II. 1. Some months are short, others are long. 2. To seize the top of the mountain was difficult. 3. Among the hills of Italy are many beautiful springs. 4. The soldiers were sitting where the baggage had been placed because their feet were weary. 5. The city which the soldiers were eager to storm had been fortified by strong walls and high towers. 6. Did not the king intrust a heavy crown of gold and all his money to a faithless slave? Yes, but the slave had never before been faithless.
AQUILA LEGIONIS
[ LESSON XLVI]
THE FOURTH OR U-DECLENSION
[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.
PARADIGMS
The “Stems” are missing in the printed book. They have been supplied from the inflectional table in the Appendix.