-sura

See also: Appendix:Variations of "sura"

Latin

Alternative forms

-tūra

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈsuː.ra/, [ˈs̠uːrä]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈsu.ra/, [ˈsuːrä]

Suffix

-sūra f (genitive -sūrae); first declension

-ure, -work, -ing; used to form a noun relating to some action.

Usage notes

The suffix -sūra is added to the supine form of a verb to create a first-declension noun, typically naming the verb's action or an object associated with that action.

Examples:

clausūra (“clasp of a necklace”), from clausum, supine of claudō (“I shut, close”)

The suffix -sūra (-tūra) resembles the feminine form of (and may be related to) the future active participle ending -tūrus, which describes impending or imminent action (e.g. pictūrus "about to paint"; scrīptūrus "on the point of writing").

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	-sūra	-sūrae
genitive	-sūrae	-sūrārum
dative	-sūrae	-sūrīs
accusative	-sūram	-sūrās
ablative	-sūrā	-sūrīs
vocative	-sūra	-sūrae

Synonyms

-tiō, -tus