-aticus
التعريفات والمعاني
== Latin ==
=== Etymology ===
Derived from -ātus (“-ate”, “-like”) + -icus (derivational suffix), occurring in some original cases and later freely extended. Not to be confused with the ending -aticus (note the short /a/) found in various borrowings from Greek (cf. aenigmaticus, grammaticus).
=== Pronunciation ===
(Classical Latin) IPA(key): [aː.tɪ.kʊs]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [a.ti.kus]
=== Suffix ===
-āticus (feminine -ātica, neuter -āticum); first/second-declension suffix
Used to form adjectives indicating a relation to the root noun or actions related to it.
umbra (“shadow”, “shade”) + -aticus → umbrāticus (“found in the shade”)
via (“road”, “path”) + -aticus → viāticus (“related to a journey or travel”)
==== Declension ====
First/second-declension adjective.
==== Derived terms ====
-āticum
==== Descendants ====
Asturian: -algu
Aromanian: -atic
Galician: -ádego
Italian: -atico
→ Portuguese: -ático
Romanian: -atec, -atic
Sicilian: -aju, -aggiu, -àticu
Spanish: -azgo