-osus
See also: osus and ošus
Latin
Etymology
From Old Latin -ōsos from *-ōnt-to-s from *-o-wont-to-s.The last form is a combination of two Proto-Indo-European suffixes: Proto-Indo-European *-went-, *-wont- and Proto-Indo-European *-to-.[1] See -entus and Ancient Greek -εις (-eis).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈoː.sus/, [ˈoː.sʊs]
Suffix
-ōsus m (feminine -ōsa, neuter -ōsum); first/second declension
- -ose, -ous; full of, prone to. Used to form adjectives from nouns.
Usage notes
The suffix -ōsus is added to a noun to form an adjective indicating an abundance of that noun.
- Examples:
- nervōsus (“nervous”), from nervus (“sinew, energy”)
- racēmōsus (“racemose”), from racēmus (“cluster, bunch”)
- ventōsus (“windy”), from ventus (“wind”)
Inflection
First/second declension.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | -ōsus | -ōsa | -ōsum | -ōsī | -ōsae | -ōsa | |
| Genitive | -ōsī | -ōsae | -ōsī | -ōsōrum | -ōsārum | -ōsōrum | |
| Dative | -ōsō | -ōsae | -ōsō | -ōsīs | -ōsīs | -ōsīs | |
| Accusative | -ōsum | -ōsam | -ōsum | -ōsōs | -ōsās | -ōsa | |
| Ablative | -ōsō | -ōsā | -ōsō | -ōsīs | -ōsīs | -ōsīs | |
| Vocative | -ōse | -ōsa | -ōsum | -ōsī | -ōsae | -ōsa | |
Derived terms
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Descendants
- Aromanian: -os
- Asturian: -osu
- Catalan: -ós
- Danish -øs
- Dutch -eus
- English: -ose, -ous
- French: -eux, -ose
- Friulian: -ôs
- Galician: -oso
- German -ös
- Italian: -oso
- Norwegian -øs
- Occitan: -ós
- Portuguese: -oso
- Romanian: -os
- Sardinian: -osu, -ossu
- Sicilian: -osu, -usu
- Spanish: -oso
- Swedish: -ös
- Venetian: -oxo, -óxo
- Welsh: -us
References
- Jean Haudry, L'indo-européen, p. 58