-ulus

Etymology
From.

Etymology
From (whence 🇨🇬), from, thematized from.

Cognate with 🇨🇬 and, whence no longer productive 🇨🇬 (as in and ), 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

Usage notes
The suffix -ulus is added to a noun to form a diminutive of that noun. Latin diminutives typically match the gender of the base word.
 * Examples:

The allomorph -olus, -ola, -olum is regularly used to form diminutives of nouns ending in -ius, -ia, -ium, -eus, -ea, -eum.

When added to an adjective, it forms a diminutive of that adjective:

When added to a verb, it forms an adjective with the relational meaning “doing …” or “tending to …”:

Derived terms

 * (originally, on nouns ending in -ō)
 * (often on nouns ending in -r)
 * (often on nouns ending in -r)
 * (often on nouns ending in -r)
 * (often on nouns ending in -r)
 * (often on nouns ending in -r)