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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]
-eius (feminine -eia, neuter -eium); first/second-declension suffix
First/second-declension adjective.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
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Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
Nominative | -eius | -eia | -eium | -eiī | -eiae | -eia | |
Genitive | -eiī | -eiae | -eiī | -eiōrum | -eiārum | -eiōrum | |
Dative | -eiō | -eiō | -eiīs | ||||
Accusative | -eium | -eiam | -eium | -eiōs | -eiās | -eia | |
Ablative | -eiō | -eiā | -eiō | -eiīs | |||
Vocative | -ei | -eia | -eium | -eiī | -eiae | -eia |
The Masculine Singular Vocative is monosyllabic.[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.
-ēius (feminine -ēia, neuter -ēium); first/second-declension suffix
First/second-declension adjective.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
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Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
Nominative | -ēius | -ēia | -ēium | -ēiī | -ēiae | -ēia | |
Genitive | -ēiī | -ēiae | -ēiī | -ēiōrum | -ēiārum | -ēiōrum | |
Dative | -ēiō | -ēiō | -ēiīs | ||||
Accusative | -ēium | -ēiam | -ēium | -ēiōs | -ēiās | -ēia | |
Ablative | -ēiō | -ēiā | -ēiō | -ēiīs | |||
Vocative | -ēie | -ēia | -ēium | -ēiī | -ēiae | -ēia |
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.
-ēĭus (feminine -ēĭa, neuter -ēĭum); first/second-declension suffix
First/second-declension adjective.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
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Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
Nominative | -ēĭus | -ēĭa | -ēĭum | -ēĭī | -ēĭae | -ēĭa | |
Genitive | -ēĭī | -ēĭae | -ēĭī | -ēĭōrum | -ēĭārum | -ēĭōrum | |
Dative | -ēĭō | -ēĭō | -ēĭīs | ||||
Accusative | -ēĭum | -ēĭam | -ēĭum | -ēĭōs | -ēĭās | -ēĭa | |
Ablative | -ēĭō | -ēĭā | -ēĭō | -ēĭīs | |||
Vocative | -ēĭe | -ēĭa | -ēĭum | -ēĭī | -ēĭae | -ēĭa |