-olus

olus Oluş Latin la -ulus Pronunciation -olus stressed on the antepenult Suffix -olus la -ulus Usage notes This allomorph of the Latin diminutive suffix is used instead of la -ulus whenever the preceding letter is i or e, and sometimes used when the preceding letter is u/v. (After a preceding v or u, variation in Latin spelling between the letter u and the letter o is not specific to this suffix, but is generally found for the short back rounded vowel derived from raising of original o: compare la volt/la vult and la servom/la servum). Thus, nouns or adjectives ending in la -ius, -ia, -ium form diminutives in la -iolus, -iola, -iolum; nouns or adjectives ending in la -eus, -ea, -eum form diminutives in la -eolus, -eola, -eolum; and nouns or adjectives ending in la -vus, -va, -vum (or la -uus, -ua, -uum) may form diminutives in la -volus, -vola, -volum (la -uolus, -uola, -uolum). Examples: la fīlius son fīliolus young son la linteum linen cloth linteolum small linen cloth la scaeva left Scaevola Lefty (proper name) la aqua water aquola (also spelled la aquula, la acula) Declension -olus Derived terms la Descendants ast -uelu ca -ol ext -uelu fr -eul -eule gl -ó -oa it -olo oc -òl pt -ola ro -or -ior -oară scn -olu es -uelo -uela wa -oû -oûle en -ol -ole -le -le (as in manciple) -ola -olus -olum