Latin Suffixes, Adverbs ending in E,NS, UM, O
These point the way or manner in which the thing denoted by the base is affected.
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E,NS,UM,O
These point the way or manner in which the thing denoted by the base is affected. Sunday, Apr 15, 2007Latin Suffixes - Adverbs ending in E
Suffixes of Adverbs
E Adverbs in E point out 'the way', or 'the manner' in which a person or thing denoted by the base acts or is affected. Sunday, Apr 15, 2007Latin Suffixes - Verbs ending a sundry suffixes
CO, CARE, COR,CARI,iCO,iCARE.
_________ CINOR,CINARI,ICINOR,ICINARI _________ CITO,CITARE, ICITO, ICITARE _________ ULO,ULARE, ULOR,ULARI _________ RO,RARE,ERO,ERARE _________ INO,INARE Sunday, Apr 15, 2007Latin Suffixes - Verbs ending in LO
LO,LARE,ILLO,ILLARE
These are diminutive verbs. They denote doing something in a slight or insignificant manner, or in a slight degree, half-heartedly. Sunday, Apr 15, 2007Latin Suffixes - Verbs ending in TRO
TRO,TRARE,eTRO,eTRARE,iTRO,iTRARE
These endings denote the 'doing' or 'causing' of something, or the 'doing with' something. Sunday, Apr 15, 2007Latin Suffixes - Verbs ending in ISSO
ISSO, ISSARE, ISSOR,ISSARI
These verbs indicate 'imitating', or 'being like'. Sunday, Apr 15, 2007Latin Suffixes - Verbs ending in SSO, SSEE
SSO, SSERE
eSSO, eSSERE iSSO,iSSERE These express doing an action, and doing it eagerly, and so are verbs intensive. Sunday, Apr 15, 2007Latin Suffixes - Verbs ending in (tur)IO
(tur)IO, (tur) IRE
Desiderative Verbs - verbs expressing a desire to do something. They all end in IO, and are of the fourth conjugation. Some verbs in urio are not desiderative verbs, and the exceptions will be noted. Sunday, Apr 15, 2007Latin Suffixes - Verbs ending in ASCO,ESCO,ISCODownload this episode (10 min) SCO,SCEREaSCO,aSCERE eSCO,eSCERE iSCO,iSCERE These are verbs that point out the BEGINNING of an action or a state. Technically, these are called Inceptive verbs. NOT all verbs ending in sco are inceptive verbs, and the exceptions will be noted. Sunday, Apr 15, 2007Latin Suffixes - Verbs ending in TO, TARE, SO, ITO.
TO, TARE
SO,SAARE ITO,ITARE These verbs denote 'frequency' of action, or an intensifying of the force of the base word, having 'energy','violence', or 'increase'. Sunday, Apr 15, 2007Latin Suffixes - Verbs in A,EE,IO,UO, &c.Download this episode (15 min) Verbal endingsO, ARE EO,ERE A,ERE IO,ERE UO,UERE IO,IRE These are added to roots with CONJUGATIONAL SUFFIXES, or to the themes of substantives and adjectives, giving rise to transitive and intransitive verbs. Sunday, Apr 15, 2007Latin Suffixes - Substantives ending in MULUS
MULUS,MULI
These substantives have a participle meaning, descriptive of the base word. Sunday, Apr 15, 2007Latin suffixes -Substantives ending in GODownload this episode (11 min) Go, GINIS,aGO,aGINIS,iGO,iGINIS,uGO,uGINIS,LIGO,LIGINIS,iLAGO,iLAGINIS,iLIGO,iLIGINIS. No-one is quite sure what the origin of the suffix GO is, and so original etymological meaning of words with these endings is somewhat uncertain. This will be discussed further in the audio file. Sunday, Apr 15, 2007Latin Suffixes - Substantives ending in DO
DO,DINIS,eDO,eDINIS,
iDO,iDINIS, uDO,uDINIS. When Substantives that end in DO come from intransitive verbs, they denote'the being' of that thing. When from transitive verbs, 'the doing', and when from substantives, 'the having'. Most of these words are abstract substantives. Sunday, Apr 15, 2007Latin Suffixes - Substantives ending in OR
OR,ORIS,
US,ORIS, US,ERIS, ER,ERIS, UR,URIS, US,URIS Substantives ending in OR are mostly formed from verbal roots, and denote an abstract quality. Sometimes they point out a concrete thing. With a short O, this suffix denotes a concrete thing. Those derived from other substantives denote having the quality of that substantive. All have participle force. Sunday, Apr 15, 2007Latin Suffixes - Substantives ending in ETASDownload this episode (11 min) TAS,TATIS,eTAS,eTATIS iTAS,iTATIS TA,TAE, TUS,TUTIS,iTUS,iTUTIS, TUDO,TUDINIS iTUDO iTUDINIS Substantives ending in TAS denote the 'condition' or the 'state' or the 'quality' of the base word. Sunday, Apr 15, 2007Latin Suffixes - substantives ending in TIA
TIA,TIAE,
iTIA,iTIAE, iTIES,iTIEI Those substantives that end in TIA denote the 'state' or the 'quality' of the base word. Sunday, Apr 15, 2007Latin Suffixes - Substantives ending in TURA
TURA,TURAE,iTURA,iTURAE
These denote 'the act of doing' Sunday, Apr 15, 2007Latin Suffixes - Substantives ending in TUS, SUS.
