-ucus

See also: uçuş

Latin

Etymology

May be extended from Proto-Italic *-kos, from Proto-Indo-European *-kos, *-ḱos, thought to originally be a 'relational' suffix (compare -icus). In that case, most likely earlier *-oicos < *-oy-ḱo-s. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

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Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /uː.kus/, [uːkʊs̠]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /u.kus/, [ukus]

Suffix

(noun) -ūcus m (genitive -ūcī, feminine -ūca); second declension
(adjective) -ūcus (feminine -ūca, neuter -ūcum); first/second-declension suffix

used to form attributive nouns from nominals, often names of plants.
‎lact- (“milk”) + ‎-ūcus → ‎lactūca (“lettuce”), literally “[that with] milky [latex]”
used to form deverbal nouns meaning “one who tends to do X”.
‎mandō (“chew”) + ‎-ūcus → ‎mandūcus (“glutton”)
used to form some adjectives.

Declension

Noun forms

Second-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	-ūcus	-ūcī
genitive	-ūcī	-ūcōrum
dative	-ūcō	-ūcīs
accusative	-ūcum	-ūcōs
ablative	-ūcō	-ūcīs
vocative	-ūce	-ūcī

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	-ūca	-ūcae
genitive	-ūcae	-ūcārum
dative	-ūcae	-ūcīs
accusative	-ūcam	-ūcās
ablative	-ūcā	-ūcīs
vocative	-ūca	-ūcae

Adjective forms

First/second-declension adjective.

	masculine	feminine	neuter	masculine	feminine	neuter
	singular			plural
nominative	-ūcus	-ūca	-ūcum	-ūcī	-ūcae	-ūca
genitive	-ūcī	-ūcae	-ūcī	-ūcōrum	-ūcārum	-ūcōrum
dative	-ūcō	-ūcae	-ūcō	-ūcīs
accusative	-ūcum	-ūcam	-ūcum	-ūcōs	-ūcās	-ūca
ablative	-ūcō	-ūcā	-ūcō	-ūcīs
vocative	-ūce	-ūca	-ūcum	-ūcī	-ūcae	-ūca

Derived terms

Latin terms suffixed with -ucus