Et ignis est etiam temperamentum terre fructus eius firmando et siccando atque ad maturitatem perducendo. Terra autem obstaculum ignis est, ne modum et mensuram suam transeat. Sed et aer est ventus et adiutorium aquae, sicut adiutorium ignis et retentaculum eius, ita quod retinet fluctuationem illius in recta mensura.Nam si aquam in recta mensura et itinere non teneret,  illa supra modum efflueret et omnia, ad que pertingeret, submergeret.

Fourth-Declension Nouns
The word fructus is an example of a verb in the fourth declension. These are tricky, because they often look like second declension nominative singulars. In this case, fructus is actually an accusative plural.

Provide the requested form of the following second and fourth declension nouns and adjectives (conjugate the adjectives to the nouns), consult a dictionary or grammar if needed, and beware the fourth declension!

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