-nus
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Italic *-nos, from Proto-Indo-European *-nós.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /nus/, [nʊs̠]
- (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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
Latin terms suffixed with -nus
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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