-ficus
(Redirected from -ificus)
Latin edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Proto-Italic *-fakos, from earlier *θakos. Related to *fakiō and -fex.
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /fi.kus/, [fɪkʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /fi.kus/, [fikus]
Suffix edit
-ficus m (feminine -fica, neuter -ficum)
- Forms adjectives that denote bringing or making.
Usage notes edit
- Adjectives derived with this suffix can indicate the quality of imparting the quality or state expressed by the root:
- Adjectives derived with this suffix have infix -ent- before their comparative and superlative suffixes
- Example:
- magnificus (“great, noble”) → magnificentior, magnificentissimus
Declension edit
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | -ficus | -fica | -ficum | -ficī | -ficae | -fica | |
| Genitive | -ficī | -ficae | -ficī | -ficōrum | -ficārum | -ficōrum | |
| Dative | -ficō | -ficō | -ficīs | ||||
| Accusative | -ficum | -ficam | -ficum | -ficōs | -ficās | -fica | |
| Ablative | -ficō | -ficā | -ficō | -ficīs | |||
| Vocative | -fice | -fica | -ficum | -ficī | -ficae | -fica | |