-clus

See also: clus

Latin

Etymology

Contracted form of -culus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /klus/, [kɫ̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /klus/, [klus]

Suffix

-clus (feminine -cla, neuter -clum); first/second-declension suffix

1. Alternative form of -culus
   1. added to a noun to form a diminutive of that noun.

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	-clus	-cla	-clum		-clī	-clae	-cla
Genitive	-clī	-clae	-clī		-clōrum	-clārum	-clōrum
Dative	-clō		-clō		-clīs
Accusative	-clum	-clam	-clum		-clōs	-clās	-cla
Ablative	-clō	-clā	-clō		-clīs
Vocative	-cle	-cla	-clum		-clī	-clae	-cla

Derived terms

• masclus (late contracted form of masculus)
• *acucla
• *soliclus
• *corniclum (late contracted form of corniculum)
• *clāvicla (late contracted form of clāvicula)
• *rēniclus (late contracted form of rēniculus)

References

• Grandgent, Charles Hall (1907) An Introduction to Vulgar Latin (Heath's Modern Language Series), D. C. Heath & Company, page 100