-ellus

== Latin == === Etymology === By rebracketing of diminutives such as libellus (liber +‎ -lus) or fēmella (fēmina +‎ -la), where the stem consonants -n- and -r- shifted to -l- by regressive assimilation; or diminutives of diminutives such as porcellus (porculus +‎ -lus). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɛl.lʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [el.lus] === Suffix === -ellus (feminine -ella, neuter -ellum); first/second-declension suffix alternative form of -ulus ‎ager + ‎-ellus → ‎agrellus (“little field”) (compare this to agellus, which is from ager +‎ -lus) ==== Usage notes ==== The suffix -ellus is added to a noun to form a diminutive of that noun. ‎calamus (“reed”) + ‎-ellus → ‎calamellus (“little reed or pen”) When added to an adjective, it forms a diminutive of that adjective. ‎hirtus (“hairy”) + ‎-ellus → ‎hirtellus (“slightly hairy”) ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ====