-clus
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See also: clus
Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Contracted form of -culus.
Pronunciation[edit]
Suffix[edit]
-clus (feminine -cla, neuter -clum); first/second-declension suffix
- Alternative form of -culus
- added to a noun to form a diminutive of that noun.
Declension[edit]
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | -clus | -cla | -clum | -clī | -clae | -cla | |
| Genitive | -clī | -clae | -clī | -clōrum | -clārum | -clōrum | |
| Dative | -clō | -clō | -clīs | ||||
| Accusative | -clum | -clam | -clum | -clōs | -clās | -cla | |
| Ablative | -clō | -clā | -clō | -clīs | |||
| Vocative | -cle | -cla | -clum | -clī | -clae | -cla | |
Derived terms[edit]
- masclus (late contracted form of masculus)
- *acucla
- *soliclus
- *corniclum (late contracted form of corniculum)
- *clāvicla (late contracted form of clāvicula)
- *rēniclus (late contracted form of rēniculus)
References[edit]
- Grandgent, Charles Hall (1907) An Introduction to Vulgar Latin (Heath's Modern Language Series), D. C. Heath & Company, page 100