-tinus

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *-tn̥nós, Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ten-.

Compare the suffix -tana in श्वस्तन (śvastana, of tomorrow), दिवातन (divātana, daily) and नूतन (nūtana, current, present).

Suffix

-tinus (feminine -tina, neuter -tinum); first/second-declension suffix

  1. Creates adjectives from temporal adverbs.
    crās (tomorrow)crāstinus (of tomorrow)
    hōrnō (this year)hōrnōtinus (of this year)
    diū (for a long time)diūtinus (long-lasting)

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative -tinus -tina -tinum -tinī -tinae -tina
genitive -tinī -tinae -tinī -tinōrum -tinārum -tinōrum
dative -tinō -tinae -tinō -tinīs
accusative -tinum -tinam -tinum -tinōs -tinās -tina
ablative -tinō -tinā -tinō -tinīs
vocative -tine -tina -tinum -tinī -tinae -tina

Derived terms

Latin terms suffixed with -tinus