-vus
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Italic *-wos, from the Proto-Indo-European suffix *-wós.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [wʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [vus]
Suffix
-vus
Usage notes
- Originally forming the perfect active participle, as in alvus (“entity having nourished”), clīvus (“entity having leaned”), gnāvus (“having known”).
- The form -vus is used after vowels, l, and r, and -uus after all other other consonants, with the exception of qu. In this last case, the form -us is used.
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | -vus | -va | -vum | -vī | -vae | -va | |
| genitive | -vī | -vae | -vī | -vōrum | -vārum | -vōrum | |
| dative | -vō | -vae | -vō | -vīs | |||
| accusative | -vum | -vam | -vum | -vōs | -vās | -va | |
| ablative | -vō | -vā | -vō | -vīs | |||
| vocative | -ve | -va | -vum | -vī | -vae | -va | |