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

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Words nearby -eus

eurypterid, Eurystheus, eurythermal, eurythmics, eurytopic, -eus, -euse, Eusebio, Eusebius, Eusebius of Caesarea, Euskera

How to use -eus in a sentence

La Royne et mons de Morvillier trettent eus deus seulz avecques eus, ce sont aujourdhuy les grans cous.
History of the Rise of the Huguenots|Henry Baird
Eus'tace (Jack), the lover of Lucinda, and "a very worthy young fellow," of good character and family.
Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol 1|The Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D.
This tense is formed on us, eus, es (Breton euz), one of the forms of the third person singular of the verb substantive.
A Handbook of the Cornish Language|Henry Jenner
Orpheus, and other proper names ending in -eus, form the Vocative Singular in -eu (Orpheu, etc.).
New Latin Grammar|Charles E. Bennett

But these 'eus' and 'ous' cause dire misery to all foreigners.
The Memoires of Casanova, Complete|Jacques Casanova de Seingalt