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-eus

  1. a suffix occurring in Latin scientific names and in the corresponding loanwords in English:

    nucleus.



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La Royne et mons de Morvillier trettent eus deus seulz avecques eus, ce sont aujourdhuy les grans cous.

Eus'tace (Jack), the lover of Lucinda, and "a very worthy young fellow," of good character and family.

This tense is formed on us, eus, es (Breton euz), one of the forms of the third person singular of the verb substantive.

Orpheus, and other proper names ending in -eus, form the Vocative Singular in -eu (Orpheu, etc.).

But these 'eus' and 'ous' cause dire misery to all foreigners.

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