-uleius

Latin

Etymology

A compound of the diminutive suffix -ulus with the nomen-gentilicium–forming suffix -eius.[1]

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /uˈlei̯.i̯us/, [ʊˈɫ̪ɛi̯ːʊs̠]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /uˈle.jus/, [uˈlɛːjus]
  • Note: although the syllable is heavy due to the regularly geminate intervocalic /j/, the vowel is thought to have been short on etymological grounds.

Suffix

-uleius (feminine -uleia, neuter -uleium); first/second-declension suffix

  1. forms nomina gentilicia
    ‎Auruncī → ‎Aurunculeius
    ‎Septimus → ‎Septimuleius
  2. forms pejorative adjectives and substantives from verbs and nouns

Usage notes

This suffix combines with the supine stem of verbs to create pejorative adjectives.

sequor → secūtum → secūtuleius
loquor → locūtum → locūtuleius

Pejorative forms also appear to form from noun stems on occasion.

lēx → lēgis → lēguleius

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative -uleius -uleia -uleium -uleiī -uleiae -uleia
Genitive -uleiī -uleiae -uleiī -uleiōrum -uleiārum -uleiōrum
Dative -uleiō -uleiō -uleiīs
Accusative -uleium -uleiam -uleium -uleiōs -uleiās -uleia
Ablative -uleiō -uleiā -uleiō -uleiīs
Vocative -ulei -uleia -uleium -uleiī -uleiae -uleia

The Masculine Singular Vocative is bisyllabic.[2]

See also
Latin terms suffixed with -uleius

References
  1. Leumann, Manu, Hofmann, Johann Baptist, Szantyr, Anton (1977) “-eius -eia”, in Lateinische Grammatik: Lateinische Laut- und Formenlehre, CH Beck, page 289
  2. Leumann, Manu, Hofmann, Johann Baptist, Szantyr, Anton (1977) “325: Dekl. Sing. Vokativ”, in Lateinische Grammatik: Lateinische Laut- und Formenlehre, CH Beck, page 424
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