Chapter 21 Flashcards
cornu, -us
horn (animal or musical), trumpet; wing (of an army)
occasus, -us
falling, setting
genu, -us
knee
commeatus, -us
passage; (military) lines of communication, supplies
metus, -us
fear, dread; reverence, awe
conspectus; -us
view, sight
cursus, -us
running, a course
impetus, -us
attack, impetuosity, vehemence
lacus, -us
lake
magistratus, -us
office, official
portus, -us
office, official
portus, -us
harbor, port
usus, -us
use; experience; adventage
dolor, doloris
pain, anguish, sorrow
timor, timoris
fear, dread
amor, amoris
love
ars, artis
art, skill
voluntas, voluntatis
will, desire
List the fourth-declension masculine noun endings (Singular)
-u, -us, -u, -u, -u,
List the fourth-declension masculine noun endings (Plural)
-ua, -uum, -ibus, -ua, -ibus
What forms do the third and fourth-declension neuter endings have in common?
dative and ablative
What gender do fourth-declension nouns tend to be?
masculine
How can you tell that a fourth-declension noun is neuter?
It has a u ending in the nominative singular.
What does the neuter rule state?
that neuter nouns must have the same endings in the nominative and accusative forms, and the nominative and accusative plural always end in a short -a
