-iscus
Latin
Etymology
Found in Late, Vulgar, and Medieval Latin. Conflation of Ancient Greek -ισκος (-iskos) and of descendants of Proto-Germanic *-iskaz, from Proto-Indo-European *-iskos (suffix).[1]
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈis.kus/, [ˈɪs.kʊs]
Suffix
-iscus m (feminine -isca, neuter -iscum); first/second declension
- (Late Latin, Medieval Latin) Used to form adjectives
Inflection
First/second declension.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | -iscus | -isca | -iscum | -iscī | -iscae | -isca | |
| Genitive | -iscī | -iscae | -iscī | -iscōrum | -iscārum | -iscōrum | |
| Dative | -iscō | -iscae | -iscō | -iscīs | -iscīs | -iscīs | |
| Accusative | -iscum | -iscam | -iscum | -iscōs | -iscās | -isca | |
| Ablative | -iscō | -iscā | -iscō | -iscīs | -iscīs | -iscīs | |
| Vocative | -isce | -isca | -iscum | -iscī | -iscae | -isca | |
Derived terms
► <a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:Latin_words_suffixed_with_-iscus' title='Category:Latin words suffixed with -iscus'>Latin words suffixed with -iscus</a>
Descendants
References
- “-esco” in: Alberto Nocentini, Alessandro Parenti, “l'Etimologico — Vocabolario della lingua italiana”, Le Monnier, 2010, →ISBN
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