"-ellus" meaning in Latin

See -ellus in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Suffix

IPA: [ɛl.lʊs] [Classical-Latin], [el.lus] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: By rebracketing of diminutives such as libellus (liber + -lus) or fēmella (fēmina + -la), where the stem consonants -n- and -r- shifted to -l- by regressive assimilation; or diminutives of diminutives such as porcellus (porculus + -lus). Etymology templates: {{etymon|la|-ulus<id:diminutive>|id=diminutive}}, {{rebracketing|la|nocap=1}} rebracketing, {{af|la|liber|-lus}} liber + -lus, {{af|la|fēmina|-lus|alt2=-la}} fēmina + -la, {{af|la|porculus|-lus|nocat=1}} porculus + -lus Head templates: {{la-suffix-adj|-ellus}} -ellus (feminine -ella, neuter -ellum); first/second-declension suffix Inflection templates: {{la-adecl|-ellus}} Forms: -ella [feminine], -ellum [neuter], no-table-tags [table-tags], -ellus [masculine, nominative, singular], -ella [feminine, nominative, singular], -ellum [neuter, nominative, singular], -ellī [masculine, nominative, plural], -ellae [feminine, nominative, plural], -ella [neuter, nominative, plural], -ellī [genitive, masculine, singular], -ellae [feminine, genitive, singular], -ellī [genitive, neuter, singular], -ellōrum [genitive, masculine, plural], -ellārum [feminine, genitive, plural], -ellōrum [genitive, neuter, plural], -ellō [dative, masculine, singular], -ellae [dative, feminine, singular], -ellō [dative, neuter, singular], -ellīs [dative, feminine, masculine, neuter, plural], -ellum [accusative, masculine, singular], -ellam [accusative, feminine, singular], -ellum [accusative, neuter, singular], -ellōs [accusative, masculine, plural], -ellās [accusative, feminine, plural], -ella [accusative, neuter, plural], -ellō [ablative, masculine, singular], -ellā [ablative, feminine, singular], -ellō [ablative, neuter, singular], -ellīs [ablative, feminine, masculine, neuter, plural], -elle [masculine, singular, vocative], -ella [feminine, singular, vocative], -ellum [neuter, singular, vocative], -ellī [masculine, plural, vocative], -ellae [feminine, plural, vocative], -ella [neuter, plural, vocative]
  1. alternative form of -ulus Tags: alt-of, alternative, declension-1, declension-2, morpheme, suffix Alternative form of: -ulus

