-icus

Icus ICUs Dutch Etymology From nl la -icus. Pronunciation nl Nl--icus.ogg Suffix m -ici +<qq:although most such words have no diminutive> -ica -ist, -ian, -ician person skilled in a given field nl historie<t:history> historicus<t:historian> nl Neerland<t:Netherlands> neerlandicus<t:expert in or student of Dutch studies> nl Nieuwe Testament<t:New Testament> nieuwtestamenticus<t:New Testament scholar> -ic, -ac person suffering from a specified condition nl paranoia<t:paranoia> paranoïcus<t:paranoiac> nl diabetes<t:diabetes> diabeticus<t:diabetic person> Usage notes Many such words were borrowed whole from Latin. Derived terms nl Latin Etymology 1 la adjectival suffix :inh itc-pro:*-ikos<id:-ic> 1 la itc-pro *-ikos. Cognate with grc -ικός, gem-pro *-gaz *-igaz (goh - and ang -ig, got -𐌴𐌹𐌲𐍃), sa -इक, sla-pro *-ьcь. Pronunciation -icus stressed on the antepenult Suffix -icus la forming adjectives of or pertaining to; belonging to; derived from; connected with: -ic, -ish la cīvis -icus cīvicus citizen civic; pertaining to citizens la Gallus a Gaul; Gallic gallicus of or pertaining to Gaul or the Gauls; Gallic, Gaulish la bellum -icus bellicus war of war; military; warlike la taxus -icus taxicus yew tree of or derived from the yew tree la imber -icus imbricus rain rainy; rain-bringing la metallum metal metallicus of metal; metallic la ūnus one ūnicus single, unique used to form some substantivized nouns from other nouns la manus -icus manica f hand -ica sleeve Usage notes The suffix -icus is often added to nouns, sometimes adjectives, rarely to verbs (as in la medeor > la medicus). It is commonly attached to ethnonyms (names of nations, tribes or peoples) such as la italus Italian; an Italian. Latin has a number of words ending in -icus that were not formed in Latin, but were borrowed from Greek words in grc -ικός: e.g. la tragicus from grc τραγικός. Declension -icus Synonyms la -ānus, la -ēnsis Derived terms la -ticus la -āticus la Descendants rup -ic af -ies 1 ast -icu ca -ic nl -icus 1 1 en -ic -ick obsolete fr -ique 1 gl -ico hu -ikus 1 it -ico 1 pt -ico -igo pt -ego ro -ec -ic scn -icu es -ico 1 es -ego vec -ego Etymology 2 la -īcus long :der ine-pro:*-kos 1 Probably ultimately extended from la ine-pro *-kos, ine-pro *-ḱos (Etymology 1), the la -ī- may come from an instrumental case form.amō 39 Compare la -ūcus and also, la -ītus. Compare also other words containing a velar suffix such as la fēlīx. Pronunciation -īcus Suffix noun -īcus<2> m -īca adjective -īcus used to form nouns from verbs or nouns la lectus -īcus lectīca bed -īca litter used to form adjectives from verbs or nouns la pudeō -īcus pudīcus pudet to cause shame chaste, pure Declension Noun forms -īcus<2> -īca<1> Adjective forms -īcus Derived terms la long References