Color Coded Latin: A Teaching Method

by Kathleen Canning

© 2011



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  1. Preface
  2. Color Chart
  3. First Declension
  4. Second Declension
  5. Third Declension
  6. Fourth Declension
  7. Fifth Declension
  8. First Conjugation
  9. Second Conjugation
  10. Third Conjugation
  11. Fourth Conjugation
  12. Irregular Verbs
  13. Latin Sentences Using Declensions and Conjugations
  14. The Genitive Case
  15. The Dative Case
  16. Prepositional Phrases
  17. Pronouns
  18. Interrogative Pronouns
  19. Demonstrative Pronouns
  20. Subjunctive ARE Verbs
  21. Subjunctive Long ERE 2nd Conjugation Verbs
  22. Subjunctive ERE 3rd Conjugation Verbs
  23. Subjunctive I-Stem 3rd Conjugation Verbs
  24. Subjunctive IRE 4th Conjugation Verbs


Fourth Declension M & N

The 4th declension has both masculine and neuter nouns. The genitive singular for the 4th declension is US.

MasculineNeuter
ususNominativeuua
usuumGenitiveusuum
ulibusDativeuibus
umusAccusativeuua
uibusAblativeuibus

With very few exceptions the 4th declension US nouns are masculine. The nouns that end in U in the 4th declension are neuter. The word domus can cause some problems because it has both 4th and 2nd declension endings. Domus and manus are frequently used and they are feminine.

MasculineNeuter
passuspassuscornucornua
passuspassuumcornuscornuum
passuipassibuscornucornibus
passumpassuscornucornua
passupassibuscornucornibus

Look at passus and notice the number of times the ending US is used. How will you be able to quickly identify the case ? Actually there are key words that will signal the case and placement in the sentence will help. Those lessons will come later.

Common Fourth Declension Vocabulary:

adventusmarrival
cornunhorn/wing (of an army)
cursusmcourse (running)
domusfhome
exercitusmarmy
exitusmexit/way out
fluctusmwave
fructusmfruit
impetusmattack
manusfhand/band of men
metusmfear/anxiety
versusmverse
occasusmsunset/downfall
passusmpace
portusmharbor/port
senatusmsenate
ususmuse/advantage


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