-utus

Latin

Etymology

A late rebracketing of u + -tus, a sequence found in two types of Classical Latin words:

Suffix

-ūtus (feminine -ūta, neuter -ūtum); first/second-declension suffix

  1. (Late Latin) Attaches to nouns to forms adjectives with the sense of '(prominently) characterized by [noun]'.
  2. (Early Medieval Latin)? Forms the perfect participle of second– or third-conjugation verbs.

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative -ūtus -ūta -ūtum -ūtī -ūtae -ūta
genitive -ūtī -ūtae -ūtī -ūtōrum -ūtārum -ūtōrum
dative -ūtō -ūtae -ūtō -ūtīs
accusative -ūtum -ūtam -ūtum -ūtōs -ūtās -ūta
ablative -ūtō -ūtā -ūtō -ūtīs
vocative -ūte -ūta -ūtum -ūtī -ūtae -ūta

Derived terms

Latin terms suffixed with -utus

Descendants

  • Balkan Romance:
    • Aromanian: -ut, -utu
    • Romanian: -ut
  • Dalmatian:
    • -oit
  • Italo-Romance:
  • Insular Romance:
    • Sardinian: -udu
  • North Italian:
    • Friulian: -ût
    • Istriot:
    • Ladin:
    • Piedmontese:
    • Venetan: -udo
  • Gallo-Romance:
  • Ibero-Romance:
    • Asturian: -udu
    • Galician: -udo
    • Portuguese: -udo
    • Spanish: -udo