-enus

== Latin == === Etymology === Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *-nós: In sense 1, from the distributive numeral suffix -nus by rebracketing of numerals such as septēnus (“seven each”), novēnus (“nine each”), dēnus (“ten each”). In sense 2, an extended form of the relational suffix -nus; compare -ānus, -īnus. In sense 3, borrowed from Ancient Greek -ηνός (-ēnós). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [eː.nʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [e.nus] Hyphenation: -ē‧nus === Suffix === -ēnus (feminine -ēna, neuter -ēnum); first/second-declension suffix alternative form of -nus, used to form some distributive numerals. ‎centum (“hundred”) + ‎-ēnus + ‎-enus → ‎centēnus (“one hundred each”) ‎septingentī (“seven hundred”) + ‎-ēnus + ‎-enus → ‎septingentēnus (“seven hundred each”) (alternative form of septingēnus) ‎mille (“thousand”) + ‎-ēnus + ‎-enus → ‎millēnus (“one thousand each”) ‎quot (“how many”) + ‎-ēnus + ‎-enus → ‎quotēnus (“how many each”) (rare) Of or pertaining to; -ine ‎lanius (“butcher”) + ‎-ēnus → ‎laniēnus (“of a butcher”) ‎alius (“other, another”) + ‎-ēnus → ‎aliēnus (“of another; alien; foreign”) Added to a place name to form an adjective. ‎Antiochīa (“Antioch”) + ‎-ēnus → ‎Antiochēnus (“Antiochian”) ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. ==== Derived terms ====