suffix · femininefirst declension
-ūra
-ūra f (genitive -ūrae)
Classical[uː.ra]Ecclesiastical[u.ra]
Meaning
- morphemepost ClassicalSuffix forming abstract nouns from adjectives.
Origins
From Classical Latin -tūra, which typically derived abstract nouns from the supine/perfect past participle stem of verb bases (e.g. coniectūra from the verb coniciō (“to throw; foretell; conjecture”) (supine stem coniect-).