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Il6 THE FOURTH OR ^-DECLENSION LESSON XLVI THE FOURTH OR Ū-DECLENSI0N

259. Nouns of the fourth declension are either masculine or neuter.

260. Masculine nouns end in -us, neuters in -ū. The genitive ends in -ūs.

a. Feminine by exception are domus, house; manus, hand; and a few others.


 * 1) Observe that the base is found, as in other declensions, by dropping the ending of the genitive singular.
 * 2) lacus, lake, has the ending -ubus in the dative and ablative plural; portus, harbor, has either -ubus or -ibus.
 * 3) cornū is the only neuter that is in common use.

261.

First learn the special vocabulary, p. 293.

I.
 * 1) Ante adventum Caesaris vēlōcēs hostium equitēs ācrem impetum in castra fēcērunt.
 * 2) Continēre exercitum ā proeliō nōn facile erat.
 * 3) Post adventum suum Caesar iussit legiōnēs ex castrīs