"-cus" meaning in Latin

See -cus in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Suffix

IPA: /kus/ [Classical], [kʊs̠] [Classical], /kus/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [kus] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From Proto-Italic *-kos, from Proto-Indo-European *-kos, *-ḱos. Cognate with Ancient Greek -κός (-kós), Proto-Germanic *-gaz, Sanskrit -शस (-śasa) and Proto-Slavic *-kъ. PIE *-ko- on noun stems carried the meaning 'characteristic of, like, typical, pertaining to', and on adjectival stems it acted emphatically. Etymology templates: {{inh|la|itc-pro|*-kos}} Proto-Italic *-kos, {{inh|la|ine-pro|*-kos}} Proto-Indo-European *-kos, {{m|ine-pro|*-ḱos}} *-ḱos, {{cog|grc|-κός}} Ancient Greek -κός (-kós), {{cog|gem-pro|*-gaz}} Proto-Germanic *-gaz, {{cog|sa|-शस}} Sanskrit -शस (-śasa), {{cog|sla-pro|*-kъ}} Proto-Slavic *-kъ Inflection templates: {{la-adecl|-cus}} Forms: -ca [feminine], -cum [neuter], no-table-tags [table-tags], -cus [masculine, nominative, singular], -ca [feminine, nominative, singular], -cum [neuter, nominative, singular], -cī [masculine, nominative, plural], -cae [feminine, nominative, plural], -ca [neuter, nominative, plural], -cī [genitive, masculine, singular], -cae [feminine, genitive, singular], -cī [genitive, neuter, singular], -cōrum [genitive, masculine, plural], -cārum [feminine, genitive, plural], -cōrum [genitive, neuter, plural], -cō [dative, masculine, singular], -cae [dative, feminine, singular], -cō [dative, neuter, singular], -cīs [dative, feminine, masculine, neuter, plural], -cum [accusative, masculine, singular], -cam [accusative, feminine, singular], -cum [accusative, neuter, singular], -cōs [accusative, masculine, plural], -cās [accusative, feminine, plural], -ca [accusative, neuter, plural], -cō [ablative, masculine, singular], -cā [ablative, feminine, singular], -cō [ablative, neuter, singular], -cīs [ablative, feminine, masculine, neuter, plural], -ce [masculine, singular, vocative], -ca [feminine, singular, vocative], -cum [neuter, singular, vocative], -cī [masculine, plural, vocative], -cae [feminine, plural, vocative], -ca [neuter, plural, vocative]
  1. suffixed to nouns, forms adjectives Tags: declension-1, declension-2, morpheme, suffix Derived forms (-ticus): -āticus Derived forms (-īcus): -īcius
    Sense id: en--cus-la-suffix-O9FXkQDG Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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        "1": "la",
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      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
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        "1": "la",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*-kos"
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    },
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      "args": {
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      },
      "expansion": "*-ḱos",
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      "args": {
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        "2": "-κός"
      },
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      "name": "cog"
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      "args": {
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      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *-gaz",
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      "args": {
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      },
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      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Slavic *-kъ",
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    }
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        "feminine"
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    },
    {
      "form": "-cum",
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        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
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    {
      "form": "-cī",
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        "nominative",
        "plural"
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    {
      "form": "-cae",
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        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "-ca",
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        "nominative",
        "plural"
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    {
      "form": "-cī",
      "source": "declension",
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        "singular"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "-cae",
      "source": "declension",
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        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
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    {
      "form": "-cī",
      "source": "declension",
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        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-cōrum",
      "source": "declension",
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        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-cārum",
      "source": "declension",
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        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
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    },
    {
      "form": "-cōrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-cō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-cae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-cō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-cīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-cum",
      "source": "declension",
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        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-cam",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-cum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-cōs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-cās",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
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    },
    {
      "form": "-ca",
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      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
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    {
      "form": "-cō",
      "source": "declension",
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        "ablative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-cā",
      "source": "declension",
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        "ablative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-cō",
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      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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        "feminine",
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    },
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      "form": "-ce",
      "source": "declension",
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        "singular",
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    },
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      "form": "-ca",
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        "feminine",
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    },
    {
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      "source": "declension",
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        "singular",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-cī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-cae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ca",
      "source": "declension",
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        "neuter",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
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      },
      "name": "la-adecl"
    }
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  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "sense": "-ticus",
          "word": "-āticus"
        },
        {
          "sense": "-īcus",
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        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "juvenis + -cus → juvencus"
        },
        {
          "text": "Mārs + -cus → Mār(t)cus"
        },
        {
          "text": "ravis + -cus → raucus"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "suffixed to nouns, forms adjectives"
      ],
      "id": "en--cus-la-suffix-O9FXkQDG",
      "tags": [
        "declension-1",
        "declension-2",
        "morpheme",
        "suffix"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/kus/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kʊs̠]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kus/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kus]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "-cus"
}
{
  "derived": [
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      "sense": "-ticus",
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    },
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      "sense": "-īcus",
      "word": "-īcius"
    }
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      },
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      "expansion": "Proto-Slavic *-kъ",
      "name": "cog"
    }
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      "form": "-ca",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-cum",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-adecl",
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        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-cus",
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      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ca",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-cum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-cī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-cae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ca",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-cī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-cae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-cī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-cōrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-cārum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-cōrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-cō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-cae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-cō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-cīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-cum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-cam",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-cum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-cōs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-cās",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ca",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-cō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-cā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-cō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-cīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ce",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ca",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-cum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-cī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-cae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ca",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "-cus"
      },
      "name": "la-adecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin 1-syllable words",
        "Latin adjective-forming suffixes",
        "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
        "Latin first and second declension suffixes",
        "Latin lemmas",
        "Latin suffixes",
        "Latin terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Latin terms derived from Proto-Italic",
        "Latin terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Latin terms inherited from Proto-Italic",
        "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "juvenis + -cus → juvencus"
        },
        {
          "text": "Mārs + -cus → Mār(t)cus"
        },
        {
          "text": "ravis + -cus → raucus"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "suffixed to nouns, forms adjectives"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1",
        "declension-2",
        "morpheme",
        "suffix"
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  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kus/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kʊs̠]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kus/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kus]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "-cus"
}

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