-icius
Latin
Etymology 1
From -īcus (adjectival suffix) + -ius (suffix forming adjectives).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [iː.ki.ʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [i.t͡ʃi.us]
- Hyphenation: -ī‧ci‧us
Suffix
-īcius (feminine -īcia, neuter -īcium); first/second-declension suffix
- forms adjectives, nearly always by attaching to past participles; implies a more permanent state of affairs than the corresponding participle would suggest
- (Late Latin) attaches to past participles to form adjectives meaning '-able', 'meant for', or similar
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | -īcius | -īcia | -īcium | -īciī | -īciae | -īcia | |
| genitive | -īciī | -īciae | -īciī | -īciōrum | -īciārum | -īciōrum | |
| dative | -īciō | -īciae | -īciō | -īciīs | |||
| accusative | -īcium | -īciam | -īcium | -īciōs | -īciās | -īcia | |
| ablative | -īciō | -īciā | -īciō | -īciīs | |||
| vocative | -īcie | -īcia | -īcium | -īciī | -īciae | -īcia | |
Alternative forms
- -ītius
Derived terms
Latin terms suffixed with -icius (long)
Descendants
Etymology 2
From -icus (adjectival suffix) + -ius (suffix forming adjectives).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɪ.ki.ʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [i.t͡ʃi.us]
- Hyphenation: -i‧ci‧us
Suffix
-icius (feminine -icia, neuter -icium); first/second-declension suffix
- forms adjectives by attaching to adjectives or nouns; often denotes magistrates or sociolegal ranks
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | -icius | -icia | -icium | -iciī | -iciae | -icia | |
| genitive | -iciī | -iciae | -iciī | -iciōrum | -iciārum | -iciōrum | |
| dative | -iciō | -iciae | -iciō | -iciīs | |||
| accusative | -icium | -iciam | -icium | -iciōs | -iciās | -icia | |
| ablative | -iciō | -iciā | -iciō | -iciīs | |||
| vocative | -icie | -icia | -icium | -iciī | -iciae | -icia | |
Alternative forms
- -itius
Derived terms
Latin terms suffixed with -icius (short)
Descendants
References
- Fruyt, Michèle. 2011. Word-formation in Classical Latin. In Clackson, James (ed.), A companion to the Latin language. Oxford: Blackwell. Page 164.
- Malkiel, Yakov. 1983. Alternatives to the classic dichotomy family tree/wave theory? The Romance evidence. In Rauch, Irmengard & Carr, Gerald F. (eds.), Language Change, 192–256. Bloomington: Indiana University Press. §4.
- Malkiel, Yakov. 1992. Diachronic studies in lexicology, affixation, phonology: Edita and inedita, 1979–1988. Amsterdam: J. Benjamins. Pages 146–149.
- Rohlfs, Gerhard. 1969. Grammatica storica della lingua italiana e dei suoi dialetti: Sintassi e formazione delle parole. Turin: Einaudi. §§1038–1039.