"-ago" meaning in Latin

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Suffix

IPA: [ˈaː.ɡoː] [Classical-Latin], [ˈaː.ɡo] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: Originally probably equivalent or related to -āx + -ō (agent noun suffix); see e.g. vorāx, vorāgō (perhaps from *vorācō). However, Georges-Jean Pinault suggests a derivation from Proto-Indo-European nouns in -k + the possessive suffix *-Hō. Etymology templates: {{suf|la||-ō|pos2=agent noun suffix}} + -ō (agent noun suffix), {{der|la|ine-pro|-}} Proto-Indo-European Head templates: {{la-suffix-noun|-āgō<3>}} -āgō f (genitive -āginis); third declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|-āgō/-āgin<3>}} Forms: -āgō [canonical, feminine], -āginis [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], -āgō [nominative, singular], -āginēs [nominative, plural], -āginis [genitive, singular], -āginum [genitive, plural], -āginī [dative, singular], -āginibus [dative, plural], -āginem [accusative, singular], -āginēs [accusative, plural], -āgine [ablative, singular], -āginibus [ablative, plural], -āgō [singular, vocative], -āginēs [plural, vocative]
  1. Suffixed to nouns, forms nouns describing objects, plants, and animals. Wikipedia link: Georges-Jean Pinault Tags: declension-3, morpheme
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      "word": "-atge"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "word": "-agine"
    },
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      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "word": "-aggine"
    },
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      "lang_code": "pt",
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    },
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      "lang_code": "scn",
      "word": "-ànija"
    },
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      "lang_code": "es",
      "word": "-én"
    },
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    },
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      "source": "declension",
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      ]
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      "source": "declension",
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        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
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          "type": "example"
        },
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          "text": "simila + -āgō → similāgō",
          "type": "example"
        },
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          "text": "medica + -āgō → Medicāgō",
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        }
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      "ipa": "[ˈaː.ɡo]",
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      "source": "declension",
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    {
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      "source": "declension",
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        "genitive",
        "singular"
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    {
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-āginī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-āginibus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "declension",
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        "plural"
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    {
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      "tags": [
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
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        "vocative"
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        "Latin suffixes",
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        "Latin terms suffixed with -o",
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          "text": "corium + -āgō → coriāgō",
          "type": "example"
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          "text": "planta + -āgō → plantāgō",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "simila + -āgō → similāgō",
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          "text": "medica + -āgō → Medicāgō",
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        "Georges-Jean Pinault"
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      "ipa": "[ˈaː.ɡo]",
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}

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