"-lus" meaning in Latin

See -lus in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Suffix

IPA: [ɫʊs] [Classical-Latin], [lus] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From syncope of Proto-Italic *-elos (source of Classical Latin -ulus), from Proto-Indo-European *-elós, thematized from *-lós. Etymology templates: {{etymon|la|:inh|itc-pro:*-elos<id:diminutive>|id=diminutive}}, {{inh|la|itc-pro|*-elos}} Proto-Italic *-elos, {{inh|la|ine-pro||*-elós}} Proto-Indo-European *-elós Head templates: {{la-suffix-adj|-lus}} -lus (feminine -la, neuter -lum); first/second-declension suffix Inflection templates: {{la-adecl|-lus}} Forms: -la [feminine], -lum [neuter], no-table-tags [table-tags], -lus [masculine, nominative, singular], -la [feminine, nominative, singular], -lum [neuter, nominative, singular], -lī [masculine, nominative, plural], -lae [feminine, nominative, plural], -la [neuter, nominative, plural], -lī [genitive, masculine, singular], -lae [feminine, genitive, singular], -lī [genitive, neuter, singular], -lōrum [genitive, masculine, plural], -lārum [feminine, genitive, plural], -lōrum [genitive, neuter, plural], -lō [dative, masculine, singular], -lae [dative, feminine, singular], -lō [dative, neuter, singular], -līs [dative, feminine, masculine, neuter, plural], -lum [accusative, masculine, singular], -lam [accusative, feminine, singular], -lum [accusative, neuter, singular], -lōs [accusative, masculine, plural], -lās [accusative, feminine, plural], -la [accusative, neuter, plural], -lō [ablative, masculine, singular], -lā [ablative, feminine, singular], -lō [ablative, neuter, singular], -līs [ablative, feminine, masculine, neuter, plural], -le [masculine, singular, vocative], -la [feminine, singular, vocative], -lum [neuter, singular, vocative], -lī [masculine, plural, vocative], -lae [feminine, plural, vocative], -la [neuter, plural, vocative]
  1. alternative form of -ulus Tags: alt-of, alternative, declension-1, declension-2, morpheme, suffix Alternative form of: -ulus Derived forms: -ellus, -illus, -ullus

Inflected forms

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": ":inh",
        "3": "itc-pro:*-elos<id:diminutive>",
        "id": "diminutive"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "etymon"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "itc-pro",
        "3": "*-elos"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Italic *-elos",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "",
        "4": "*-elós"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *-elós",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From syncope of Proto-Italic *-elos (source of Classical Latin -ulus), from Proto-Indo-European *-elós, thematized from *-lós.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "-la",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-lum",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-adecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-lus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-la",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-lum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-lī",
      "links": [
        [
          "-lī",
          "-li#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-lae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-la",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-lī",
      "links": [
        [
          "-lī",
          "-li#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-lae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-lī",
      "links": [
        [
          "-lī",
          "-li#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-lōrum",
      "links": [
        [
          "-lōrum",
          "-lorum#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-lārum",
      "links": [
        [
          "-lārum",
          "-larum#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-lōrum",
      "links": [
        [
          "-lōrum",
          "-lorum#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-lō",
      "links": [
        [
          "-lō",
          "-lo#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-lae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-lō",
      "links": [
        [
          "-lō",
          "-lo#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-līs",
      "links": [
        [
          "-līs",
          "-lis#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-lum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-lam",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-lum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-lōs",
      "links": [
        [
          "-lōs",
          "-los#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-lās",
      "links": [
        [
          "-lās",
          "-las#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-la",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-lō",
      "links": [
        [
          "-lō",
          "-lo#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-lā",
      "links": [
        [
          "-lā",
          "-la#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-lō",
      "links": [
        [
          "-lō",
          "-lo#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-līs",
      "links": [
        [
          "-līs",
          "-lis#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-le",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-la",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-lum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-lī",
      "links": [
        [
          "-lī",
          "-li#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-lae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-la",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-lus"
      },
      "expansion": "-lus (feminine -la, neuter -lum); first/second-declension suffix",
      "name": "la-suffix-adj"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-lus"
      },
      "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": "Pages using catfix",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "-ellus"
        },
        {
          "word": "-illus"
        },
        {
          "word": "-ullus"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "alternative form of -ulus"
      ],
      "id": "en--lus-la-suffix-q0aSTA3w",
      "links": [
        [
          "-ulus",
          "-ulus#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "alternative",
        "declension-1",
        "declension-2",
        "morpheme",
        "suffix"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ɫʊs]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[lus]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "-lus"
}
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "-ellus"
    },
    {
      "word": "-illus"
    },
    {
      "word": "-ullus"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": ":inh",
        "3": "itc-pro:*-elos<id:diminutive>",
        "id": "diminutive"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "etymon"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "itc-pro",
        "3": "*-elos"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Italic *-elos",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "",
        "4": "*-elós"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *-elós",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From syncope of Proto-Italic *-elos (source of Classical Latin -ulus), from Proto-Indo-European *-elós, thematized from *-lós.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "-la",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-lum",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-adecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-lus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-la",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-lum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-lī",
      "links": [
        [
          "-lī",
          "-li#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-lae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-la",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-lī",
      "links": [
        [
          "-lī",
          "-li#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-lae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-lī",
      "links": [
        [
          "-lī",
          "-li#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-lōrum",
      "links": [
        [
          "-lōrum",
          "-lorum#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-lārum",
      "links": [
        [
          "-lārum",
          "-larum#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-lōrum",
      "links": [
        [
          "-lōrum",
          "-lorum#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-lō",
      "links": [
        [
          "-lō",
          "-lo#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-lae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-lō",
      "links": [
        [
          "-lō",
          "-lo#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-līs",
      "links": [
        [
          "-līs",
          "-lis#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-lum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-lam",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-lum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-lōs",
      "links": [
        [
          "-lōs",
          "-los#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-lās",
      "links": [
        [
          "-lās",
          "-las#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-la",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-lō",
      "links": [
        [
          "-lō",
          "-lo#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-lā",
      "links": [
        [
          "-lā",
          "-la#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-lō",
      "links": [
        [
          "-lō",
          "-lo#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-līs",
      "links": [
        [
          "-līs",
          "-lis#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-le",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-la",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-lum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-lī",
      "links": [
        [
          "-lī",
          "-li#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-lae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-la",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-lus"
      },
      "expansion": "-lus (feminine -la, neuter -lum); first/second-declension suffix",
      "name": "la-suffix-adj"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-lus"
      },
      "name": "la-adecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "-ulus"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "Latin 1-syllable words",
        "Latin adjective-forming suffixes",
        "Latin diminutive 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",
        "Pages using catfix",
        "Pages with 2 entries",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "alternative form of -ulus"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "-ulus",
          "-ulus#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "alternative",
        "declension-1",
        "declension-2",
        "morpheme",
        "suffix"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ɫʊs]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[lus]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "-lus"
}

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