-uleus

== Latin == === Etymology === From -ulus + -eus. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈʊ.ɫe.ʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈuː.le.us] === Suffix === -uleus m (genitive -uleī); second declension suffix forming masculine diminutives aculeus ← acus equuleus ← equus hinnuleus ← hinnus manuleus ← manus nucleus ← *nuculeus ← nux ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun. ==== Derived terms ==== === References === “-uleus” on page 2,084/1 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)