"-enus" meaning in Latin

See -enus in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Suffix

IPA: [eː.nʊs] [Classical-Latin], [e.nus] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *-nós: * In sense 1, from the distributive numeral suffix -nus by rebracketing of numerals such as septēnus (“seven each”), novēnus (“nine each”), dēnus (“ten each”). * In sense 2, an extended form of the relational suffix -nus; compare -ānus, -īnus. * In sense 3, borrowed from Ancient Greek -ηνός (-ēnós). Etymology templates: {{der|la|ine-pro|*-nós}} Proto-Indo-European *-nós, {{rebracketing|la|nocap=1}} rebracketing, {{bor|la|grc|-ηνός}} Ancient Greek -ηνός (-ēnós) Head templates: {{la-suffix-adj|-ēnus}} -ēnus (feminine -ēna, neuter -ēnum); first/second-declension suffix Inflection templates: {{la-adecl|-ēnus}} Forms: -ēnus [canonical], -ēna [feminine], -ēnum [neuter], no-table-tags [table-tags], -ēnus [masculine, nominative, singular], -ēna [feminine, nominative, singular], -ēnum [neuter, nominative, singular], -ēnī [masculine, nominative, plural], -ēnae [feminine, nominative, plural], -ēna [neuter, nominative, plural], -ēnī [genitive, masculine, singular], -ēnae [feminine, genitive, singular], -ēnī [genitive, neuter, singular], -ēnōrum [genitive, masculine, plural], -ēnārum [feminine, genitive, plural], -ēnōrum [genitive, neuter, plural], -ēnō [dative, masculine, singular], -ēnae [dative, feminine, singular], -ēnō [dative, neuter, singular], -ēnīs [dative, feminine, masculine, neuter, plural], -ēnum [accusative, masculine, singular], -ēnam [accusative, feminine, singular], -ēnum [accusative, neuter, singular], -ēnōs [accusative, masculine, plural], -ēnās [accusative, feminine, plural], -ēna [accusative, neuter, plural], -ēnō [ablative, masculine, singular], -ēnā [ablative, feminine, singular], -ēnō [ablative, neuter, singular], -ēnīs [ablative, feminine, masculine, neuter, plural], -ēne [masculine, singular, vocative], -ēna [feminine, singular, vocative], -ēnum [neuter, singular, vocative], -ēnī [masculine, plural, vocative], -ēnae [feminine, plural, vocative], -ēna [neuter, plural, vocative]
  1. alternative form of -nus, used to form some distributive numerals. Tags: alt-of, alternative, declension-1, declension-2, morpheme, suffix Alternative form of: -nus, used to form some distributive numerals
    Sense id: en--enus-la-suffix-XD93Gg0G
  2. (rare) Of or pertaining to; -ine Tags: declension-1, declension-2, morpheme, rare, suffix
    Sense id: en--enus-la-suffix-K-COVtgR
  3. Added to a place name to form an adjective. Tags: declension-1, declension-2, morpheme, suffix
    Sense id: en--enus-la-suffix-i8-Y~7Nf Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Pages using catfix, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 17 9 75 Disambiguation of Pages using catfix: 19 6 75 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 13 3 84 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 14 9 77
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        {
          "text": "quot (“how many”) + -ēnus + -enus → quotēnus (“how many each”)",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "alternative form of -nus, used to form some distributive numerals."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "-nus",
          "-nus#Latin:_numeral"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "alternative",
        "declension-1",
        "declension-2",
        "morpheme",
        "suffix"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin terms with rare senses"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "lanius (“butcher”) + -ēnus → laniēnus (“of a butcher”)",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "alius (“other, another”) + -ēnus → aliēnus (“of another; alien; foreign”)",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Of or pertaining to; -ine"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "-ine",
          "-ine"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(rare) Of or pertaining to; -ine"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1",
        "declension-2",
        "morpheme",
        "rare",
        "suffix"
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Antiochīa (“Antioch”) + -ēnus (“Antiochian”) → Antiochēnus",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Added to a place name to form an adjective."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1",
        "declension-2",
        "morpheme",
        "suffix"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[eː.nʊs]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[e.nus]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "-enus"
}

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