Inflected forms

{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "Aromanian",
      "lang_code": "rup",
      "word": "-el"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Aromanian",
      "lang_code": "rup",
      "word": "-ãl"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "lang_code": "ca",
      "word": "-ell"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Extremaduran",
      "lang_code": "ext",
      "word": "-illu"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Franco-Provençal",
      "lang_code": "frp",
      "word": "-él"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Angevin",
          "lang_code": "roa-ang",
          "word": "-iau"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Bourbonnais-Berrichon",
          "lang_code": "roa-bbn",
          "word": "-iau"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Champenois",
          "lang_code": "roa-cha",
          "word": "-é"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Champenois",
          "lang_code": "roa-cha",
          "word": "-iau"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Bourguignon",
          "lang_code": "roa-brg",
          "word": "-eâ"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Franc-Comtois",
          "lang_code": "roa-fcm",
          "word": "-é"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Franc-Comtois",
          "lang_code": "roa-fcm",
          "word": "-ia"
        },
        {
          "lang": "French",
          "lang_code": "fr",
          "word": "-eau"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Gallo",
          "lang_code": "roa-gal",
          "word": "-ë"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Gallo",
          "lang_code": "roa-gal",
          "word": "-iao"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Norman",
          "lang_code": "nrm",
          "word": "-é"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Norman",
          "lang_code": "nrm",
          "word": "iaô"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Picard",
          "lang_code": "pcd",
          "word": "-iau"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Picard",
          "lang_code": "pcd",
          "word": "-ieu"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Poitevin-Saintongeais",
          "lang_code": "roa-poi",
          "word": "-ea"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Walloon",
          "lang_code": "wa",
          "word": "-ea"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Old French",
      "lang_code": "fro",
      "word": "-el"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Galician",
      "lang_code": "gl",
      "word": "-elo"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "word": "-ello"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "lang_code": "oc",
      "word": "-el"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "word": "-elo"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "lang_code": "ro",
      "word": "-el"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Sardinian",
      "lang_code": "sc",
      "word": "-eddu"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Asturian",
          "lang_code": "ast",
          "word": "-iellu"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Asturian",
          "lang_code": "ast",
          "word": "-ieḷḷu"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Asturian",
          "lang_code": "ast",
          "word": "-iillu"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Leonese",
          "lang_code": "roa-leo",
          "word": "-iellu"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Mirandese",
          "lang_code": "mwl",
          "word": "-ielho"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Old Leonese",
      "lang_code": "roa-ole",
      "word": "-iello"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "lang_code": "es",
          "word": "-illo"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Old Spanish",
      "lang_code": "osp",
      "word": "-iello"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "word": "-elo"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "word": "-el"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "lang_code": "scn",
      "word": "-eḍḍu"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "-ulus<id:diminutive>",
        "id": "diminutive"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "etymon"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "nocap": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "rebracketing",
      "name": "rebracketing"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "liber",
        "3": "-lus"
      },
      "expansion": "liber + -lus",
      "name": "af"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "fēmina",
        "3": "-lus",
        "alt2": "-la"
      },
      "expansion": "fēmina + -la",
      "name": "af"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "porculus",
        "3": "-lus",
        "nocat": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "porculus + -lus",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "By rebracketing of diminutives such as libellus (liber + -lus) or fēmella (fēmina + -la), where the stem consonants -n- and -r- shifted to -l- by regressive assimilation; or diminutives of diminutives such as porcellus (porculus + -lus).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "-ella",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ellum",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-adecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ellus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ella",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ellum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ellī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ellae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ella",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ellī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ellae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ellī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ellōrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ellārum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ellōrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ellō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ellae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ellō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ellīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ellum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ellam",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ellum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ellōs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ellās",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ella",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ellō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ellā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ellō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ellīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-elle",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ella",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ellum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ellī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ellae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ella",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-ellus"
      },
      "expansion": "-ellus (feminine -ella, neuter -ellum); first/second-declension suffix",
      "name": "la-suffix-adj"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-ellus"
      },
      "name": "la-adecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "-ulus"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin rebracketings",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin terms suffixed with -lus",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages using catfix",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "ager + -ellus → agrellus (“little field”) (compare this to agellus, which is from ager + -lus)",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "alternative form of -ulus"
      ],
      "id": "en--ellus-la-suffix-q0aSTA3w",
      "links": [
        [
          "-ulus",
          "-ulus#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "alternative",
        "declension-1",
        "declension-2",
        "morpheme",
        "suffix"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ɛl.lʊs]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[el.lus]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "-ellus"
}
{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "Aromanian",
      "lang_code": "rup",
      "word": "-el"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Aromanian",
      "lang_code": "rup",
      "word": "-ãl"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "lang_code": "ca",
