-ticus

See also: Ticuș and Țicuș

Latin

Etymology

From -t(us) +‎ -icus, occurring in some original case and later used freely.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ti.kus/, [t̪ɪkʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ti.kus/, [t̪ikus] (stressed on the antepenult)

Suffix

-ticus (feminine -tica, neuter -ticum); first/second-declension suffix

1. enlarged form of -cus

   ‎rūs + ‎-ticus → ‎rūsticus

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	-ticus	-tica	-ticum		-ticī	-ticae	-tica
Genitive	-ticī	-ticae	-ticī		-ticōrum	-ticārum	-ticōrum
Dative	-ticō		-ticō		-ticīs
Accusative	-ticum	-ticam	-ticum		-ticōs	-ticās	-tica
Ablative	-ticō	-ticā	-ticō		-ticīs
Vocative	-tice	-tica	-ticum		-ticī	-ticae	-tica

Derived terms

Latin terms suffixed with -ticus

Descendants

• Old French: -égeo, -edgeo, -edgio
  • French: -ège
• Italian: -tico
• Occitan: -tge
• Portuguese: -tico
• Spanish: -tico