LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
suffix

-ē

-ē (comparative -ius, superlative -issimē)
Classical[ˈeː]Ecclesiastical[ˈɛː]

Meaning

  1. morpheme-ly; used to form adverbs from adjectives.
    clārus (“famous; clear”) + -ē → clārē (“famously; clearly”)
    pulcher (“beautiful”) + -ē → pulchrē (“beautifully”)

Origins

From Old Latin -ēd , from Proto-Italic *-ēd, probably from a combination of Proto-Indo-European suffixes, but morphologically opaque. Compare perhaps Proto-Germanic *-ê and Proto-Slavic *-ě (adverbial suffixes), though these are also of disputed derivation.

Descendants
  • Esperanto-e

Quick answers

What does -ē mean in Latin?
-ē, a suffix, means “-ly; used to form adverbs from adjectives.”.
How do you pronounce -ē?
In classical Latin, [ˈeː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈɛː].