-ugo

== Latin == === Etymology === A metanalysis of aerūca + nasal suffix *-n- > *aerūgn- > *aerūgin- > aerūgō as aes + -ūgō. Compare -īgō (suffix forming nouns). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈuː.ɡoː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈuː.ɡo] === Suffix === -ūgō f (genitive -ūginis); third declension Suffixed to nouns and to adjectives, forms nouns denoting thin or superficial coatings, films, layers, platings vel sim. of materials. ‎aes (oblique stem: aer-) + ‎-ūgō → ‎aerūgō ‎albus + ‎-ūgō → ‎albūgō ‎aurum + ‎-ūgō → ‎aurūgō ‎ferrum + ‎-ūgō → ‎ferrūgō ‎lāna + ‎-ūgō → ‎lānūgō ‎salsus + ‎-ūgō → ‎salsūgō ‎vesper + ‎-ūgō → ‎vesperūgō ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== === References === “-ūgō” on page 2,053/1 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)