucer, _winged_ campester, _of a plain_ equester, _cavalry-_ palūster, _of a swamp_ pedester, _foot-_ puter, _rotten_ silvester, _woody_ terrester, _land-_

So also #celer#, swift. The names of months, #September#, #Octōber#, #November#, #December#, are also adjectives with stems in #-bri-#, but are not used in the neuter. Other adjectives with stems in #-bri-#, #-cri-#, or #-tri-#, have no distinctive form for the masculine nominative singular: as, #muliebris#, #mediocris#, #inlūstris#.