      "word": "-ell"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Extremaduran",
      "lang_code": "ext",
      "word": "-illu"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Franco-Provençal",
      "lang_code": "frp",
      "word": "-él"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Angevin",
          "lang_code": "roa-ang",
          "word": "-iau"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Bourbonnais-Berrichon",
          "lang_code": "roa-bbn",
          "word": "-iau"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Champenois",
          "lang_code": "roa-cha",
          "word": "-é"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Champenois",
          "lang_code": "roa-cha",
          "word": "-iau"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Bourguignon",
          "lang_code": "roa-brg",
          "word": "-eâ"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Franc-Comtois",
          "lang_code": "roa-fcm",
          "word": "-é"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Franc-Comtois",
          "lang_code": "roa-fcm",
          "word": "-ia"
        },
        {
          "lang": "French",
          "lang_code": "fr",
          "word": "-eau"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Gallo",
          "lang_code": "roa-gal",
          "word": "-ë"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Gallo",
          "lang_code": "roa-gal",
          "word": "-iao"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Norman",
          "lang_code": "nrm",
          "word": "-é"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Norman",
          "lang_code": "nrm",
          "word": "iaô"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Picard",
          "lang_code": "pcd",
          "word": "-iau"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Picard",
          "lang_code": "pcd",
          "word": "-ieu"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Poitevin-Saintongeais",
          "lang_code": "roa-poi",
          "word": "-ea"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Walloon",
          "lang_code": "wa",
          "word": "-ea"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Old French",
      "lang_code": "fro",
      "word": "-el"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Galician",
      "lang_code": "gl",
      "word": "-elo"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "word": "-ello"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "lang_code": "oc",
      "word": "-el"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "word": "-elo"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "lang_code": "ro",
      "word": "-el"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Sardinian",
      "lang_code": "sc",
      "word": "-eddu"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Asturian",
          "lang_code": "ast",
          "word": "-iellu"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Asturian",
          "lang_code": "ast",
          "word": "-ieḷḷu"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Asturian",
          "lang_code": "ast",
          "word": "-iillu"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Leonese",
          "lang_code": "roa-leo",
          "word": "-iellu"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Mirandese",
          "lang_code": "mwl",
          "word": "-ielho"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Old Leonese",
      "lang_code": "roa-ole",
      "word": "-iello"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "lang_code": "es",
          "word": "-illo"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Old Spanish",
      "lang_code": "osp",
      "word": "-iello"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "word": "-elo"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "word": "-el"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "lang_code": "scn",
      "word": "-eḍḍu"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "-ulus<id:diminutive>",
        "id": "diminutive"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "etymon"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "nocap": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "rebracketing",
      "name": "rebracketing"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "liber",
        "3": "-lus"
      },
      "expansion": "liber + -lus",
      "name": "af"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "fēmina",
        "3": "-lus",
        "alt2": "-la"
      },
      "expansion": "fēmina + -la",
      "name": "af"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "porculus",
        "3": "-lus",
        "nocat": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "porculus + -lus",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "By rebracketing of diminutives such as libellus (liber + -lus) or fēmella (fēmina + -la), where the stem consonants -n- and -r- shifted to -l- by regressive assimilation; or diminutives of diminutives such as porcellus (porculus + -lus).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "-ella",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ellum",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-adecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ellus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ella",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ellum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ellī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ellae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ella",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ellī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ellae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ellī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ellōrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ellārum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ellōrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ellō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ellae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ellō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ellīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ellum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ellam",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ellum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ellōs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ellās",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ella",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ellō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ellā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ellō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ellīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-elle",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ella",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ellum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ellī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ellae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ella",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-ellus"
      },
      "expansion": "-ellus (feminine -ella, neuter -ellum); first/second-declension suffix",
      "name": "la-suffix-adj"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-ellus"
      },
      "name": "la-adecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "-ulus"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "Latin 2-syllable words",
        "Latin adjective-forming suffixes",
        "Latin diminutive suffixes",
        "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
        "Latin first and second declension suffixes",
        "Latin lemmas",
        "Latin rebracketings",
        "Latin suffixes",
        "Latin terms suffixed with -lus",
        "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Pages using catfix",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "ager + -ellus → agrellus (“little field”) (compare this to agellus, which is from ager + -lus)",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "alternative form of -ulus"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "-ulus",
          "-ulus#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "alternative",
        "declension-1",
        "declension-2",
        "morpheme",
        "suffix"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ɛl.lʊs]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[el.lus]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "-ellus"
}

Download raw JSONL data for -ellus meaning in Latin (7.4kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Latin dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-01-25 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-01-01 using wiktextract (f492ef9 and 9905b1f). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.