-sus
See also: Appendix:Variations of "sus"
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈsʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈsus]
Etymology 1
See -tus (past participle suffix).
Suffix
-sus (feminine -sa, neuter -sum); first/second-declension suffix
- alternative form of -tus (takes this form when suffixed to primarily third conjugation verbs with stems ending in -t-, -d-, -rg-, -ll-, or -rr-)
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | -sus | -sa | -sum | -sī | -sae | -sa | |
| genitive | -sī | -sae | -sī | -sōrum | -sārum | -sōrum | |
| dative | -sō | -sae | -sō | -sīs | |||
| accusative | -sum | -sam | -sum | -sōs | -sās | -sa | |
| ablative | -sō | -sā | -sō | -sīs | |||
| vocative | -se | -sa | -sum | -sī | -sae | -sa | |
Etymology 2
See -tus (suffix forming nouns of action).
Suffix
-sus m (genitive -sūs); fourth declension
- alternative form of -tus (takes this form when suffixed to primarily third conjugation verbs with stems ending in -t-, -d-, -rg-, -ll-, or -rr-)
Declension
Fourth-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | -sus | -sūs |
| genitive | -sūs | -suum |
| dative | -suī | -sibus |
| accusative | -sum | -sūs |
| ablative | -sū | -sibus |
| vocative | -sus | -sūs |
Derived terms
As this suffix is simply an allomorph of -tus, the words in which it's found should be categorised in:
Latin terms suffixed with -tus (action noun)