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58.

Most mute stems are Masculine or Feminine. Those that are neuter have for the Nominative the simple stem. But, -

a. Lingual stems (t, d) ending in two consonants drop the final mute: as, cor (stem cord-), lac (stem lact-). So stems in at- from the Greek: as, poéma (stem poémat-).

b. The stem capit- shows u in the nominative (caput for ¥capot).