-icius

Latin

Etymology 1

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Alternative forms

• -ītius

Suffix

-īcius (feminine -īcia, neuter -īcium); first/second-declension suffix

1. forms adjectives, nearly always by attaching to past participles; implies a more permanent state of affairs than the corresponding participle would suggest
2. (Late Latin) attaches to past participles to form adjectives meaning '-able', 'meant for', or similar

Derived terms

Latin terms suffixed with -icius (long)

Descendants

• Inherited:
  • Catalan: -ís
  • Italian: -iccio
  • ⇒ Old French: -eiz, -eice
    • French: -is, -isse
  • Portuguese: -iço
  • Spanish: -izo
  • Sicilian: -izzu
• Borrowed:
  • → Catalan: -ici
  • → English: -itious, -icious
  • → French: -ice
  • → Italian: -izio
  • → Portuguese: -ício
  • → Spanish: -icio

Etymology 2

From -icus +‎ -ius, both also adjective-forming suffixes.

Alternative forms

• -itius

Suffix

-icius (feminine -icia, neuter -icium); first/second-declension suffix

1. forms adjectives by attaching to adjectives or nouns; often denotes magistrates or sociolegal ranks

Derived terms

Latin terms suffixed with -icius (short)

Descendants

• Inherited:
  • Balkans:
    • Aromanian: -ets
    • Romanian: -eț
  • Italy:
    • Italian: -eccio
    • >? Sicilian: -izzu
    • Venetian: -ezzo
  • Iberia:
    • Portuguese: -iço
    • Spanish: -izo
• Borrowed:
  • → Catalan: -ici
  • → English: -itious, -icious
  • → French: -ice
  • → Italian: -izio
  • → Portuguese: -ício
  • → Spanish: -icio

References

• Fruyt, Michèle. 2011. Word-formation in Classical Latin. In Clackson, James (ed.), A companion to the Latin language. Oxford: Blackwell. Page 164.
• Malkiel, Yakov. 1983. Alternatives to the classic dichotomy family tree/wave theory? The Romance evidence. In Rauch, Irmengard & Carr, Gerald F. (eds.), Language Change, 192–256. Bloomington: Indiana University Press. §4.
• Malkiel, Yakov. 1992. Diachronic studies in lexicology, affixation, phonology: Edita and inedita, 1979–1988. Amsterdam: J. Benjamins. Pages 146–149.
• Rohlfs, Gerhard. 1969. Grammatica storica della lingua italiana e dei suoi dialetti: Sintassi e formazione delle parole. Turin: Einaudi. §§1038–1039.