-sus

See also: sus, Sus, SUS, šus, sus', Sus., suš, and šūs

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /sus/, [s̠ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /sus/, [sus]

Etymology 1

See -tus (past participle suffix).

Suffix

-sus (feminine -sa, neuter -sum); first/second-declension suffix

1. Alternative form of -tus (takes this form when suffixed to primarily third conjugation verbs with stems ending in -t-, -d-, -rg-, -ll-, or -rr-).

   ‎applaudō + ‎-sus → ‎applausus

   ‎ascendō + ‎-sus → ‎ascēnsus

   ‎cēdō + ‎-sus → ‎cessus

   ‎currō + ‎-sus → ‎cursus

   ‎pellō + ‎-sus → ‎pulsus

   ‎submergō + ‎-sus → ‎submersus

   ‎ūtor + ‎-sus → ‎ūsus

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	-sus	-sa	-sum		-sī	-sae	-sa
genitive	-sī	-sae	-sī		-sōrum	-sārum	-sōrum
dative	-sō	-sae	-sō		-sīs
accusative	-sum	-sam	-sum		-sōs	-sās	-sa
ablative	-sō	-sā	-sō		-sīs
vocative	-se	-sa	-sum		-sī	-sae	-sa

Etymology 2

See -tus (suffix forming nouns of action).

Suffix

-sus m (genitive -sūs); fourth declension

2. Alternative form of -tus (takes this form when suffixed to primarily third conjugation verbs with stems ending in -t-, -d-, -rg-, -ll-, or -rr-).

   ‎applaudō + ‎-sus → ‎applausus

   ‎cadō + ‎-sus → ‎casus

   ‎currō + ‎-sus → ‎cursus

   ‎extergeō + ‎-sus → ‎extersus

   ‎pellō + ‎-sus → ‎pulsus

   ‎ūtor + ‎-sus → ‎ūsus

Declension

Fourth-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	-sus	-sūs
genitive	-sūs	-suum
dative	-suī	-sibus
accusative	-sum	-sūs
ablative	-sū	-sibus
vocative	-sus	-sūs

Derived terms

As this suffix is simply an allomorph of -tus, the words in which it's found should be categorised in:

Latin terms suffixed with -tus (action noun)