-clus
See also: clus
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Contracted form of -culus.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /klus/, [kɫ̪ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /klus/, [klus]
Suffix
[edit]-clus (feminine -cla, neuter -clum); first/second-declension suffix
- Alternative form of -culus
- added to a noun to form a diminutive of that noun.
Declension
[edit]First/second-declension adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | -clus | -cla | -clum | -clī | -clae | -cla | |
| genitive | -clī | -clae | -clī | -clōrum | -clārum | -clōrum | |
| dative | -clō | -clae | -clō | -clīs | |||
| accusative | -clum | -clam | -clum | -clōs | -clās | -cla | |
| ablative | -clō | -clā | -clō | -clīs | |||
| vocative | -cle | -cla | -clum | -clī | -clae | -cla | |
Derived terms
[edit]- masclus (late contracted form of masculus)
- *acucla
- *soliclus
- *corniclum (late contracted form of corniculum)
- *clāvicla (late contracted form of clāvicula)
- *rēniclus (late contracted form of rēniculus)
References
[edit]- Grandgent, Charles Hall (1907) An Introduction to Vulgar Latin (Heath's Modern Language Series), D. C. Heath & Company, page 100