-ellus

Latin

Etymology

By rebracketing of diminutives such as libellus (liber +‎ -lus) or femella (femina +‎ -lus), where the stem consonants -n- and -r- shifted to -l- by regressive assimilation; or diminutives of diminutives such as porcellus (porculus +‎ -lus), ocellus (oculus +‎ -lus).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈel.lus/, [ˈɛl.lʊs]

Suffix

-ellus m (feminine -ella, neuter -ellum); first/second declension

Alternative form of -ulus
ager + ‎-ellus → ‎agrellus (“little field”) (compare this to agellus, which is from ager +‎ -lus)

Inflection

First/second declension.

Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Number	Singular			Plural
nominative	-ellus	-ella	-ellum	-ellī	-ellae	-ella
genitive	-ellī	-ellae	-ellī	-ellōrum	-ellārum	-ellōrum
dative	-ellō	-ellae	-ellō	-ellīs
accusative	-ellum	-ellam	-ellum	-ellōs	-ellās	-ella
ablative	-ellō	-ellā	-ellō	-ellīs
vocative	-elle	-ella	-ellum	-ellī	-ellae	-ella

Derived terms

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Descendants

Asturian: -iellu
Aromanian: -el, -ãl
Catalan: -ell
Extremaduran: -illu
French: -eau, -el
Italian: -ello
Occitan: -el

Portuguese: -elo
Romanian: -el
Spanish: -elo, -illo, -iello, -el
Sicilian: -eddu
Walloon: -ea

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