-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. ===== Alternative forms ===== -ītius ===== Derived terms ===== ===== 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. ===== Alternative forms ===== -itius ===== Derived terms ===== ===== 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.