-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): /ˈuː.kus/, [ˈuːkʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈu.kus/, [ˈuːkus]

Suffix

-ūcus (feminine -ūca, neuter -ūcum); first/second-declension suffix

1. used to form attributive nouns from nominals, often names of plants.

   ‎lact- (“milk”) + ‎-ūcus → ‎lactūca (“lettuce”), literally “[that with] milky [latex]”

2. used to form deverbal nouns meaning “one who tends to do X”.

   ‎mandō (“chew”) + ‎-ūcus → ‎mandūcus (“glutton”)

3. used to form some adjectives.

Declension

Second-declension noun.

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

Derived terms

Latin terms suffixed with -ucus