Talk:episcopatus

@JohnC5: Hello. What suffix do you see there? I think it's an instance of a true suffix -ātus (meaning there's no corresponding first conjugation verb), but what we have in that entry is only an adjectival suffix. Oh, wait; we have the action nouns in -tus, -tūs, and I see a few words ending in -atus in Category:Latin words suffixed with -tus (action noun), with corresponding first conjugation verbs. So it's probably another case of metanalysis.

duumvirātus and triumvirātus seem to be good classical examples, but I'm struggling to find others. apostolātus is Late Latin. --Per utramque cavernam (talk) 20:18, 12 December 2017 (UTC)

@Per utramque cavernam: Definitely true -ātus. —*i̯óh₁nC^[5] 21:30, 12 December 2017 (UTC)

@JohnC5: I've added this to -atus. I've also created Category:Latin words suffixed with -atus (abstract noun). I was a bit hesitant with the naming ("abstract noun"?), but unlike their predecessors such as mercatus, etc., these cannot really be considered as "action nouns", since there aren't any corresponding verb.

The problem is that now it looks like Category:Latin words suffixed with -atus (abstract noun) is the metanalysed counterpart of Category:Latin words suffixed with -tus (abstract noun), while it's really the counterpart of Category:Latin words suffixed with -tus (action noun). Oh well. --Per utramque cavernam (talk) 01:16, 13 December 2017 (UTC)