-nus
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-Italic *-nos, 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
- derives adjective nouns from verbs.
Usage notes
The suffix -nus is appended to a verbal root to form an adjective and nouns.
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 | |||||
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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
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
Categories:
- Latin terms inherited from Proto-Italic
- Latin terms derived from Proto-Italic
- Latin terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
- Latin terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Latin 1-syllable words
- Latin terms with IPA pronunciation
- Latin lemmas
- Latin suffixes
- Latin adjective-forming suffixes
- Latin first and second declension suffixes