Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/-ātis

This Proto-Italic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Italic

Suffix

*-ātis

1. Used to form gentilic adjectives with the meaning "of/from" a country or place.

Declension

Declension of *-ātis (i-stem)

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	*-ātis	*-ātis	*-āte
vocative	*-ātis	*-ātis	*-āte
accusative	*-ātim	*-ātim	*-āte
genitive	*-āteis	*-āteis	*-ātjes
dative	*-ātei	*-ātei	*-ātei
ablative	*-ātīd	*-ātīd	*-ātīd
locative	*-ātei	*-ātei	*-ātei
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	*-ātēs	*-ātēs	*-ātjā
vocative	*-ātēs	*-ātēs	*-ātjā
accusative	*-ātins	*-ātins	*-ātjā
genitive	*-ātjom	*-ātjom	*-ātjom
dative	*-ātiβos	*-ātiβos	*-ātiβos
ablative	*-ātiβos	*-ātiβos	*-ātiβos
locative	*-ātiβos	*-ātiβos	*-ātiβos

Descendants

• Latin: -ās
• Oscan: -𐌀𐌕𐌄𐌝𐌔 (-ateís, gen. sg.) (in 𐌋𐌞𐌅𐌊𐌀𐌍𐌀𐌕𐌄𐌝𐌔 (lúvkanateís, “Lucanian”))

Further reading

• Weiss, Michael L. (2009) Outline of the Historical and Comparative Grammar of Latin‎^[1], Ann Arbor: Beech Stave Press, →ISBN, pages 316-317