-uleius
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
An extension of the diminutive suffix -ulus with the nomen-gentilicium–forming suffix -ēius.[1]
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /uˈleː.i.us/, [ʊˈɫeː.i.ʊs]
Suffix
-ulēius m (feminine -ulēia, neuter -ulēium); first/second declension
- forms nomina gentilicia
- forms pejorative adjectives and substantives from verbs and nouns
Usage notes
This suffix combines with the supine stem of verbs to create pejorative adjectives.
- sequor → secūtum → secūtulēius
- loquor → locūtum → locūtulēius
Pejorative forms also appear to form from noun stems on occasion.
Declension
First/second declension.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | -ulēius | -ulēia | -ulēium | -ulēiī | -ulēiae | -ulēia | |
| Genitive | -ulēiī | -ulēiae | -ulēiī | -ulēiōrum | -ulēiārum | -ulēiōrum | |
| Dative | -ulēiō | -ulēiae | -ulēiō | -ulēiīs | -ulēiīs | -ulēiīs | |
| Accusative | -ulēium | -ulēiam | -ulēium | -ulēiōs | -ulēiās | -ulēia | |
| Ablative | -ulēiō | -ulēiā | -ulēiō | -ulēiīs | -ulēiīs | -ulēiīs | |
| Vocative | -ulēie | -ulēia | -ulēium | -ulēiī | -ulēiae | -ulēia | |
See also
► <a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:Latin_words_suffixed_with_-uleius' title='Category:Latin words suffixed with -uleius'>Latin words suffixed with -uleius</a>
References
- -eius -eia, Leumann, Manu, Johann Baptist Hofmann, and Anton Szantyr. Lateinische Grammatik. Vol. 1. CH Beck, 1977.
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