-ugo

See also: Ugo

Latin

Etymology

A metanalysis of aerūca + nasal suffix *-n- > *aerūgn- > *aerūgin- > aerūgō as aes + -ūgō. Compare -īgō (suffix forming nouns).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈuː.ɡoː/, [ˈuːɡoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈu.ɡo/, [ˈuːɡo]

Suffix

-ūgō f (genitive -ūginis); third declension

1. Suffixed to nouns and to adjectives, forms nouns denoting thin or superficial coatings, films, layers, platings vel sim. of materials.

   ‎aes (oblique stem: aer-) + ‎-ūgō → ‎aerūgō

   ‎albus + ‎-ūgō → ‎albūgō

   ‎aurum + ‎-ūgō → ‎aurūgō

   ‎ferrum + ‎-ūgō → ‎ferrūgō

   ‎lāna + ‎-ūgō → ‎lānūgō

   ‎salsus + ‎-ūgō → ‎salsūgō

   ‎vesper + ‎-ūgō → ‎vesperūgō

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	-ūgō	-ūginēs
genitive	-ūginis	-ūginum
dative	-ūginī	-ūginibus
accusative	-ūginem	-ūginēs
ablative	-ūgine	-ūginibus
vocative	-ūgō	-ūginēs

Derived terms

Latin terms suffixed with -ugo

References

• “-ūgō” on page 2,053/1 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)