-eiusとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源 1

By analogy with nomina gentilicia of Oscan or perhaps Etruscan origin, such as Pompeius (from ���������� (pumpe, “five”)), Tarpeius, Saufeius. Difficult to distinguish from Etymology 2.^[1]

発音

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈei̯.i̯us/, [ˈɛi̯ːʊs̠]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈe.jus/, [ˈɛːjus]
• Note: although the syllable is heavy due to the regularly geminate intervocalic /j/, the vowel is thought to have been short on etymological grounds.

接尾辞

-eius (feminine -eia, neuter -eium); first/second-declension suffix

1. forms nomina gentilicia

   ‎Elatus → ‎Elateius

   ‎Proculus → ‎Proculeius

使用する際の注意点

• This suffix was also used to form humorous words such as sterteia (“one who snores”) from stertō (“snore”) by Petronius and sterceia (“a maidservant who cleans the excrement of children”) from stercus (“dung, manure”) by Tertullian.

語形変化

First/second-declension adjective.

The Masculine Singular Vocative is monosyllabic.^[2]

派生語

• -uleius

語源 2

Derived adjectives from nouns and names with an -ē stem with the suffix -ius (such as plēbēius (“of the common people”) from plēbēs (“the common people”), an archaic form of plēbs). Difficult to distinguish from Etymology 1.

発音

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈeː.i̯us/, [ˈeːi̯ʊs̠]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈe.jus/, [ˈɛːjus]
• Note: the vowel is thought to have been long on etymological grounds.

接尾辞

-ēius (feminine -ēia, neuter -ēium); first/second-declension suffix

1. forms adjectives from nouns and proper names

   ‎pāgus + ‎-ēius → ‎pāgēius

語形変化

First/second-declension adjective.

語源 3

From Ancient Greek adjectives in -ήϊος (-ḗïos), Epic form of Attic -εῖος (-eîos). Perhaps more properly considered a poetically variant scansion of the suffixes under Etymology 1 and 2, modelled on the corresponding situation in Greek.

発音

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈeː.i.us/, [ˈeːiʊs̠]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈe.i.us/, [ˈɛːius]
• Note: this suffix is trisyllabic.

接尾辞

-ēĭus (feminine -ēĭa, neuter -ēĭum); first/second-declension suffix

1. (literary, poetic) Forms adjectives, chiefly from Ancient Greek nouns, but occasionally from native ones as well

   ‎Ancient Greek φῠ́λλος (phúllos, “leaf”) → ‎Phyllēĭus (corresponding to Φῠλλήϊος (Phullḗïos))

   ‎Ancient Greek Πρῐ́ᾱπος (Príāpos) → ‎Priāpēĭus (corresponding to Πρῐᾱπήϊος (Priāpḗïos))

   ‎Tiberius → ‎Tiberēĭus

語形変化

First/second-declension adjective.

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