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Transactions. — Miscellaneo us . 



We find place-names declined according to the scheme of 

 the first, second, and third declensions. I am not acquainted 

 with any belonging to the fourth and fifth declensions, and am 

 inclined to think that as geographical names usually belong to 

 rough speech, these somewhat obscure varieties of declension 

 do not contain any place-names. 



Taking suffixes in order, we begin with 



And, by analogy, Pompeii, together with numerous tribal names, 

 of which, in the case of towns, the suffix ii is a survival. These 

 are mascuhne words. 



iii. — urn. 



Patavium Clusium Fercntinum Antium 



Tarvisium Ariminum Aquinum Herculanum 



Altinum Pisaurum Arpinum Surrentum 



Mediolanum Assisium Tusculum Salernum 



Bergomum Spoletium Prestum 8aguntum 



Ticinum Asculum Venafrum Casilinum 



Comum Lanuvium Bovianum 



Arretium Momentum Teanum 



These are all neuter. 



iv. — (I (of the plural). 

 Susa Leuctra Megara Tigranocerta 



Arbela Bactra Artaxata 



— Greek names, but neuter, as their suffix requires. 



V. W.S', 



There are no Latin place-names with this suffix, which is 

 native, however, to Greek, and brings with it its gender ; even 

 in the case of variants, — as <'.r/., Gmopus, IsthnmK, Orchomenm, 

 Pontusf — names masculine in Greek are masculine in Latin. 



-with many others. 



