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-eo

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "eo"

Italian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin -eus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /e.o/ (stress falls on the preceding syllable)
  • Hyphenation: -e‧o

Suffix

-eo (adjective-forming suffix, feminine -ea, masculine plural -ei, feminine plural -ee)

  1. used to form adjectives referring to the qualities of the root noun; -en, -eous, -ean
    1. used to form adjectives from materials or substances, indicating material composition:
      ‎ferro (“iron”) + ‎-eo → ‎ferreo (“made of iron”)
      ‎argento (“silver”) + ‎-eo → ‎argenteo (“made of silver”)
      ‎acqua (“water”) + ‎-eo → ‎acqueo (“made of water, watery”)
    2. used to form relational adjectives from proper nouns:
      ‎Cesare (“Caesar”) + ‎-eo → ‎cesareo (“Caesarean, of or pertaining to Julius Caesar”)
      ‎Medici + ‎-eo → ‎mediceo (“of or pertaining to the Medici family”)
Usage notes
  • Some adjectives in -eo are borrowed directly from Latin and exhibit fossilized characteristics which are otherwise lost in the root noun:
    • corpo (“body”) → corporeo (“bodily, corporeal”) (cfr. Latin corpor-, oblique stem of corpus)
    • legno (“wood”) → ligneo (“wooden, made from wood”) (cfr. Latin lignum)
    • oro (“gold”) → aureo (“golden, made of gold”) (cfr. Latin aurum)
    • Ercole (“Hercules”) → erculeo (“Herculean, pertaining to Hercules”) (cfr. Latin Herculēs)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Latin -aeus, from Ancient Greek -αῖος (-aîos).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɛ.o/
  • Rhymes: -ɛo
  • Hyphenation: -è‧o

Suffix

-eo (adjective-forming suffix, feminine -ea, masculine plural -ei, feminine plural -ee) -eo m (noun-forming suffix, plural -ei, feminine -ea)

  1. used to form adjectives and nouns expressing relation to the root noun; -an, -ean
    1. forming ethnonyms from place names:
      ‎Etna + ‎-eo → ‎etneo (“of or pertaining to mount Etna; person from or inhabitant of the Etna region”)
      ‎Ragusa (city in Croatia) + ‎-eo → ‎raguseo (“of or pertaining to the city of Ragusa; person from or inhabitant of Ragusa”)
    2. forming relational adjectives from proper nouns:
      ‎Euclide (“Euclid”) + ‎-eo → ‎euclideo (“Euclidean, pertaining to Euclid”)
      ‎Augusto (“Augustus”) + ‎-eo → ‎augusteo (“Augustan, pertaining to emperor Augustus or his time”)
    3. forming relational adjectives from body parts:
      ‎carotide (“carotid”) + ‎-eo → ‎carotideo (“pertaining to a carotid”)
      ‎faringe (“pharynx”) + ‎-eo → ‎faringeo (“pharyngeal, pertaining to the pharynx”)

Derived terms

Italian terms suffixed with -eo
acqueo
adenoideo
argenteo
aureo
cesareo
corporeo
Cotroneo
eracleo
eracliteo
erculeo
eritreo
etneo
euclideo
ferreo
fosforeo
glenoideo
igneo
irideo
ligneo
mediceo
nerveo
nettareo
pericleo
popliteo
sanguineo
sasseo
scultoreo
sfingeo
terreo
virgineo
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Latin

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti
Proto-Indo-European *-yeti
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yetider.
Proto-Italic *-ēō
Latin -eō

    From Proto-Italic *-ēō, from earlier *-ējō, from verbs with Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti (stative suffix) in which the first person singular always ended in *-éh₁yoh₂.

    Suffix

    -eō (present infinitive -ēre); second conjugation, no perfect or supine stems

    2. Forms stative verbs from adjectives.
      ‎clārus (“clear”) + ‎-eo → ‎clāreō (“to be clear”)
      ‎frīgus (“cold”) + ‎-eo → ‎frīgeō (“to be cold”)
    Conjugation
       Conjugation of -eō (second conjugation)
    More information indicative, singular ...

    1At least one use of the Old Latin "sigmatic future" and "sigmatic aorist" tenses is attested, which are used by Old Latin writers; most notably Plautus and Terence. The sigmatic future is generally ascribed a future or future perfect meaning, while the sigmatic aorist expresses a possible desire ("might want to"). It is also attested as having a rare sigmatic future passive indicative form ("will have been"), which is not attested in the plural for any verb.

    Derived terms
    Latin terms suffixed with -eo
    aegreo
    albeo
    ardeo
    audeo
    calleo
    calveo
    caneo
    clareo
    claudeo
    flacceo
    flaveo
    floreo
    fraceo
    frigeo
    iaceo
    lacteo
    misereo
    nigreo
    polleo
    putreo
    salveo
    -esco
    sordeo
    succenseo

    Etymology 2

    From Proto-Italic *-eō, from causative/frequentative verbs with Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti (causative suffix) in which the first person singular ended in *-éyoh₂.

    Suffix

    -eō (present infinitive -ēre); second conjugation, no perfect or supine stems

    2. (no longer productive) Forms causative verbs from primary (third conjugation and some fourth conjugation) verbs.
    Conjugation
       Conjugation of -eō (second conjugation)
    More information indicative, singular ...

    1At least one use of the Old Latin "sigmatic future" and "sigmatic aorist" tenses is attested, which are used by Old Latin writers; most notably Plautus and Terence. The sigmatic future is generally ascribed a future or future perfect meaning, while the sigmatic aorist expresses a possible desire ("might want to"). It is also attested as having a rare sigmatic future passive indicative form ("will have been"), which is not attested in the plural for any verb.

    Etymology 3

    See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

    Suffix

    -eō

    1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of -eus

    References

    • Sihler, Andrew L. (1995), New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN
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    Portuguese

    Etymology

    From Latin -eus.

    Suffix

    -eo (adjective-forming suffix, feminine -ea, masculine plural -eos, feminine plural -eas)

    1. -eous; forms adjectives meaning resembling or having characteristics of the related term

    Derived terms

    Portuguese terms suffixed with -eo
    capsídeo
    hercúleo
    heterogêneo
    oceâneo
    ósseo
    páreo

    Further reading

    Spanish

    Etymology 1

    From Latin -eus.

    Suffix

    -eo (adjective-forming suffix, feminine -ea, masculine plural -eos, feminine plural -eas)

    1. -eous; forms adjectives meaning resembling or having characteristics of the related term

    Etymology 2

    Suffix

    -eo m (noun-forming suffix, plural -eos)

    1. forms nouns from verbs suffixed with -ear, meaning 'action and effect'
    Derived terms
    Spanish terms suffixed with -eo
    bandurreo
    cadereo
    colegueo
    crasheo
    cuckeo
    mariconeo
    mayoreo
    móreo
    palanqueo
    papeleo
    parotídeo
    parpadeo
    periqueo
    politiqueo
    rejoneo
    salseo
    shippeo
    terruqueo
    tiburoneo
    torneo
    zigzagueo

    Further reading

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