-ticus

See also: Ticuș and Țicuș

Latin

Etymology

From -t(us) +‎ -icus, occurring in some original case and later used freely.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [tɪ.kʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ti.kus] (stressed on the antepenult)

Suffix

-ticus (feminine -tica, neuter -ticum); first/second-declension suffix

1. enlarged form of -cus

   ‎rūs + ‎-ticus → ‎rūsticus

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	-ticus	-tica	-ticum		-ticī	-ticae	-tica
genitive	-ticī	-ticae	-ticī		-ticōrum	-ticārum	-ticōrum
dative	-ticō	-ticae	-ticō		-ticīs
accusative	-ticum	-ticam	-ticum		-ticōs	-ticās	-tica
ablative	-ticō	-ticā	-ticō		-ticīs
vocative	-tice	-tica	-ticum		-ticī	-ticae	-tica

Derived terms

Latin terms suffixed with -ticus

rusticus

syndesmoticus

Descendants

• Old French: -égeo, -edgeo, -edgio
  • French: -ège
• Italian: -tico
• Occitan: -tge
• Portuguese: -tico
• Spanish: -tico