-sura

• -tūra

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈsuː.ra]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈsuː.ra]

-sūra f (genitive -sūrae); first declension

1. -ure, -work, -ing; used to form a noun relating to some action.

The suffix -sūra is added to the supine form of a verb to create a first-declension noun, typically naming the verb's action or an object associated with that action.

Examples:

clausūra (“clasp of a necklace”), from clausum, supine of claudō (“I shut, close”)

The suffix -sūra (-tūra) resembles the feminine form of (and may be related to) the future active participle ending -tūrus, which describes impending or imminent action (e.g. pictūrus "about to paint"; scrīptūrus "on the point of writing").

First-declension noun.

• -tiō, -tus

• Category:Latin terms suffixed with -sūra