 For some neuter nouns of the third declension, the oblique stem was productive; for others, the nominative/accusative form, (the two were identical in Classical Latin).Evidence suggests that the neuter gender was under pressure well back into the imperial period.French "(le) ", Catalan "(la) ", Occitan "(lo) ", Spanish "(la) ", Portuguese "(o) ", Italian language "(il) ", Leonese "(el) lleche" and Romanian "(le)" ("milk"), all derive from the non-standard but attested Latin nominative/accusative neuter ' or accusative masculine '.