Meaning of -aeus | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Found in adjectives borrowed from Ancient Greek, attached to the stem of feminine nouns, and typically meaning “of or belonging to”.
   declension-1, declension-2, morpheme, suffix
2. Found in male given names borrowed from Ancient Greek; e.g. Alcaeus.
   declension-2, masculine, morpheme

Examples

“Europ(a) f (“Europe”) + -aeus → Europaeus (“European”)”

“Smyrn(a) f (“Smyrna”) + -aeus → Smyrnaeus (“Smyrnaean”)”

“Gaz(a) f (“Gaza”) + -aeus → Gazaeus (“Gazan”)”

“Thēb(ae) f pl (“Thebes”) + -aeus → Thēbaeus (“Theban”)”

“Mycen(ae) f pl (“Mycenae”) + -aeus → Mycenaeus (“Mycenaean”)”

“Erythr(ae) f pl (“Erythrae”) + -aeus → Erythraeus (“Erythraean”)”

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