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-cus

-cus

See also: cus, CUs, cuś, and čus

Latin

Suffix

-cus m (feminine -ca, neuter -cum); first/second declension

  1. suffixed to nouns, forms adjectives
    juvenis + -cusjuvencus
    Mārs + -cusMār(t)cus
    ravis + -cusraucus

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 -cō -cīs
accusative -cum -cam -cum -cōs -cās -ca
ablative -cō -cā -cō -cīs
vocative -ce -ca -cum -cī -cae -ca

Derived terms

<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:Latin_words_suffixed_with_-cus'>Latin words suffixed with -cus</a>

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