-eus
See also: eus and EU-s
Dutch
Etymology
From the French -eux, from the Latin -ōsus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /øːs/
Audio (file)
Suffix
-eus
- suffix used to form adjectives
- ambitie → ambitieus
Derived terms
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Latin
Etymology 1
From Proto-Indo-European *-e- + *-yós. Confer with its adoption through Ancient Greek (Etymology 2).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /e.us/, [e.ʊs] (stressed on the antepenult)
Suffix
-eus m (feminine -ea, neuter -eum); first/second declension
- (with materials) Used to form adjectives from nouns, and so to nominally indicate the source of an attribute.
- argentum (“silver”) + -eus → argenteus (“made of silver”)
- ferrum (“iron”) + -eus → ferreus (“made of iron”)
- marmor (“marble”) + -eus → marmoreus (“made of marble”)
- pīnus (“pine tree”) + -eus → pīneus (“made of pine”)
Declension
First/second declension.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | -eus | -ea | -eum | -eī | -eae | -ea | |
| Genitive | -eī | -eae | -eī | -eōrum | -eārum | -eōrum | |
| Dative | -eō | -eae | -eō | -eīs | -eīs | -eīs | |
| Accusative | -eum | -eam | -eum | -eōs | -eās | -ea | |
| Ablative | -eō | -eā | -eō | -eīs | -eīs | -eīs | |
| Vocative | -ee | -ea | -eum | -eī | -eae | -ea | |
Derived terms
- -āceus
- -āneus
- -uleus
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Descendants
- English: -eous
- Italian: -eo
- Spanish: -eo
Etymology 2
- From Ancient Greek -εῖος (-eîos), also from Proto-Indo-European *-e- + *-yós. Confer with its inherited form (Etymology 1).
- From Ancient Greek -εῖος (-eîos), from Proto-Indo-European *-iH- + *-wós. Confer with its inherited form -īvus.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈeː.us/, [ˈeː.ʊs]
Suffix
-ēus m (feminine -ēa, neuter -ēum); first/second declension
- In adopted Greek words, surviving thus or as -īvus.
- mūsēum (μουσεῖον (mouseîon), cf. mūsīvum from the same source)
Declension
First/second declension.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | -ēus | -ēa | -ēum | -ēī | -ēae | -ēa | |
| Genitive | -ēī | -ēae | -ēī | -ēōrum | -ēārum | -ēōrum | |
| Dative | -ēō | -ēae | -ēō | -ēīs | -ēīs | -ēīs | |
| Accusative | -ēum | -ēam | -ēum | -ēōs | -ēās | -ēa | |
| Ablative | -ēō | -ēā | -ēō | -ēīs | -ēīs | -ēīs | |
| Vocative | -ēe | -ēa | -ēum | -ēī | -ēae | -ēa | |
References
- “-eus” on page 628/3 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)
Old French
Suffix
-eus
- Alternative form of -us