-vus

See also: vus and VUS

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *-wos, from the Proto-Indo-European suffix *-wós.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [wʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [vus]

Suffix

-vus

1. alternative form of -uus

   arvus, clīvus, corvus, flāvus, vīvus

Usage notes

• Originally forming the perfect active participle, as in alvus (“entity having nourished”), clīvus (“entity having leaned”), gnāvus (“having known”).
• The form -vus is used after vowels, l, and r, and -uus after all other other consonants, with the exception of qu. In this last case, the form -us is used.

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	-vus	-va	-vum		-vī	-vae	-va
genitive	-vī	-vae	-vī		-vōrum	-vārum	-vōrum
dative	-vō	-vae	-vō		-vīs
accusative	-vum	-vam	-vum		-vōs	-vās	-va
ablative	-vō	-vā	-vō		-vīs
vocative	-ve	-va	-vum		-vī	-vae	-va

Derived terms

Latin terms suffixed with -vus

arvus

calvus

cervus

clivus

corvus

curvus

flavus

fulvus

furvus

gilvus

gnavus

helvus

navus

protervus

redivivus

rivus

salvus

servus

vivus