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-lus
-lus
Latin
Suffix
-lus m (feminine -la, neuter -lum); first/second declension
- inflected alternative form of -ulus
Usage notes
The suffix -lus is added to a noun to form a diminutive of that noun.
Inflection
First/second declension.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| nominative | -lus | -la | -lum | -lī | -lae | -la | |
| genitive | -lī | -lae | -lī | -lōrum | -lārum | -lōrum | |
| dative | -lō | -lō | -līs | ||||
| accusative | -lum | -lam | -lum | -lōs | -lās | -la | |
| ablative | -lō | -lā | -lō | -līs | |||
| vocative | -le | -la | -lum | -lī | -lae | -la | |