TUS,SUS,iTUS
These are mainly derived from verbs, and denote 'the act of doing', 'the being' Sunday, Apr 15, 2007Latin Suffixes - Substantives ending in TIS
TIS,TIS,
SIS,SIS TIO,TIONIS, SIO,SIONIS iTIO,iTIONIS TIUM,TII Substantives ending in TIS are derived from Verbs, and denote the 'act of doing', or'the being' that the verb signifies. Sunday, Apr 15, 2007Latin Suffixes - Substantives ending in MONIA
MONIA,MONIAE,MONIUM,MONII
These denote 'the doing', when derived from verbs. They denote'the being', when derived from adjectives. They denote 'appertaining to' when derived from substantives. Sunday, Apr 15, 2007Latin Suffixes - Substantives ending in IES, IONIS,IUM,&c.
IA,IAE,
IES,IEI IO IONIS IUM,II The Suffix IA gives us abstract substantives, denoting the performing action of the verb that they come from, often meaning the effect/force/result of said action. Sunday, Apr 15, 2007Latin Suffixes - Substantives ending in BER,BRISDownload this episode (54 sec) BER,BRISAdded to Cardinal Adjectives (i.e.numbers of counting) , this ending signifies 'time', and gives us the origin of the names of the months, names those months that were originally the 7th,8th,9th, and 10th months of the Roman year. Sunday, Apr 15, 2007Latin Suffixes - Substantives ending in MEN.Download this episode (12 min) MEn,MINIS,iMEN,iMINISuMEn,uMINIS, uMEn,uMINIS, MENTUM,MENTI iMENTUM,iMENTI uMENTUM,uMENTi Those substantives that end in MEN have either an active force, denoting a neuter agent, the thing which does or causes something, or they have a passive force, being something'caused' or 'effected', so these words also mean 'something that serves for something or other'. Sunday, Apr 15, 2007Latin Suffixes - Substantives ending in MINUS, &c.
MINUS,MINI,MINA,MINAE,
UMNUS,UMNI,UMNA,UMNAE, UNUS,UNI. Also MO,MONIS. Substantives ending in MINUS are derived mostly from verbs, usually employed in a passive sense, 'to show something that is done', or that a person 'does to themself'. Sunday, Apr 15, 2007Latin Suffixes - Substantives ending in O, ONA &c.
O,ONIS,IO,IONIS,UO,UONIS,ONIS,ONI,ONIUS,ONII,ONIA,ONIAE,EN,ININS.
Substantives in O, and ONIS have a participle force, and they represent agents performing the action of a verb. Sunday, Apr 15, 2007Latin Suffixes - Adjectives ending in GNUS
GNUS,GNA,GNUM
There are only a few adjectives with this ending. They denote 'being born' in the condition denoted by the base word. Sunday, Apr 15, 2007Latin Suffixes - Adjectives ending in BUS,BA,BUM
BUS,BA,BUM,
ERBUS,ERBA,ERBUM These Latin suffixes signify the 'being' signified by the base word. Sunday, Apr 15, 2007Latin Suffixes - Adjectives ending in ITIMUSDownload this episode (51 sec) iTIMUS,iTIMA,iTIMUMAdjectives ending in iTIMUS have the force of 'closely connected to', or 'bordering upon'. Sunday, Apr 15, 2007Latin Suffixes - Adjectives ending in ESTIS, ESTE
ESTIS,ESTE
These adjectives denote a quality of the base word. Sunday, Apr 15, 2007Latin Suffixes - Adjectives ending in IUS,IA,IUM
IUS,IA,IUM
Adjectives in the Latin IUS denote 'belonging to' a person or a thing, and can also mean some quality of which the meaning is descriptive. Sunday, Apr 15, 2007Latin Suffixes - Adjectives ending in LENTUS
LENTUS,LENTA,LENTUM,
oLENS,oLENTIS, uLENS,uLENTIS, The ending LENTUS signifies 'abounding in', or 'being full of' a thing. sometimes it denotes 'being fit for'. Sunday, Apr 15, 2007Latin Suffixes - Adjectives ending in OSUS
OSUS,OSA,OSUM,
