-uleius
Latin
editEtymology
editA compound of the diminutive suffix -ulus with the nomen-gentilicium–forming suffix -eius.[1]
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /uˈlei̯.i̯us/, [ʊˈɫ̪ɛi̯ːʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /uˈle.jus/, [uˈlɛːjus]
- Note: although the syllable is heavy due to the regularly geminate intervocalic /j/, the vowel is thought to have been short on etymological grounds.
Suffix
edit-uleius (feminine -uleia, neuter -uleium); first/second-declension suffix
- forms nomina gentilicia
- Auruncī → Aurunculeius
- Septimus → Septimuleius
- forms pejorative adjectives and substantives from verbs and nouns
Usage notes
editThis suffix combines with the supine stem of verbs to create pejorative adjectives.
- sequor → secūtum → secūtuleius
- loquor → locūtum → locūtuleius
Pejorative forms also appear to form from noun stems on occasion.
Declension
editFirst/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | -uleius | -uleia | -uleium | -uleiī | -uleiae | -uleia | |
| Genitive | -uleiī | -uleiae | -uleiī | -uleiōrum | -uleiārum | -uleiōrum | |
| Dative | -uleiō | -uleiō | -uleiīs | ||||
| Accusative | -uleium | -uleiam | -uleium | -uleiōs | -uleiās | -uleia | |
| Ablative | -uleiō | -uleiā | -uleiō | -uleiīs | |||
| Vocative | -ulei | -uleia | -uleium | -uleiī | -uleiae | -uleia | |
The Masculine Singular Vocative is bisyllabic.[2]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Leumann, Manu, Hofmann, Johann Baptist, Szantyr, Anton (1977) “-eius -eia”, in Lateinische Grammatik: Lateinische Laut- und Formenlehre, CH Beck, page 289
- ^ Leumann, Manu, Hofmann, Johann Baptist, Szantyr, Anton (1977) “325: Dekl. Sing. Vokativ”, in Lateinische Grammatik: Lateinische Laut- und Formenlehre, CH Beck, page 424