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Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/-os

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This Proto-Italic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Italic

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Etymology

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    From Proto-Indo-European *-os and *-ós, used as the ending of various types of thematic noun and adjective formations.[1]

    Suffix

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    *-os

    1. Forms adjectives.

    Declension

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    Declension of *-os (o/ā-stem)
    singular masculine feminine neuter
    nominative *-os *-ā *-om
    vocative *-e *-a *-om
    accusative *-om *-am *-om
    genitive *-osjo, -ī *-ās *-osjo, -ī
    dative *-ōi *-āi *-ōi
    ablative *-ōd *-ād *-ōd
    locative *-ei *-āi *-ei
    plural masculine feminine neuter
    nominative *-ōs, -oi *-ās *-ā
    vocative *-ōs, -oi *-ās *-ā
    accusative *-ons *-ans *-ā
    genitive *-om *-āzōm *-om
    dative *-ois *-ais *-ois
    ablative *-ois *-ais *-ois
    locative *-ois *-ais *-ois

    Derived terms

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    Category Proto-Italic terms suffixed with *-os not found

    Descendants

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    • Latin: -us

    References

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    1. ^ Weiss, Michael L. (2009), Outline of the Historical and Comparative Grammar of Latin, Ann Arbor: Beech Stave Press, →ISBN, pages 270-273