-clus
See also: clus
Latin
Etymology
Contracted form of -culus.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [kɫʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [klus]
Suffix
-clus (feminine -cla, neuter -clum); first/second-declension suffix
- alternative form of -culus
- added to a noun to form a diminutive of that noun.
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | -clus | -cla | -clum | -clī | -clae | -cla | |
| genitive | -clī | -clae | -clī | -clōrum | -clārum | -clōrum | |
| dative | -clō | -clae | -clō | -clīs | |||
| accusative | -clum | -clam | -clum | -clōs | -clās | -cla | |
| ablative | -clō | -clā | -clō | -clīs | |||
| vocative | -cle | -cla | -clum | -clī | -clae | -cla | |
Derived terms
References
- Grandgent, Charles Hall (1907) An Introduction to Vulgar Latin (Heath's Modern Language Series), D. C. Heath & Company, page 100