-ellus
Latin
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).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈel.lus/, [ˈɛlːʲʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈel.lus/, [ˈɛlːus]
Usage notes
The suffix -ellus is added to a noun to form a diminutive of that noun.
- calamus (“reed”) + -ellus → calamellus (“little reed or pen”)
When added to an adjective, it forms a diminutive of that adjective.
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
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Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
Nominative | -ellus | -ella | -ellum | -ellī | -ellae | -ella | |
Genitive | -ellī | -ellae | -ellī | -ellōrum | -ellārum | -ellōrum | |
Dative | -ellō | -ellō | -ellīs | ||||
Accusative | -ellum | -ellam | -ellum | -ellōs | -ellās | -ella | |
Ablative | -ellō | -ellā | -ellō | -ellīs | |||
Vocative | -elle | -ella | -ellum | -ellī | -ellae | -ella |
Derived terms
Latin terms suffixed with -ellus
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