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-olus
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Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɔ.ɫʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [o.lus] (stressed on the antepenult)
Suffix
-olus (feminine -ola, neuter -olum); first/second-declension suffix
- alternative form of -ulus
Usage notes
This allomorph of the Latin diminutive suffix is used instead of -ulus whenever the preceding letter is i or e, and sometimes used when the preceding letter is u/v. (After a preceding v or u, variation in Latin spelling between the letter u and the letter o is not specific to this suffix, but is generally found for the short back rounded vowel derived from raising of original o: compare volt/vult and servom/servum). Thus, nouns or adjectives ending in -ius, -ia, -ium form diminutives in -iolus, -iola, iolum, nouns or adjectives ending in -eus, -ea, -eum form diminutives in -eolus, -eola, eolum, and nouns or adjectives ending in -vus, -va, -vum (or -uus, -ua, -uum) may form diminutives in -volus, -vola, volum (-uolus, -uola, -uolum).
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
Derived terms
Descendants
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