Latin

Alternative forms

• -ulēius extended

Suffix

-ēius m ‎(feminine -ēia, neuter -ēium); first/second declension

1. forms nomina gentilicia

   Elatus → Elatēius

   Proculus → Proculēius

Usage notes

• This suffix was also used to form humorous words such as stertēia ‎(“one who snores”) from stertō ‎(“snore”) by Petronius and stercēia ‎(“a maidservant who cleans the excrement of children”) from stercus ‎(“dung, manure”) by Tertullian.

Declension

First/second declension.

Derived terms

• -ulēius

Etymology 2

Derived adjectives from nouns and names with an -ē̆ stem with the suffix -ius, such as plēbēius ‎(“of the common people”) from plēbēs ‎(“the common people”) (an archaic form of plēbs).

Suffix

-ēius m ‎(feminine -ēia, neuter -ēium); first/second declension

1. forms adjectives from nouns and proper names

   hordeum → hordēius

   Tiberius → Tiberēius

Declension

First/second declension.

Etymology 3

From Ancient Greek adjectives in -ήϊος ‎(-ḗïos) (Epic form of Attic -έϊος ‎(-éïos)).

Suffix

-ēius m ‎(feminine -ēia, neuter -ēium); first/second declension

1. Forms adjectives from Ancient Greek in -ήϊος ‎(-ḗïos)

   Φῠλλήϊος ‎(Phullḗïos) → Phyllēius

   Πρῐᾱπήϊος ‎(Priāpḗïos) → Priāpēius

Declension

First/second declension.

See also

References

1. ↑ -eius -eia, Leumann, Manu, Johann Baptist Hofmann, and Anton Szantyr. Lateinische Grammatik. Vol. 1. CH Beck, 1977.