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-aceus
-aceus
Latin
Suffix
-āceus m (feminine -ācea, neuter -āceum); first/second declension
- -aceous; resembling, having the nature of, forming, belonging to
Usage notes
The suffix -āceus is added to a noun to form an adjective of relationship to that noun.
- Examples:
- membrānāceus (“membranaceous”), from membrāna (“membrane”)
Inflection
First/second declension.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| nominative | -āceus | -ācea | -āceum | -āceī | -āceae | -ācea | |
| genitive | -āceī | -āceae | -āceī | -āceōrum | -āceārum | -āceōrum | |
| dative | -āceō | -āceō | -āceīs | ||||
| accusative | -āceum | -āceam | -āceum | -āceōs | -āceās | -ācea | |
| ablative | -āceō | -āceā | -āceō | -āceīs | |||
| vocative | -ācee | -ācea | -āceum | -āceī | -āceae | -ācea | |
Descendants
See also
<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:Latin_words_suffixed_with_-aceus'>Latin words suffixed with -aceus</a>