Questions tagged [suffixes]

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Is the constellation named Lupus a male wolf? or could it be female?

Unlike most constellations, Lupus isn't named after a specific character in mythology. It used to be a dog or beast, but eventually it was given the Latin name Lupus. I'm not really sure how gender suffixes work in Latin. It seems like "-us" is…
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-whatever suffix

Is there a Latin suffix meaning “-whatever”? E.g.: Wikipedia, Wikisource, … Wikiwhatever. Vicipaedia, Vicifons, … Vici…(?). (But I'm not even sure that -whatever itself is a correct English suffix.)
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Where does the suffix "-etum" come from?

I noticed recently that most (but not all) Latin words ending in -etum have something to do with a cluster of vegetation. An obvious example derived into English is an "arboretum." Where does "-etum" come from? Was it considered a productive suffix?…
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