-uleius
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Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]A compound of the diminutive suffix -ulus with the nomen-gentilicium–forming suffix -eius.[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /uˈlei̯.i̯us/, [ʊˈɫ̪ɛi̯ːʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /uˈle.jus/, [uˈlɛːjus]
- Note: although the syllable is heavy due to the regularly geminate intervocalic /j/, the vowel is thought to have been short on etymological grounds.
Suffix
[edit]-uleius (feminine -uleia, neuter -uleium); first/second-declension suffix
- forms nomina gentilicia
- Auruncī → Aurunculeius
- Septimus → Septimuleius
- forms pejorative adjectives and substantives from verbs and nouns
Usage notes
[edit]This suffix combines with the supine stem of verbs to create pejorative adjectives.
- sequor → secūtum → secūtuleius
- loquor → locūtum → locūtuleius
Pejorative forms also appear to form from noun stems on occasion.
Declension
[edit]First/second-declension adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | -uleius | -uleia | -uleium | -uleiī | -uleiae | -uleia | |
| genitive | -uleiī | -uleiae | -uleiī | -uleiōrum | -uleiārum | -uleiōrum | |
| dative | -uleiō | -uleiae | -uleiō | -uleiīs | |||
| accusative | -uleium | -uleiam | -uleium | -uleiōs | -uleiās | -uleia | |
| ablative | -uleiō | -uleiā | -uleiō | -uleiīs | |||
| vocative | -ulei | -uleia | -uleium | -uleiī | -uleiae | -uleia | |
The Masculine Singular Vocative is bisyllabic.[2]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Leumann, Manu, Hofmann, Johann Baptist, Szantyr, Anton (1977) “-eius -eia”, in Lateinische Grammatik: Lateinische Laut- und Formenlehre, CH Beck, page 289
- ^ Leumann, Manu, Hofmann, Johann Baptist, Szantyr, Anton (1977) “325: Dekl. Sing. Vokativ”, in Lateinische Grammatik: Lateinische Laut- und Formenlehre, CH Beck, page 424