-iscus

== Latin == === Etymology === Found in Late, Vulgar, and Medieval Latin, borrowed from Proto-West Germanic *-isk, from Proto-Germanic *-iskaz, from Proto-Indo-European *-iskos (suffix). Cognate with Ancient Greek -ῐ́σκος (-ĭ́skos), which forms diminutive nouns. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɪs.kʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [is.kus] === Suffix === -iscus (feminine -isca, neuter -iscum); first/second-declension suffix (Late Latin, Medieval Latin) Used to form adjectives ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== === References ===