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-legus
-legus
See also: legus
Latin
Suffix
-legus
- Forms adjectives related to the concept of collecting, gathering together.
- flōs (“flower”) > flōrilegus (“flower-gathering”)
Inflection
First/second declension.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| nominative | -legus | -lega | -legum | -legī | -legae | -lega | |
| genitive | -legī | -legae | -legī | -legōrum | -legārum | -legōrum | |
| dative | -legō | -legō | -legīs | ||||
| accusative | -legum | -legam | -legum | -legōs | -legās | -lega | |
| ablative | -legō | -legā | -legō | -legīs | |||
| vocative | -lege | -lega | -legum | -legī | -legae | -lega | |
Usage notes
- Terms formed with this suffix are invariably stressed on the antepenultimate.
Derived terms
<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:Latin_words_suffixed_with_-legus'>Latin words suffixed with -legus</a>