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-nus
-nus
Latin
Suffix
-nus m (feminine -na, neuter -num); first/second declension
- derives adjective nouns from verbs.
Usage notes
The suffix -nus is added to the root to form adjective nouns.
This suffix survived in inherited forms and became productive through its derivations (cf. infra) by metanalysis (e.g. starting points may be the class of u stem tribus, from which tribū-nus, later interpreted as trib-ūnus).
Inflection
First/second declension.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| nominative | -nus | -na | -num | -nī | -nae | -na | |
| genitive | -nī | -nae | -nī | -nōrum | -nārum | -nōrum | |
| dative | -nō | -nō | -nīs | ||||
| accusative | -num | -nam | -num | -nōs | -nās | -na | |
| ablative | -nō | -nā | -nō | -nīs | |||
| vocative | -ne | -na | -num | -nī | -nae | -na | |
Derived terms
<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:Latin_words_suffixed_with_-nus'>Latin words suffixed with -nus</a>
References
- Sihler, Andrew L. (1995) New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press
- Palmer, L.R. (1906) The Latin Language, London, Faber and Faber