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-sus

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "sus"

Latin

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈsʊs]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈsus]

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Italic *-sos

Latin -sus

Inherited from Proto-Italic *-sos, from Proto-Indo-European *-tós. See -tus.

Suffix

-sus (feminine -sa, neuter -sum); first/second-declension suffix

alternative form of -tus (takes this form when suffixed to primarily third conjugation verbs with stems ending in -t-, -d-, -rg-, -ll-, or -rr-)
‎applaudō + ‎-sus → ‎applausus

‎ascendō + ‎-sus → ‎ascēnsus

‎cēdō + ‎-sus → ‎cessus

‎currō + ‎-sus → ‎cursus

‎pellō + ‎-sus → ‎pulsus

‎submergō + ‎-sus → ‎submersus

‎ūtor + ‎-sus → ‎ūsus

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
	singular				plural
nominative	-sus	-sa	-sum		-sī	-sae	-sa
genitive	-sī	-sae	-sī		-sōrum	-sārum	-sōrum
dative	-sō	-sae	-sō		-sīs
accusative	-sum	-sam	-sum		-sōs	-sās	-sa
ablative	-sō	-sā	-sō		-sīs
vocative	-se	-sa	-sum		-sī	-sae	-sa

Etymology 2

See -tus (suffix forming nouns of action).

Suffix

-sus m (genitive -sūs); fourth declension

alternative form of -tus (takes this form when suffixed to primarily third conjugation verbs with stems ending in -t-, -d-, -rg-, -ll-, or -rr-)
‎applaudō + ‎-sus → ‎applausus

‎cadō + ‎-sus → ‎casus

‎currō + ‎-sus → ‎cursus

‎extergeō + ‎-sus → ‎extersus

‎pellō + ‎-sus → ‎pulsus

‎ūtor + ‎-sus → ‎ūsus

Declension

Fourth-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	-sus	-sūs
genitive	-sūs	-suum
dative	-suī	-sibus
accusative	-sum	-sūs
ablative	-sū	-sibus
vocative	-sus	-sūs

Derived terms

As this suffix is simply an allomorph of -tus, the words in which it's found should be categorised in:

Latin terms suffixed with -tus (action noun)

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