Latin accusative in -us

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Cristoferuritius15
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Latin accusative in -us

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Some nouns I have encountered were in the accusative singular and ended in -us. I did find much information on such ending. And from what I gather it happens with 2nd( like Vulgus) and 4th (like artus) declension nouns. Is there any list of nouns with which something like this happens?
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Vulgus is a neuter noun and so -us is both the nominative and accusative singualr. (it can also be -um , which presumably means it can be masculine)

Fourth declension nouns ending in -us are -um in accusative sing but -ūs in accusative plural ( and in the genitive singular).

Fourth declension nouns are described here: https://dcc.dickinson.edu/grammar/latin ... and-gender
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virus is another neuter singular noun ending in -us. Also pelagus.

artus is masculine but very rarely used in the singular.
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