NOUNS OF THE FOURTH DECLENSION
Most are masculine. There are around 20-30 important nouns of the fourth declension: these are given following the declension..
SINGULAR PLURAL
NOMINATIVE senatUS senatUS
GENITIVE senatUS senatUUM
DATIVE senatUI senatIBUS
ACCUSATIVE senatUM senatUS
ABLATIVE senatU senatIBUS
Note- The genitive singular, nominative plural and accusative plural all have a long u in the ending.
Common fourth declension nouns
senatus - senate exercitus - army fructus - fruit
manus - hand versus - line of verse metus - fear
casus - accident, chance domus - house usus - experience
impetus - attack sumptus - expense sensus - feeling
spiritus - breath genu - knee cornu - horn
manus is feminine.
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NOUNS OF THE FIFTH DECLENSION
Again, we are dealing with a few words: the major examples follow the declension. The gender for most fifth declension nouns is feminine.
SINGULAR PLURAL
NOMINATIVE rES rES
GENITIVE rEI rERUM
DATIVE rEI rEBUS
ACCUSATIVE rEM rES
ABLATIVE rE rEBUS
Common fifth declension nouns
res - thing spes - hope dies - hope
facies - face, appearance scabies - mange fides - loyalty
dies is masculine.