Latin

Suffix

-vus

1. Alternative form of -uus

   arvus, clīvus, corvus, flāvus, vīvus

Usage notes

• Originally forming the perfect active participle, as in alvus ‎(“entity having nourished”), clīvus ‎(“entity having leaned”), gnāvus ‎(“having known”).
• The form -vus is used after vowels, l, and r, and -uus after all other other consonants, with the exception of qu. In this last case, the form -us is used.

Declension

First/second declension.

Derived terms