-olus

See also: olus and Oluş

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /o.lus/, [ɔɫ̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /o.lus/, [olus] (stressed on the antepenult)

Suffix

-olus (feminine -ola, neuter -olum); first/second-declension suffix

1. 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).

Examples:

‎fīlius (“son”) ‎-olus → ‎fīliolus (“young son”)

‎linteum (“linen cloth”) ‎-olus → ‎linteolum (“small linen cloth”)

‎scaeva (“left”) ‎-olus → ‎Scaevola (“Lefty (proper name)”)

‎aqua (“water”) ‎-olus → ‎aquola (also spelled aquula, acula)

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	-olus	-ola	-olum		-olī	-olae	-ola
genitive	-olī	-olae	-olī		-olōrum	-olārum	-olōrum
dative	-olō	-olae	-olō		-olīs
accusative	-olum	-olam	-olum		-olōs	-olās	-ola
ablative	-olō	-olā	-olō		-olīs
vocative	-ole	-ola	-olum		-olī	-olae	-ola

Derived terms

Latin terms suffixed with -olus

Descendants

• Catalan: -ol
• Extremaduran: -uelu
• French: -eul, -eule
• Galician: -ó, -oa
• Italian: -olo
• Occitan: -òl
• Portuguese: -ola
• Romanian: -or, -oară
• Sicilian: -olu
• Spanish: -uelo, -uela
• Walloon: -oû, -oûle