-ettus
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈet.tus/, [ˈɛt̪ːʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈet.tus/, [ˈɛt̪ːus]
Suffix
-ettus (feminine -etta, neuter -ettum); first/second-declension suffix
- Alternative form of -ittus
Usage notes
The suffix -ettus is added to a noun to form a diminutive of that noun.
- Examples:
- vallettus (“valet”)
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | -ettus | -etta | -ettum | -ettī | -ettae | -etta | |
| Genitive | -ettī | -ettae | -ettī | -ettōrum | -ettārum | -ettōrum | |
| Dative | -ettō | -ettō | -ettīs | ||||
| Accusative | -ettum | -ettam | -ettum | -ettōs | -ettās | -etta | |
| Ablative | -ettō | -ettā | -ettō | -ettīs | |||
| Vocative | -ette | -etta | -ettum | -ettī | -ettae | -etta | |