-vus
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Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Italic *-wos, from the Proto-Indo-European suffix *-wós‚ from the perfect active participle suffix *-wōs. (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /u̯us/, [u̯ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /vus/, [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.
Derived terms
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