-osus

See also: osus and ošus

Latin

Etymology

From Old Latin -ōsos from *-ōnt-to-s from *-o-wont-to-s. The last form is a combination of two Proto-Indo-European suffixes: Proto-Indo-European *-went-, *-wont- and Proto-Indo-European *-to-.[1] See -entus and Ancient Greek -εις (-eis).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈoː.sus/, [ˈoː.sʊs]

Suffix

-ōsus m (feminine -ōsa, neuter -ōsum); first/second declension

  1. -ose, -ous; full of, prone to. Used to form adjectives from nouns.

Usage notes

The suffix -ōsus is added to a noun to form an adjective indicating an abundance of that noun.

Examples:
nervōsus (“nervous”), from nervus (“sinew, energy”)
racēmōsus (“racemose”), from racēmus (“cluster, bunch”)
ventōsus (“windy”), from ventus (“wind”)

Inflection

First/second declension.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
nominative -ōsus -ōsa -ōsum -ōsī -ōsae -ōsa
genitive -ōsī -ōsae -ōsī -ōsōrum -ōsārum -ōsōrum
dative -ōsō -ōsō -ōsīs
accusative -ōsum -ōsam -ōsum -ōsōs -ōsās -ōsa
ablative -ōsō -ōsā -ōsō -ōsīs
vocative -ōse -ōsa -ōsum -ōsī -ōsae -ōsa

Derived terms

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Descendants

References

  1. ↑ Jean Haudry, L'indo-européen, p. 58
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