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Latin Etymology 1 la long * :af -īcus<id:adjectival suffix><pos:adjectival suffix> -ius<id:suffix forming adjectives><pos:suffix forming adjectives> Pronunciation -īcius la -ī ci us Suffix -īcius forms adjectives, nearly always by attaching to past participles; implies a more permanent state of affairs than the corresponding participle would suggest la Late Latin attaches to past participles to form adjectives meaning '-able', 'meant for', or similar Declension -īcius Alternative forms la -ītius Derived terms la long Descendants Inherited: ast -izu -iciu ca -ís it -iccio fro -eiz -eice 1 fr -is -isse pt -iço es -izo scn -izzu Borrowed: ca -ici 1 en -itious -icious 1 fr -ice 1 it -izio 1 pt -ício 1 es -icio 1 Etymology 2 la short * :af -icus<id:adjectival suffix><pos:adjectival suffix> -ius<id:suffix forming adjectives><pos:suffix forming adjectives> Pronunciation -icius la -i ci us Suffix -icius forms adjectives by attaching to adjectives or nouns; often denotes magistrates or sociolegal ranks Declension -icius Alternative forms la -itius Derived terms la short Descendants Inherited: Balkans: rup -ets ro -eț Italy: it -eccio scn -izziu vec -ezzo Iberia: pt -iço es -izo Borrowed: ca -ici 1 en -itious -icious 1 fr -ice 1 it -izio 1 pt -ício 1 es -icio 1 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.