-enus

Latin

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *-nós:

Pronunciation

Suffix

-ēnus (feminine -ēna, neuter -ēnum); first/second-declension suffix

  1. 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)
  2. (rare) Of or pertaining to; -ine
    lanius (butcher) + ‎-ēnus → ‎laniēnus (of a butcher)
    alius (other, another) + ‎-ēnus → ‎aliēnus (of another; alien; foreign)
  3. Added to a place name to form an adjective.
    Antiochīa (Antioch) + ‎-ēnus (Antiochian) → ‎Antiochēnus

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
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