-clus
See also: clus
Latin
Etymology
Contracted form of -culus.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /klus/, [kɫ̪ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /klus/, [klus]
Suffix
-clus (feminine -cla, neuter -clum); first/second-declension suffix
- Alternative form of -culus
- added to a noun to form a diminutive of that noun.
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | -clus | -cla | -clum | -clī | -clae | -cla | |
| Genitive | -clī | -clae | -clī | -clōrum | -clārum | -clōrum | |
| Dative | -clō | -clō | -clīs | ||||
| Accusative | -clum | -clam | -clum | -clōs | -clās | -cla | |
| Ablative | -clō | -clā | -clō | -clīs | |||
| Vocative | -cle | -cla | -clum | -clī | -clae | -cla | |
Derived terms
References
- Grandgent, Charles Hall (1907) An Introduction to Vulgar Latin (Heath's Modern Language Series), D. C. Heath & Company, page 100
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