New Latin Grammar by Charles E. Bennett
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_Å_-Stems.
48. Nouns of the Fourth Declension end in -us Masculine, and -Å« Neuter. They are declined as follows:-- FrÅ«ctus, m., _fruit_. CornÅ«, n., _horn_. SINGULAR. PLURAL. SINGULAR. PLURAL. _Nom._ frÅ«ctus frÅ«ctÅ«s cornÅ« cornua _Gen._ frÅ«ctÅ«s frÅ«ctuum cornÅ«s cornuum _Dat._ frÅ«ctuÄ« frÅ«ctibus cornÅ« cornibus _Acc._ frÅ«ctum frÅ«ctÅ«s cornÅ« cornua _Voc._ frÅ«ctus frÅ«ctÅ«s cornÅ« cornua _Abl._ frÅ«ctÅ« frÅ«ctibus cornÅ« cornibus Peculiarities of Nouns of the Fourth Declension. 49. 1. Nouns in -us, particularly in early Latin, often form the Genitive Singular in -Ä«, following the analogy of nouns in -us of the Second Declension; as, senÄtÄ«, ÅrnÄtÄ«. This is usually the case in Plautus and Terence. 2. Nouns in -us sometimes have -Å« in the Dative Singular, instead of -uÄ«; as, frÅ«ctÅ« (for frÅ«ctuÄ«). 3. The ending -ubus, instead of -ibus, occurs in the Dative and Ablative Plural of artÅ«s (Plural), _limbs_; tribus, _tribe_; and in dis-syllables in -cus; as, artubus, tribubus, arcubus, lacubus. But with the exception of tribus, all these words admit the forms in -ibus as well as those in -ubus. 4. Domus, _house_, is declined according to the Fourth Declension, but has |
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