-clus

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See also: clus

Latin

Etymology

Contracted form of -culus.

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /klus/,
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /klus/,

Suffix

-clus (feminine -cla, neuter -clum); first/second-declension suffix

Alternative form of -culus
1. added to a noun to form a diminutive of that noun.

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
	singular				plural
nominative	-clus	-cla	-clum		-clī	-clae	-cla
genitive	-clī	-clae	-clī		-clōrum	-clārum	-clōrum
dative	-clō	-clae	-clō		-clīs
accusative	-clum	-clam	-clum		-clōs	-clās	-cla
ablative	-clō	-clā	-clō		-clīs
vocative	-cle	-cla	-clum		-clī	-clae	-cla

Derived terms

masclus (late contracted form of masculus)
*acucla
*soliclus
*corniclum (late contracted form of corniculum)
*clāvicla (late contracted form of clāvicula)
*rēniclus (late contracted form of rēniculus)

References

Grandgent, Charles Hall (1907) An Introduction to Vulgar Latin (Heath's Modern Language Series), D. C. Heath & Company, page 100

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