From French -eux, from Latin -ōsus.

• IPA^(key): /øːs/

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-eus

1. suffix used to form adjectives

   ambitie → ambitieus

From Proto-Italic *-eos, from Proto-Indo-European *-e- +‎ *-yós. Compare with its adoption through Ancient Greek (Etymology 2).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [e.ʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [e.us] (stressed on the antepenult)

-eus (feminine -ea, neuter -eum); first/second-declension suffix

1. derives relational adjectives from nouns, used chiefly to indicate material composition

   Near-synonyms: -īnus, -us, -icus

   1. (chiefly) from materials:

      ‎argentum (“silver”) + ‎-eus → ‎argenteus (“made of silver”)

      ‎ferrum (“iron”) + ‎-eus → ‎ferreus (“made of iron”)

      ‎marmor (“marble”) + ‎-eus → ‎marmoreus (“made of marble”)

      ‎pīnus (“pine tree”) + ‎-eus → ‎pīneus (“made of pine”)

   2. (rare) from other nouns:

      ‎taurus (“a bull, ox”) + ‎-eus → ‎taureus (“made from a bull's hide; pertaining to bulls, taurine”)

      ‎Caesar + ‎-eus → ‎Caesareus (“pertaining to Caesar; imperial”)

First/second-declension adjective.

• -āceus
• -āneus
• -uleus

• Catalan: -eu
• Italian: -eo
• Portuguese: -eu
• Spanish: -eo
• → English: -eous

• From adjectives ending in Ancient Greek -(ε)ιος (-(e)ios), compare -ius.
• From Ancient Greek -εῖος / -ειος (-eîos), also from Proto-Indo-European *-e- +‎ *-yós. Compare with its inherited form (Etymology 1).
• From Ancient Greek -εῖος (-eîos), from Proto-Indo-European *-iH- +‎ *-wós. Compare with its inherited form -īvus.

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈeː.ʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈɛː.us]

-ēus (feminine -ēa, neuter -ēum); first/second-declension suffix

1. ending found in adopted Greek adjectives and substantives, surviving thus or as -īvus

   mūsēum (μουσεῖον (mouseîon), cf. mūsīvum from the same source)

First/second-declension adjective.

• “-eus” on page 628/3 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)

-eus

1. alternative form of -us

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