Do you know a 4th declension neuter Latin noun other than "genu" and "cornu"?

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I have a used Latin textbook in which the previous owner wrote class notes in the margins. Where the book says there are very few neuters of this type, he or she wrote "only four!" The ones I mentioned, genu and cornu, are the only two that appear in that book. 

Another Latin text says that these are the only two that "you are likely to encounter."

So of course this is now bugging me! What are the other two? (If in fact there are only two others.) I assume they were pretty obscure words (or obscene ones!)

Does anyone know any?

hznfrst · Accepted Answer

The other two are pecu (flock of sheep; plural=pastures) and veru (spit or javelin) - and gelu makes five!

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Do you know a 4th declension neuter Latin noun other than "genu" and "cornu"?
I have a used Latin textbook in which the previous owner wrote class notes in the margins. Where the book says there are very few neuters of this type, he or she wrote "only four!" The ones I mentioned, genu and cornu, are the only two that appear in that book. 

Another Latin text says that...

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4th Declension Latin

GrahamH · Answer

"manus" is a 4th declension noun but I seem to remember it's feminine.

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cornu,  horn. genu, knee. gelu, frost, chill. pecu,herd, flock ...

Bernd · Answer

veru (roasting spit), gelu (cold, freeze), pecu (piece of cattle, mostly pl. pecua cattle). testu ("toaster", plate or cup out of earthenware put inverted over the dish and heated with ashes or coals on top) is normally regarded to be indeclinable and Greek astu, -, -, astu, astu ("The City" = Athens) ist u-declension appearingly only.

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Do you know a 4th declension neuter Latin noun other than "genu" and "cornu"?

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