suffixfirst/second-declension suffix
-āticus
-āticus (feminine -ātica, neuter -āticum)
Classical[aː.tɪ.kʊs]Ecclesiastical[a.ti.kus]
Meaning
- morphemesuffixUsed to form adjectives indicating a relation to the root noun or actions related to it.
umbra (“shadow”, “shade”) + -aticus → umbrāticus (“found in the shade”)
via (“road”, “path”) + -aticus → viāticus (“related to a journey or travel”)
Origins
Derived from -ātus (“-ate”, “-like”) + -icus (derivational suffix), occurring in some original cases and later freely extended. Not to be confused with the ending -aticus (note the short /a/) found in various borrowings from Greek (cf. aenigmaticus, grammaticus).
Descendants
- Italian-atico
- Portuguese-ático
- Romanian-atec
- Romanian-atic
- Spanish-azgo
- Asturian-algu
- Aromanian-atic
- Galician-ádego
- Sicilian-aju
- Sicilian-aggiu