-cus
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *-kos, *-ḱos. Cognate with Ancient Greek -κός (-kós), Proto-Germanic *-gaz, Sanskrit शस (śasa) and Old Church Slavonic -ъкъ (-ŭkŭ).
PIE *-ko- on noun stems carried the meaning 'characteristic of, like, typical, pertaining to', and on adjectival stems it acted emphatically.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /kus/, [kʊs]
Suffix
-cus m (feminine -ca, neuter -cum); first/second declension
- suffixed to nouns, forms adjectives
This suffix survives in inherited forms and became productive through its derivations (cf. infra) by metanalysis.
Declension
First/second declension.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | -cus | -ca | -cum | -cī | -cae | -ca | |
| Genitive | -cī | -cae | -cī | -cōrum | -cārum | -cōrum | |
| Dative | -cō | -cae | -cō | -cīs | -cīs | -cīs | |
| Accusative | -cum | -cam | -cum | -cōs | -cās | -ca | |
| Ablative | -cō | -cā | -cō | -cīs | -cīs | -cīs | |
| Vocative | -ce | -ca | -cum | -cī | -cae | -ca | |
Derived terms
► <a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:Latin_words_suffixed_with_-cus' title='Category:Latin words suffixed with -cus'>Latin words suffixed with -cus</a>
References
- “-cus” on page 478/2 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)
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