-vus

See also: vus and VUS

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *-wos, from the Proto-Indo-European suffix *-wós‚ from the perfect active participle suffix *-wōs. (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /u̯us/, [u̯ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /vus/, [vus]

Suffix

-vus

1. Alternative form of -uus

   arvus, clīvus, corvus, flāvus, vīvus

Usage notes

• Originally forming the perfect active participle, as in alvus (“entity having been nourished”), clīvus (“entity having leaned”), gnāvus (“having known”).
• The form -vus is used after vowels, l, and r, and -uus after all other other consonants, with the exception of qu. In this last case, the form -us is used.

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	-vus	-va	-vum		-vī	-vae	-va
Genitive	-vī	-vae	-vī		-vōrum	-vārum	-vōrum
Dative	-vō		-vō		-vīs
Accusative	-vum	-vam	-vum		-vōs	-vās	-va
Ablative	-vō	-vā	-vō		-vīs
Vocative	-ve	-va	-vum		-vī	-vae	-va

Derived terms

Latin terms suffixed with -vus