-vocus

See also: voĉus

Latin

Etymology

From vocō (“I name, designate”) +‎ -us (adjective-forming suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /u̯o.kus/, [u̯ɔkʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /vo.kus/, [vokus] (stressed on the antepenult)

Suffix

-vocus m (feminine -voca, neuter -vocum)

1. Forms adjectives that denote meaning.

   ūnus (“one”) → ūnivocus (“univocal”, “unambiguous”, literally “having one meaning”)

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	-vocus	-voca	-vocum		-vocī	-vocae	-voca
genitive	-vocī	-vocae	-vocī		-vocōrum	-vocārum	-vocōrum
dative	-vocō	-vocae	-vocō		-vocīs
accusative	-vocum	-vocam	-vocum		-vocōs	-vocās	-voca
ablative	-vocō	-vocā	-vocō		-vocīs
vocative	-voce	-voca	-vocum		-vocī	-vocae	-voca

Descendants

Latin terms suffixed with -vocus

aequivocus

plurivocus

univocus