-ficus

Inherited from Proto-Italic *-fakos, from earlier *θakos. Related to *fakiō and -fex.

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /fi.kus/, [fɪkʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /fi.kus/, [fikus]

-ficus m (feminine -fica, neuter -ficum)

1. Forms adjectives that denote bringing or making.

• Adjectives derived with this suffix can indicate the quality of imparting the quality or state expressed by the root:

Example:

bene (“well, good”) → beneficus (“beneficent”, literally “that does good”)

• Adjectives derived with this suffix have infix -ent- before their comparative and superlative suffixes

Example:

magnificus (“great, noble”) → magnificentior, magnificentissimus

First/second-declension adjective.

• faciō
• -fex

• -fer