-sus
See also: sus, Sus, SUS, šus, sus', Sus., and šūs
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /sus/, [sʊs]
Etymology 1
See -tus (past participle suffix).
Suffix
-sus m (feminine -sa, neuter -sum); first/second declension
- Alternative form of -tus (takes this form when suffixed to primarily third conjugation verbs with stems ending in -t-, -d-, -rg-, -ll-, or -rr-).
- applaudō + -sus → applausus
- ascendō + -sus → ascēnsus
- cēdō + -sus → cessus
- currō + -sus → cursus
- pellō + -sus → pulsus
- submergō + -sus → submersus
- ūtor + -sus → ūsus
Declension
First/second declension.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | -sus | -sa | -sum | -sī | -sae | -sa | |
| Genitive | -sī | -sae | -sī | -sōrum | -sārum | -sōrum | |
| Dative | -sō | -sae | -sō | -sīs | -sīs | -sīs | |
| Accusative | -sum | -sam | -sum | -sōs | -sās | -sa | |
| Ablative | -sō | -sā | -sō | -sīs | -sīs | -sīs | |
| Vocative | -se | -sa | -sum | -sī | -sae | -sa | |
Etymology 2
See -tus (suffix forming nouns of action).
Suffix
-sus m (genitive -sūs); fourth declension
- Alternative form of -tus (takes this form when suffixed to primarily third conjugation verbs with stems ending in -t-, -d-, -rg-, -ll-, or -rr-).
- applaudō + -sus → applausus
- cadō + -sus → casus
- currō + -sus → cursus
- extergeō + -sus → extersus
- pellō + -sus → pulsus
- ūtor + -sus → ūsus
Declension
Fourth declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | -sus | -sūs |
| Genitive | -sūs | -suum |
| Dative | -suī | -sibus |
| Accusative | -sum | -sūs |
| Ablative | -sū | -sibus |
| Vocative | -sus | -sūs |
Derived terms
As this suffix is simply an allomorph of -tus, the words in which it's found should be categorised in:
► <a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:Latin_words_suffixed_with_-tus_(action_noun)' title='Category:Latin words suffixed with -tus (action noun)'>Latin words suffixed with -tus (action noun)</a>