LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
suffixfirst/second-declension suffix

-īcius1

-īcius (feminine -īcia, neuter -īcium)
Classical[iː.ki.ʊs]Ecclesiastical[i.t͡ʃi.us]

Meaning

  1. morphemesuffixforms adjectives, nearly always by attaching to past participles; implies a more permanent state of affairs than the corresponding participle would suggest
  2. Late Latinmorphemesuffixattaches to past participles to form adjectives meaning '-able', 'meant for', or similar

Origins

From -īcus (adjectival suffix) + -ius (suffix forming adjectives).

Borrowed
  • Catalan-ici
  • English-itious
  • English-icious
  • French-ice
  • Italian-izio
  • Portuguese-ício
  • Spanish-icio
Inherited
  • Catalan-ís
  • Italian-iccio
  • French-isfrom Old French -eiz
  • French-issefrom Old French -eiz
  • Portuguese-iço
  • Spanish-izo
  • Asturian-izu
  • Asturian-iciu
  • Sicilian-izzu
suffixfirst/second-declension suffix
-icius2
-icius (feminine -icia, neuter -icium)
Classical[ɪ.ki.ʊs]Ecclesiastical[i.t͡ʃi.us]

Meaning

  1. morphemesuffixforms adjectives by attaching to adjectives or nouns; often denotes magistrates or sociolegal ranks

Origins

From -icus (adjectival suffix) + -ius (suffix forming adjectives).

Borrowed
  • Catalan-ici
  • English-itious
  • English-icious
  • French-ice
  • Italian-izio
  • Portuguese-ício
  • Spanish-icio
Inherited
  • Romanian-eț
  • Italian-eccio
  • Portuguese-iço
  • Spanish-izo
  • Aromanian-ets
  • Sicilian-izziu
  • Venetan-ezzo

Quick answers

What does -īcius mean in Latin?
-īcius, a suffix, means “forms adjectives, nearly always by attaching to past participles; implies a more permanent state of affairs than the corresponding participle would suggest; attaches to past participles to form adjectives meaning '-able'”.
How do you pronounce -īcius?
In classical Latin, [iː.ki.ʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [i.t͡ʃi.us].