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-icus
-icus
See also: ICUs
Dutch
Suffix
-icus
- -ic or ician
Derived terms
<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:Dutch_words_suffixed_with_-icus'>Dutch words suffixed with -icus</a>
Latin
Etymology
From i-stem + -cus, occurring in some original case and later used freely. Cognate with Ancient Greek -ικός (-ikós), Proto-Germanic *-igaz (Old High German and Old English -ig, Gothic -𐌴𐌹𐌲𐍃 (-eigs)).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈ-i.kus/
Suffix
-icus m (feminine -ica, neuter -icum); first/second declension
- belonging to
- derived from
- of or pertaining to; connected with; -ish
Usage notes
The suffix -icus is added to a noun, adjective, verb, etc., to form an adjective.
- Examples:
Inflection
First/second declension.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| nominative | -icus | -ica | -icum | -icī | -icae | -ica | |
| genitive | -icī | -icae | -icī | -icōrum | -icārum | -icōrum | |
| dative | -icō | -icō | -icīs | ||||
| accusative | -icum | -icam | -icum | -icōs | -icās | -ica | |
| ablative | -icō | -icā | -icō | -icīs | |||
| vocative | -ice | -ica | -icum | -icī | -icae | -ica | |
Synonyms
Derived terms
<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:Latin_words_suffixed_with_-icus'>Latin words suffixed with -icus</a>