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 *When the final ''-ō-'' is dropped in inflected forms, it is not considered part of the stem and is therefore unstressed. For example, the accusative of ''vomō'' is ''vominę''
 ** The stem is ''vomin-'', with the ''-in-'' dropped in the nominative singular.
-*Another way to look at it is to assume that in the nominative singular, these nouns lose the final ''-(i)n-'' of their stem and add an unstressed ''-ō'' as an inflectional ending. If this results in a sequence of two <i>ō</i>'s, the ''-ō'' of the inflectional ending is absorbed into the ''-ō'' of the stem. For example:
+*Another way to look at it: In the nominative singular, such nouns lose the final ''-(i)n-'' of their stem and add an unstressed ''-ō'' as an inflectional ending. If this results in a sequence of two <i>ō</i>'s, the ''-ō'' of the inflectional ending is absorbed into the ''-ō'' of the stem. For example:
 **''vom(in)-'' + '''''-ō''''' > ''vom<b>ō</b>''
 **''fōrmācō(n)-'' + '''''-ō''''' > *''fōrmācō<b>ō</b>'' > ''fōrmācō''