The circumflex accent ( ˆ ) is used to denote the length of the vowels.
Fifth declension includes mainly
nouns of feminine (only meridies
midday
is masculine and dies day is m/f),
the sthem of which ends by the vowel –e. For this reason it is usually
referred to as
e-declension.
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Gen. Dat. Acc. Abl. Voc. |
res
rei rei rem re res |
dies
diêi diêi diem die dies |
res
rerum rebus res rebus res |
dies
diêrum diêbus dies diêbus dies |
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The stem vowel –e in gen. and dat. sg. is lengthened when preceded by –i-, cf. dies – diêi, but fides – fidei.
The most important words of the fifth declension are:
dies, diêi mf day
effigies, iêi f effigy, image, statue, copy
fides, ei f faith
materies, iêi f material, matter, lumber
meridies, iêi m midday
res, rei f thing, event, business, fact, cause, property
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