-olus

See also: olus and Oluş

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Latin

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /o.lus/, [ɔɫ̪ʊs̠]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /o.lus/, [olus] (stressed on the antepenult)

-olus (feminine -ola, neuter -olum); first/second-declension suffix

The suffix -olus is added to a noun to form a diminutive of that noun.

Examples:

‎fīlius (“son”) + ‎-olus → ‎fīliolus (“young son”)

Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Number	Singular			Plural
Nominative	-olus	-ola	-olum	-olī	-olae	-ola
Genitive	-olī	-olae	-olī	-olōrum	-olārum	-olōrum
Dative	-olō	-olae	-olō	-olīs
Accusative	-olum	-olam	-olum	-olōs	-olās	-ola
Ablative	-olō	-olā	-olō	-olīs
Vocative	-ole	-ola	-olum	-olī	-olae	-ola