-sura

See also: Appendix:Variations of "sura"

Latin

Alternative forms

• -tūra

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈsuː.ra/, [ˈs̠uːrä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈsu.ra/, [ˈsuːrä]

Suffix

-sūra f (genitive -sūrae); first declension

1. -ure, -work, -ing; used to form a noun relating to some action.

Usage notes

The suffix -sūra is added to the supine form of a verb to create a first-declension noun, typically naming the verb's action or an object associated with that action.

Examples:

clausūra (“clasp of a necklace”), from clausum, supine of claudō (“I shut, close”)

The suffix -sūra (-tūra) resembles the feminine form of (and may be related to) the future active participle ending -tūrus, which describes impending or imminent action (e.g. pictūrus "about to paint"; scrīptūrus "on the point of writing").

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	-sūra	-sūrae
Genitive	-sūrae	-sūrārum
Dative	-sūrae	-sūrīs
Accusative	-sūram	-sūrās
Ablative	-sūrā	-sūrīs
Vocative	-sūra	-sūrae

Synonyms

• -tiō, -tus

See also

• Category:Latin terms suffixed with -sūra