"-ius" meaning in Latin

See -ius in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Suffix

IPA: [i.ʊs] [Classical-Latin], [i.us] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From Old Latin -ios, from Proto-Italic *-jos, from Proto-Indo-European *-yós. Cognate with Ancient Greek -ῐος (-ĭos). Etymology templates: {{etymon|la|:from|itc-ola:-ios<id:suffix forming adjectives>|id=suffix forming adjectives}}, {{der|la|itc-ola|-ios}} Old Latin -ios, {{inh|la|itc-pro|*-jos}} Proto-Italic *-jos, {{inh|la|ine-pro|*-yós}} Proto-Indo-European *-yós, {{cog|grc|-ῐος}} Ancient Greek -ῐος (-ĭos) Head templates: {{la-suffix-adj|-ius}} -ius (feminine -ia, neuter -ium); first/second-declension suffix Inflection templates: {{la-adecl|-ius}} Forms: -ia [feminine], -ium [neuter], no-table-tags [table-tags], -ius [masculine, nominative, singular], -ia [feminine, nominative, singular], -ium [neuter, nominative, singular], -iī [masculine, nominative, plural], -iae [feminine, nominative, plural], -ia [neuter, nominative, plural], -iī [genitive, masculine, singular], -iae [feminine, genitive, singular], -iī [genitive, neuter, singular], -iōrum [genitive, masculine, plural], -iārum [feminine, genitive, plural], -iōrum [genitive, neuter, plural], -iō [dative, masculine, singular], -iae [dative, feminine, singular], -iō [dative, neuter, singular], -iīs [dative, feminine, masculine, neuter, plural], -ium [accusative, masculine, singular], -iam [accusative, feminine, singular], -ium [accusative, neuter, singular], -iōs [accusative, masculine, plural], -iās [accusative, feminine, plural], -ia [accusative, neuter, plural], -iō [ablative, masculine, singular], -iā [ablative, feminine, singular], -iō [ablative, neuter, singular], -iīs [ablative, feminine, masculine, neuter, plural], -ie [masculine, singular, vocative], -ia [feminine, singular, vocative], -ium [neuter, singular, vocative], -iī [masculine, plural, vocative], -iae [feminine, plural, vocative], -ia [neuter, plural, vocative]
  1. forming adjectives from nouns Tags: declension-1, declension-2, morpheme, suffix
    Sense id: en--ius-la-suffix-XJvjHqpl
  2. found as an ending of most Classical Latin 'nomina gentilicia' (family names or surnames, shared by the members of a gens) Tags: declension-1, declension-2, morpheme, suffix
    Sense id: en--ius-la-suffix-LNMLNErA Categories (other): Pages using catfix, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin links with manual fragments, Latin links with redundant alt parameters Disambiguation of Pages using catfix: 10 27 33 20 11 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 7 21 26 7 4 11 16 8 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 4 22 26 9 2 11 17 9 Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 6 39 28 9 4 14 Disambiguation of Latin links with manual fragments: 14 57 11 4 9 5 Disambiguation of Latin links with redundant alt parameters: 9 44 22 7 5 13
  3. (New Latin) suffix for Latinizing surnames Tags: New-Latin, declension-1, declension-2, morpheme, suffix
    Sense id: en--ius-la-suffix-ihYe0-8f Categories (other): Pages using catfix, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages using catfix: 10 27 33 20 11 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 7 21 26 7 4 11 16 8 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 4 22 26 9 2 11 17 9
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: -āceus, -āneus, -ticus Derived forms: -ium
Etymology number: 1

Suffix

IPA: [i.ʊs] [Classical-Latin], [i.us] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: See -ior (suffix forming adjectives’ comparative degrees). Doublet of -ius (forming adverbs). Etymology templates: {{dbt|la|-ius#Etymology 3|pos1=forming adverbs}} Doublet of -ius (forming adverbs) Head templates: {{head|la|suffix form}} -ius
  1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular of -ior Tags: accusative, form-of, morpheme, neuter, nominative, singular, vocative Form of: -ior
    Sense id: en--ius-la-suffix-qs1-M02p
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Suffix

IPA: [i.ʊs] [Classical-Latin], [i.us] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From Proto-Italic *-jos. Doublet of -ius (adjectival ending). Etymology templates: {{inh|la|itc-pro|*-jos}} Proto-Italic *-jos, {{dbt|la|-ius#Etymology 2|pos1=adjectival ending}} Doublet of -ius (adjectival ending) Head templates: {{la-suffix-adv|-ius|-}} -ius (not comparable)
  1. forms comparative adverbs Tags: morpheme, not-comparable
    Sense id: en--ius-la-suffix-la:neuter_comparative
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Suffix

