-nus
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *-nós.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /nus/, [nʊs]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /nus/
Suffix
-nus m (feminine -na, neuter -num); first/second declension
- derives adjective nouns from verbs.
Usage notes
The suffix -nus is amended to a verbal root to form an adjectival noun.
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.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | -nus | -na | -num | -nī | -nae | -na | |
| Genitive | -nī | -nae | -nī | -nōrum | -nārum | -nōrum | |
| Dative | -nō | -nae | -nō | -nīs | -nīs | -nīs | |
| Accusative | -num | -nam | -num | -nōs | -nās | -na | |
| Ablative | -nō | -nā | -nō | -nīs | -nīs | -nīs | |
| Vocative | -ne | -na | -num | -nī | -nae | -na | |
Derived terms
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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
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