-enus
Latin
Etymology
Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *-nós:
- In sense 1, from the distributive numeral suffix -nus by rebracketing of numerals such as septēnus (“seven each”), novēnus (“nine each”), dēnus (“ten each”).
- In sense 2, an extended form of the relational suffix -nus; compare -ānus, -īnus.
- In sense 3, borrowed from Ancient Greek -ηνός (-ēnós).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [eː.nʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [e.nus]
Suffix
-ēnus (feminine -ēna, neuter -ēnum); first/second-declension suffix
- alternative form of -nus, used to form some distributive numerals.
- centum (“hundred”) + -ēnus + -enus → centēnus (“one hundred each”)
- septingentī (“seven hundred”) + -ēnus + -enus → septingentēnus (“seven hundred each”) (alternative form of septingēnus)
- mille (“thousand”) + -ēnus + -enus → millēnus (“one thousand each”)
- quot (“how many”) + -ēnus + -enus → quotēnus (“how many each”)
- (rare) Of or pertaining to; -ine
- Added to a place name to form an adjective.
- Antiochīa (“Antioch”) + -ēnus (“Antiochian”) → Antiochēnus
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
singular | plural | ||||||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
nominative | -ēnus | -ēna | -ēnum | -ēnī | -ēnae | -ēna | |
genitive | -ēnī | -ēnae | -ēnī | -ēnōrum | -ēnārum | -ēnōrum | |
dative | -ēnō | -ēnae | -ēnō | -ēnīs | |||
accusative | -ēnum | -ēnam | -ēnum | -ēnōs | -ēnās | -ēna | |
ablative | -ēnō | -ēnā | -ēnō | -ēnīs | |||
vocative | -ēne | -ēna | -ēnum | -ēnī | -ēnae | -ēna |
Derived terms
Latin terms suffixed with -enus