-enus

Latin

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *-nós:

• In sense 1, from the distributive numeral suffix -nus by rebracketing of numerals such as septēnus (“seven each”), novēnus (“nine each”), dēnus (“ten each”).
• In sense 2, an extended form of the relational suffix -nus; compare -ānus, -īnus.
• In sense 3, borrowed from Ancient Greek -ηνός (-ēnós).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [eː.nʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [e.nus]
• Hyphenation: -ē‧nus

Suffix

-ēnus (feminine -ēna, neuter -ēnum); first/second-declension suffix

1. alternative form of -nus, used to form some distributive numerals.

   ‎centum (“hundred”) + ‎-ēnus + ‎-enus → ‎centēnus (“one hundred each”)

   ‎septingentī (“seven hundred”) + ‎-ēnus + ‎-enus → ‎septingentēnus (“seven hundred each”) (alternative form of septingēnus)

   ‎mille (“thousand”) + ‎-ēnus + ‎-enus → ‎millēnus (“one thousand each”)

   ‎quot (“how many”) + ‎-ēnus + ‎-enus → ‎quotēnus (“how many each”)

2. (rare) Of or pertaining to; -ine

   ‎lanius (“butcher”) + ‎-ēnus → ‎laniēnus (“of a butcher”)

   ‎alius (“other, another”) + ‎-ēnus → ‎aliēnus (“of another; alien; foreign”)

3. Added to a place name to form an adjective.

   ‎Antiochīa (“Antioch”) + ‎-ēnus → ‎Antiochēnus (“Antiochian”)

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	-ēnus	-ēna	-ēnum		-ēnī	-ēnae	-ēna
genitive	-ēnī	-ēnae	-ēnī		-ēnōrum	-ēnārum	-ēnōrum
dative	-ēnō	-ēnae	-ēnō		-ēnīs
accusative	-ēnum	-ēnam	-ēnum		-ēnōs	-ēnās	-ēna
ablative	-ēnō	-ēnā	-ēnō		-ēnīs
vocative	-ēne	-ēna	-ēnum		-ēnī	-ēnae	-ēna

Derived terms

Latin terms suffixed with -enus

Abilenus

alienus

Antiochenus

Atropatenus

Damascenus

Edessenus

Emesenus

Gerasenus

lanienus

Laodicenus

millenus

nazarenus

Palmyrenus

pullicenus

quotenus

Transeuphratena