-legus
See also: legus
Latin edit
Etymology edit
Derived from legō (“I gather, collect”) + -us (adjective-forming suffix).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /le.ɡus/, [ɫ̪ɛɡʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /le.ɡus/, [leɡus] (stressed on the antepenult)
Suffix edit
-legus (feminine -lega, neuter -legum); first/second-declension suffix
- Forms adjectives related to the concept of collecting, gathering together.
- flōs (“flower”) > flōrilegus (“flower-gathering”)
Usage notes edit
- Terms formed with this suffix are invariably stressed on the antepenultimate.
Declension edit
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | -legus | -lega | -legum | -legī | -legae | -lega | |
| Genitive | -legī | -legae | -legī | -legōrum | -legārum | -legōrum | |
| Dative | -legō | -legō | -legīs | ||||
| Accusative | -legum | -legam | -legum | -legōs | -legās | -lega | |
| Ablative | -legō | -legā | -legō | -legīs | |||
| Vocative | -lege | -lega | -legum | -legī | -legae | -lega | |