-iscus

Latin

Etymology

Found in Late, Vulgar, and Medieval Latin, from Proto-West Germanic *-isk, from Proto-Germanic *-iskaz, from Proto-Indo-European *-iskos (suffix).

Cognate with Ancient Greek -ῐ́σκος (-ískos), which forms diminutive nouns.[1]

Pronunciation

Suffix

-iscus (feminine -isca, neuter -iscum); first/second-declension suffix

  1. (Late Latin, Medieval Latin) Used to form adjectives

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative -iscus -isca -iscum -iscī -iscae -isca
Genitive -iscī -iscae -iscī -iscōrum -iscārum -iscōrum
Dative -iscō -iscō -iscīs
Accusative -iscum -iscam -iscum -iscōs -iscās -isca
Ablative -iscō -iscā -iscō -iscīs
Vocative -isce -isca -iscum -iscī -iscae -isca

Derived terms

Latin terms suffixed with -iscus

Descendants

References

  1. “-esco” in: Alberto Nocentini, Alessandro Parenti, “l'Etimologico — Vocabolario della lingua italiana”, Le Monnier, 2010, →ISBN
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