-ellus
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Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]By rebracketing of diminutives such as libellus (liber + -lus) or fēmella (fēmina + -la), where the stem consonants -n- and -r- shifted to -l- by regressive assimilation; or diminutives of diminutives such as porcellus (porculus + -lus).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈel.lus/, [ˈɛlːʲʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈel.lus/, [ˈɛlːus]
Suffix
[edit]-ellus (feminine -ella, neuter -ellum); first/second-declension suffix
- Alternative form of -ulus
Usage notes
[edit]The suffix -ellus is added to a noun to form a diminutive of that noun.
- calamus (“reed”) + -ellus → calamellus (“little reed or pen”)
When added to an adjective, it forms a diminutive of that adjective.
Declension
[edit]First/second-declension adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | -ellus | -ella | -ellum | -ellī | -ellae | -ella | |
| genitive | -ellī | -ellae | -ellī | -ellōrum | -ellārum | -ellōrum | |
| dative | -ellō | -ellae | -ellō | -ellīs | |||
| accusative | -ellum | -ellam | -ellum | -ellōs | -ellās | -ella | |
| ablative | -ellō | -ellā | -ellō | -ellīs | |||
| vocative | -elle | -ella | -ellum | -ellī | -ellae | -ella | |