-ugo

See also: Ugo

Latin

Etymology

A metanalysis of aerūca + nasal suffix *-n- > *aerūgn- > *aerūgin- > aerūgō as aes + -ūgō. Compare -īgō (suffix forming nouns).[1]

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈuː.ɡoː/, [ˈuːɡoː]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈu.ɡo/, [ˈuːɡo]

Suffix

-ūgō f (genitive -ūginis); third declension

Suffixed to nouns and to adjectives, forms nouns denoting thin or superficial coatings, films, layers, platings vel sim. of materials.
‎aes (oblique stem: aer-) + ‎-ūgō → ‎aerūgō

‎albus + ‎-ūgō → ‎albūgō

‎aurum + ‎-ūgō → ‎aurūgō

‎ferrum + ‎-ūgō → ‎ferrūgō

‎lāna + ‎-ūgō → ‎lānūgō

‎salsus + ‎-ūgō → ‎salsūgō

‎vesper + ‎-ūgō → ‎vesperūgō

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	-ūgō	-ūginēs
Genitive	-ūginis	-ūginum
Dative	-ūginī	-ūginibus
Accusative	-ūginem	-ūginēs
Ablative	-ūgine	-ūginibus
Vocative	-ūgō	-ūginēs

Derived terms

Latin terms suffixed with -ugo

References

Leumann, Manu, Hofmann, Johann Baptist, Szantyr, Anton (1977) Lateinische Grammatik: Lateinische Laut- und Formenlehre, CH Beck, § 325.B.4., page 369

“-ūgō” on page 2,053/1 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)

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