-vus
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Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Italic *-wos, from the Proto-Indo-European suffix *-wós‚ from the perfect active participle suffix *-wōs. (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)
Pronunciation[edit]
Suffix[edit]
-vus
Usage notes[edit]
- Originally forming the perfect active participle, as in alvus (“entity having been nourished”), clīvus (“entity having leaned”), gnāvus (“having known”).
- The form -vus is used after vowels, l, and r, and -uus after all other other consonants, with the exception of qu. In this last case, the form -us is used.
Declension[edit]
First/second-declension adjective.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
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Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
Nominative | -vus | -va | -vum | -vī | -vae | -va | |
Genitive | -vī | -vae | -vī | -vōrum | -vārum | -vōrum | |
Dative | -vō | -vō | -vīs | ||||
Accusative | -vum | -vam | -vum | -vōs | -vās | -va | |
Ablative | -vō | -vā | -vō | -vīs | |||
Vocative | -ve | -va | -vum | -vī | -vae | -va |