-nus

See also: nus, NUS, ñus, and nu-s

Latin

Alternative forms

• -ānus, -ēnus, -ernus, -iānus, -īnus, -rnus, -ūnus, -urnus (enlargements)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *-nós.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /nus/, [nʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /nus/, [nus]

Suffix

-nus (feminine -na, neuter -num); first/second-declension suffix

1. derives adjective nouns from verbs.

Usage notes

The suffix -nus is amended to a verbal root to form an adjectival noun.

Examples:

magnus

plēnus

tribūnus

This suffix survived in inherited forms and became productive through its derivations (cf. infra) by metanalysis (e.g. starting points may be the class of u stem tribus, from which tribū-nus, later interpreted as trib-ūnus).

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	-nus	-na	-num		-nī	-nae	-na
Genitive	-nī	-nae	-nī		-nōrum	-nārum	-nōrum
Dative	-nō		-nō		-nīs
Accusative	-num	-nam	-num		-nōs	-nās	-na
Ablative	-nō	-nā	-nō		-nīs
Vocative	-ne	-na	-num		-nī	-nae	-na

Derived terms

Latin terms suffixed with -nus

References

• Sihler, Andrew L. (1995) New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN
• Palmer, L.R. (1906) The Latin Language, London, Faber and Faber