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-aticum

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Latin

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Alternative forms

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  • -āgium (medieval France and England; reborrowed from Old French -age)

Etymology

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    Substantivization of the neuter form of -āticus (adjective-forming suffix), with the Classical viāticum perhaps serving as its forerunner.

    Suffix

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    -āticum n (genitive -āticī); second declension (Late Latin, Early Medieval Latin)

    1. Used to form nouns indicating pertinence to the root verb or noun.
    2. Used to form nouns indicating a state of being resulting from an action.
      missus (sent)missāticum (message)

    Declension

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    Second-declension noun (neuter).

    singular plural
    nominative -āticum -ātica
    genitive -āticī -āticōrum
    dative -āticō -āticīs
    accusative -āticum -ātica
    ablative -āticō -āticīs
    vocative -āticum -ātica

    Derived terms

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    Descendants

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    References

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    • Tito Zanardelli (1906) “I nomi locali in -aticus: nell' Emilia e nella Romagna”, in Giacomo de Gregorio, editor, Studi glottologici italiani[1], volume 3, Torino: Ermanno Loescher, pages 1-48.
    • David G. Patterson (1973) “The Latin suffix -aticu in early Old Spanish”, in Vox Romanica, volume 32, Bern: A. Francke AG Verlag, →DOI, pages 60-65.