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-cus
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Appendix:Variations of "cus"
Latin
Etymology
la adjectival suffix :inh itc-pro:*-kos<id:adjectival suffix><ety:inh<ine-pro:*-kos<id:adjectives>>>
From la itc-pro *-kos, from la ine-pro *-kos. Cognate with grc -κός, gem-pro *-gaz, sa -शस and sla-pro *-kъ.
PIE *-ko- on noun stems carried the meaning 'characteristic of, like, typical, pertaining to', and on adjectival stems it acted emphatically.
Pronunciation
-cus
Suffix
-cus
suffixed to nouns, forms adjectives
la iuvenis + la -cus → la iuvencus
la Mārs + la -cus → la Mārcus Mār(t)cus
la ravis + la -cus → la raucus
This suffix survives in inherited forms and became productive through its derivations (cf. infra) by metanalysis.
Declension
-cus
Derived terms
la -icus
la -ticus
la -āticus
la -īcus long
la -īcius
la
References
1 -cus 478/2