-eo

Appendix:Variations of "eo" Italian Etymology 1 it -eus :lbor la:-eus it la -eus. Pronunciation -ėo<post:stress falls on the preceding syllable> Suffix used to form adjectives referring to the qualities of the root noun; -en, -eous, -ean used to form adjectives from materials or substances, indicating material composition: it ferro<t:iron> ferreo<t:made of iron> it argento<t:silver> argenteo<t:made of silver> it acqua<t:water> acqueo<t:made of water, watery> used to form relational adjectives from proper nouns: it Cesare<t:Caesar> cesareo<t:Caesarean, of or pertaining to Julius Caesar> it House of Medici Medici mediceo<t:of or pertaining to the Medici family> Usage notes Some adjectives in it -eo are borrowed directly from Latin and exhibit en fossilized characteristics which are otherwise lost in the root noun: it corpo body → it corporeo bodily, corporeal (cfr. Latin corpor-, oblique stem of la corpus) it legno wood → it ligneo wooden, made from wood (cfr. Latin la lignum) it oro gold → it aureo golden, made of gold (cfr. Latin la aurum) it Ercole Hercules → it erculeo Herculean, pertaining to Hercules (cfr. Latin la Herculēs) Etymology 2 it -aeus :bor la:-aeus it la -aeus, from it grc -αῖος. Pronunciation -èo Suffix m + used to form adjectives and nouns expressing relation to the root noun; -an, -ean forming ethnonyms from place names: it Etna etneo<t:of or pertaining to mount Etna; person from or inhabitant of the Etna region> it Ragusa<pos:city in Croatia> raguseo<t:of or pertaining to the city of Ragusa; person from or inhabitant of Ragusa> forming relational adjectives from proper nouns: it Euclide<t:Euclid> euclideo<t:Euclidean, pertaining to Euclid> it Augusto<t:Augustus> augusteo<t:Augustan, pertaining to emperor Augustus or his time> forming relational adjectives from body parts: it carotide<t:carotid> carotideo<t:pertaining to a carotid> it faringe<t:pharynx> faringeo<t:pharyngeal, pertaining to the pharynx> Derived terms it Latin Pronunciation -eō stressed on the antepenult Etymology 1 la :inh itc-pro:*-ēō<id:verb> stative suffix 1 -eō From la itc-pro *-ēō, from earlier *-ējō, from verbs with la ine-pro *-éh₁yeti stative suffix in which the first person singular always ended in *-éh₁yoh₂. Suffix 2 -eō Forms stative verbs from adjectives. la clārus clear clāreō to be clear la frīgus cold frīgeō to be cold Usage notes Verbs that end in this suffix in the present stem follow no consistent rule for the formation of the perfectum and supine/perfect participle stems: they vary from word to word. For many verbs with this suffix, perfectum tenses are unattested; some form it in la -u-, others in la -s- (e.g. la ārdeō ārdeō, ārdēre, ārsī, ārsum). For some verbs, the perfectum tenses can be considered to be shared with or used by an inchoative counterpart in la -scō -ē-scō; for example, stative la clāreō to be clear and inchoative la clārēscō to become clear are distinguished in the present stem, but correspond to only a single perfect stem la clāru-, as in la clāruit became clear. Conjugation 2.suffix.sigmpasv -eō The Archaic Latin third-person singular future active imperative form la -ētōd is attested. Derived terms la -ēscō la stative Etymology 2 la :inh itc-pro:*-eō causative 1 From la itc-pro *-eō, from causative/frequentative verbs with la ine-pro *-éyeti causative suffix in which the first person singular ended in ine-pro *-éyoh₂. Suffix 2 -eō la causativela no longer productive Forms causative verbs Conjugation 2+.suffix.sigmpasv -eō Etymology 3 la 1 Suffix la suffix form -eō la -eus dat//abl m//n s References 530-531 404 241 Evidently the Latin type of stative verbs in -ēre is productive Portuguese Etymology pt :der la:-eus + 1 Suffix -eous; forms adjectives meaning resembling or having characteristics of the related term Derived terms pt Related terms pt -áceo -io Further reading Spanish Etymology 1 es :der la:-eus + 1 Suffix -eous; forms adjectives meaning resembling or having characteristics of the related term Related terms es -áceo -áneo -io Etymology 2 Suffix m forms nouns from verbs suffixed with es -ear, meaning 'action and effect' Derived terms es Further reading