-ittus
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
Uncertain. Perhaps doublet (with littera rule) of -ītus, from Proto-Italic *-tos.
It COULD just be an alteration of -illus, -ellus, or simply -lus, but this hypothesis would not work out well, and neither l → t nor ll → tt are documented for PIE to Latin in the Index Diachronica (plus, the ID doesn't even have sound changes from Latin to Latin, so that wouldn't work anyway). It could just be an irregular sound change, however, or it could just be inspired by it in shape or form.
This change is, also, not documented in the section "Classical Latin vs. Vulgar Latin," respectively for older Romance languages such as Old French and Old Spanish.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɪt.tʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [it.tus]
Suffix
-ittus (feminine -itta, neuter -ittum); first/second-declension suffix
- diminutive suffix, used to create nouns
Usage notes
Attested in the female form in proper nouns of the Imperial period.
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | -ittus | -itta | -ittum | -ittī | -ittae | -itta | |
| genitive | -ittī | -ittae | -ittī | -ittōrum | -ittārum | -ittōrum | |
| dative | -ittō | -ittae | -ittō | -ittīs | |||
| accusative | -ittum | -ittam | -ittum | -ittōs | -ittās | -itta | |
| ablative | -ittō | -ittā | -ittō | -ittīs | |||
| vocative | -itte | -itta | -ittum | -ittī | -ittae | -itta | |
Descendants
- Italo-Romance:
- Gallo-Romance:
- Ibero-Romance: