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-icius

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Etymology 1

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    From -īcus (adjectival suffix) + -ius (suffix forming adjectives).

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    Suffix

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    -īcius (feminine -īcia, neuter -īcium); first/second-declension suffix

    1. forms adjectives, nearly always by attaching to past participles; implies a more permanent state of affairs than the corresponding participle would suggest
    2. (Late Latin) attaches to past participles to form adjectives meaning '-able', 'meant for', or similar
    Declension
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    First/second-declension adjective.

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    Etymology 2

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      From -icus (adjectival suffix) + -ius (suffix forming adjectives).

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      Suffix

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      -icius (feminine -icia, neuter -icium); first/second-declension suffix

      1. forms adjectives by attaching to adjectives or nouns; often denotes magistrates or sociolegal ranks
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      First/second-declension adjective.

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      References

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      • Fruyt, Michèle. 2011. Word-formation in Classical Latin. In Clackson, James (ed.), A companion to the Latin language. Oxford: Blackwell. Page 164.
      • Malkiel, Yakov. 1983. Alternatives to the classic dichotomy family tree/wave theory? The Romance evidence. In Rauch, Irmengard & Carr, Gerald F. (eds.), Language Change, 192–256. Bloomington: Indiana University Press. §4.
      • Malkiel, Yakov. 1992. Diachronic studies in lexicology, affixation, phonology: Edita and inedita, 1979–1988. Amsterdam: J. Benjamins. Pages 146–149.
      • Rohlfs, Gerhard. 1969. Grammatica storica della lingua italiana e dei suoi dialetti: Sintassi e formazione delle parole. Turin: Einaudi. §§1038–1039.