Latin Fourth Declension (-u stem Nouns)

Question 1

manus

Answer 1

hand

Question 2

acus

Answer 2

needle

Question 3

aestus

Answer 3

heat

Question 4

anus

Answer 4

crone, hag, old woman. (Not to be unintentionally confused with anus, -i which means something entirely different.)

Question 5

arcus

Answer 5

bow

Question 6

artus

Answer 6

joint, limb

Question 7

cantus

Answer 7

song

Question 8

condus

Answer 8

shopkeeper

Question 9

cultus

Answer 9

civilization

Question 10

domus

Answer 10

house, home. (Usually declension 4, but sometimes declension 2.)

Question 11

exercitus

Answer 11

army

Question 12

fructus

Answer 12

enjoyment, profit, fruit produce

Question 13

gradus

Answer 13

step, pace

Question 14

Idus

Answer 14

(plural) Ides. (as in ``Beware the Ides of March!’’)

Question 15

lacus

Answer 15

lake

Question 16

magistratus

Answer 16

magistrate

Question 17

metus

Answer 17

fear, dread

Question 18

porticus

Answer 18

colonnade

Question 19

portus

Answer 19

harbor

Question 20

quercus

Answer 20

oak

Question 21

senatus

Answer 21

senate

Question 22

sexus

Answer 22

sex, gender

Question 23

sinus

Answer 23

indentation, fold, curve, (math.) sine. (This noun should not be confused with sinus, -i which refers to a large drinking cup.)

Question 24

tonsus

Answer 24

haircut

Question 25

tribus

Answer 25

tribe

Question 26

bozo, bozus

Answer 26

clown

Question 27

adventus

Answer 27

approach, arrival. (from advenio, -venire, -veni, -ventus. arrive.)

Question 28

casus

Answer 28

chance, case, falling. (from cado, -ere, cecidi, casurus. fall.)

Question 29

census

Answer 29

census. (from censeo, -êre, -ui, -us. expect, tax, register.)

Question 30

coitus

Answer 30

sexual intercourse. (from coeo, -ire, -ii, -iturus. (irreg.) meet, mate.)

Question 31

cruciatus

Answer 31

torture

Question 32

flatus

Answer 32

wind

Question 33

fletus

Answer 33

weeping

Question 34

fremitus

Answer 34

(loud) grumbling, muttering.

Question 35

motus

Answer 35

motion

Question 36

prospectus

Answer 36

view, prospect

Question 37

reditus

Answer 37

return

Question 38

sensus

Answer 38

sensation, feeling

Question 39

sonitus

Answer 39

sound, noise, din

Question 40

spiritus

Answer 40

breath, soul, enthusiasm.

Question 41

cornu, cornus

Answer 41

horn.

Question 42

genu

Answer 42

knee