-tinus

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *-tn̥nós, Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ten-.

Compare the suffix -tana in श्वस्तन (śvastana, “of tomorrow”), दिवातन (divātana, “daily”) and नूतन (nūtana, “current, present”).

Suffix

-tinus (feminine -tina, neuter -tinum); first/second-declension suffix

1. Creates adjectives from temporal adverbs.

   crās (“tomorrow”) → crāstinus (“of tomorrow”)

   hōrnō (“this year”) → hōrnōtinus (“of this year”)

   diū (“for a long time”) → diūtinus (“long-lasting”)

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	-tinus	-tina	-tinum		-tinī	-tinae	-tina
genitive	-tinī	-tinae	-tinī		-tinōrum	-tinārum	-tinōrum
dative	-tinō	-tinae	-tinō		-tinīs
accusative	-tinum	-tinam	-tinum		-tinōs	-tinās	-tina
ablative	-tinō	-tinā	-tinō		-tinīs
vocative	-tine	-tina	-tinum		-tinī	-tinae	-tina

Derived terms

Latin terms suffixed with -tinus

annotinus

crastinus

diutinus

hornotinus

pristinus

serotinus