IPA: [i.ʊs] [Classical-Latin], [i.us] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From Proto-Italic *-osjos, itself from Proto-Indo-European *-ósyo (genitive case suffix) secondarily marked with the genitive *-s. Etymology templates: {{der|la|itc-pro||*-osjos}} Proto-Italic *-osjos, {{inh|la|ine-pro||*-ósyo|pos=genitive case suffix}} Proto-Indo-European *-ósyo (genitive case suffix) Head templates: {{head|la|suffix form}} -ius
  1. the regular genitive singular suffix for most pronouns Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--ius-la-suffix-YkSZJnEk Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 7 21 26 7 4 11 16 8 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 4 22 26 9 2 11 17 9
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 4

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "-ium"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "lang_code": "ca",
      "word": "-i"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "word": "-io"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "word": "-io"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "word": "-io"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 1,
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        "1": "la",
        "2": ":from",
        "3": "itc-ola:-ios<id:suffix forming adjectives>",
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      "expansion": "",
      "name": "etymon"
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        "2": "itc-ola",
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      "name": "der"
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        "3": "*-yós"
      },
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "-ῐος"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek -ῐος (-ĭos)",
      "name": "cog"
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  "etymology_text": "From Old Latin -ios, from Proto-Italic *-jos, from Proto-Indo-European *-yós. Cognate with Ancient Greek -ῐος (-ĭos).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "-ia",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ium",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-adecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "-ius",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ia",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "-ium",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-iī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-iae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ia",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-iī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-iae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-iī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-iōrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-iārum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-iōrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-iō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-iae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-iō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-iīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ium",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-iam",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ium",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-iōs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-iās",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ia",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-iō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-iā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-iō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-iīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ie",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ia",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ium",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-iī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-iae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ia",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      },
      "expansion": "-ius (feminine -ia, neuter -ium); first/second-declension suffix",
      "name": "la-suffix-adj"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-ius"
      },
      "name": "la-adecl"
    }
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  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "suffix",
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        "forming adjectives from nouns"
      ],
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        "declension-2",
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        "suffix"
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      ],
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          "w:gens"
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        "declension-2",
        "morpheme",
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      "glosses": [
        "suffix for Latinizing surnames"
      ],
      "id": "en--ius-la-suffix-ihYe0-8f",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(New Latin) suffix for Latinizing surnames"
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      "tags": [
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        "declension-1",
        "declension-2",
        "morpheme",
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      "ipa": "[i.ʊs]",
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        "Classical-Latin"
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    },
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      "ipa": "[i.us]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "-āceus"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "-āneus"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "-ticus"
    }
  ],
  "word": "-ius"
}

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          "-ior#Latin"
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      "ipa": "[i.us]",
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    }
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}

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      "name": "inh"
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        "Classical-Latin"
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    {
      "ipa": "[i.us]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
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}

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        "3": "",
        "4": "*-osjos"
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      "name": "der"
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        "3": "",
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        {
          "text": "quī: cuius"
        },
        {
          "text": "hic: huius"
        },
        {
          "text": "ūnus: ūnī̆us"
        },
        {
          "text": "alter: alterī̆us (alongside alterī, alterae)"
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      "ipa": "[i.us]",
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      "word": "-ium"
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      "lang": "Catalan",
      "lang_code": "ca",
      "word": "-i"
    },
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      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "word": "-io"
    },
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      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "word": "-io"
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      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "word": "-io"
    }
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      "name": "etymon"
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      "form": "-ia",
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        "feminine"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "-ium",
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        "neuter"
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
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        "singular"
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        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ium",
      "source": "declension",
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        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "-iī",
      "source": "declension",
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        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-iae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ia",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
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    },
    {
      "form": "-iī",
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      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
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    },
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "-iī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-iōrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-iārum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-iōrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-iō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-iae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-iō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-iīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ium",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-iam",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ium",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-iōs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-iās",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ia",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-iō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-iā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-iō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-iīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ie",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ia",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ium",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-iī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-iae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ia",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
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        "1": "-ius"
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      "glosses": [
        "forming adjectives from nouns"
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        "declension-1",
        "declension-2",
        "morpheme",
        "suffix"
      ]
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      "glosses": [
        "found as an ending of most Classical Latin 'nomina gentilicia' (family names or surnames, shared by the members of a gens)"
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          "'nomina gentilicia'",
          "w:Nomen gentilicium"
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          "gens",
          "w:gens"
        ]
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        "declension-1",
        "declension-2",
        "morpheme",
        "suffix"
      ]
    },
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      "glosses": [
        "suffix for Latinizing surnames"
      ],
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        "(New Latin) suffix for Latinizing surnames"
      ],
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        "New-Latin",
        "declension-1",
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        "morpheme",
        "suffix"
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      "ipa": "[i.ʊs]",
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        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
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      "ipa": "[i.us]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
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    {
      "word": "-āceus"
    },
    {
      "word": "-āneus"
    },
    {
      "word": "-ticus"
    }
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  "word": "-ius"
}

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          "text": "quī: cuius"
        },
        {
          "text": "hic: huius"
        },
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          "text": "ūnus: ūnī̆us"
        },
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          "text": "alter: alterī̆us (alongside alterī, alterae)"
        }
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        "the regular genitive singular suffix for most pronouns"
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        "morpheme"
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  ],
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}

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