iOSUS,iOSA,iOSUM Latin adjectives ending in OSUS signify being 'full of', or 'abounding' in the quality denoted by the base word. Sunday, Apr 15, 2007Latin Suffixes - Adjectives ending in EUS
EUS,EA,EUM,tEUS,tEA,tEUM
Adjectives ending in the Latin EUS denote 'pertaining to' something, 'consisting of' something, 'resembling' something in some aspect of its nature. Sunday, Apr 15, 2007Latin Suffixes - Adjectives ending in ENSIS
ENSIS,ENSE,iENSIS,iENSE
Adjectives ending in ENSIS mostly denote 'being in', or 'belonging to' a place. The Latin form iensis mostly relates to names of countries or cities. Sunday, Apr 15, 2007Latin Suffixes - Adjectives ending in TIVUS
TIVUS,TIVA,TIVUM,
SIVUS,SIVA,SIVUM, iTIVUS,iTIVA,iTIVUM Adjectives in TIVUS have a participle force, sometimes active, sometimes passive, and are generally pointing out a descriptive quality of the base word. Sunday, Apr 15, 2007Latin Suffixes - Adjectives ending in CUNDUS
CUNDUS,CUNDA,CUNDUM,
iCUNDUS,iCUNDA,iCUNDUM The Latin adjectival ending CUNDUS means 'abounding in', or 'having a lot of' the thing implied by the base word. Sunday, Apr 15, 2007Latin Suffixes - Adjectives ending in BUNDUS
BUNDUS,BUNDA,BUNDUM,eBUNDUS,eBUNDA,eBUNDUM,iBUNNDUS,iBUNDA,iBUNDUM
Adjectives of this class have a strengthened meaning of the Present Participle of the verbal base word that they are formed from. Sunday, Apr 15, 2007Latin Suffixes - Adjectives ending in TINUS
TI-NUS,TI-NA,TI-NUM
Adjectives in TINUS denote 'belonging to' the thing that is signified by the base word. Words of this type mostly relate to time. Sunday, Apr 15, 2007Latin Suffixes -the ending CEUS
Endings
CEUS,CEA,CEUM,aCEUS,aCEA,aCEUM,iCEUS,iCEA,iCEUM,CIUS,CIS,CIUM,iCIUS,iCIA,iCIUM,oriTIA,iTIS,iTIUM When derived from substantives, they denote in Latin 'made of', 'done by','springing from', or 'belonging' to the base word. When from a verbal base, they denote 'producing', or'being produced by'. Saturday, Apr 14, 2007Latin Suffixes - LIS
ADJECTIVES ending in LIS,LE
iLIS,iLE,biLIS,biLE,ibiLIS, ibiLE. Adjectives in LIS derived from verbs, denote for the most part 'possibility', i.e. something that can be done. Sometimes, however, they have an active force, and denote 'the doing' of something; sometimes a passive force, and denote 'that which is done'; sometimes a reflexive force, and denote 'that which one does to', or 'for oneself'. these asre formed by adding the suffix either to the root, or theme of the verb, or the theme of the substantive. The primary suffix is LI, 'S' is the nominative case ending. LIS is probably just a variant of RIS. Saturday, Apr 14, 2007Latin Suffixes - Suffixes that attach to adjectives only.Download this episode (25 min) Suffixes that attach only to adjectives.aRIS,aRE, aLIS,aLE,eLIS,eLE,iLIS,iLE,uLIs,uLE,aRIUS,aRIA,aRIUM,iaLIS,iaLE,atiLIS,atiLE. Adjectives in aRIS, etc, derived from the substantive, point out what 'belongs','pertains',or 'relates' to the base word, or something that is in agreement with the base word's character, e.g. hostILE, a 'quality' possessed by an enemy -i.e. hostile. They are formed by adding the Suffic to the Theme of the primitive. The primary suffix is RI, LIS derives from it through R-L interchanging. Saturday, Apr 14, 2007Latin Suffixes - the DiminutiveDownload this episode (33 min) DIMINUTIVES - the suffix added to tell us a thing is smaller.LUS,LA,LUM, CULUS,CULA,CULUM,uCULUS,iCULA,iCULUM, silLUS, silLA,silLUM diminiutive adjectives are formed from other adjectives, in the same way that diminutive substatives are formed from other substantives. SUBSTANTIVES LUS,LI, LUM,LI,LEUS,LEI,uLUS,uLI,uLA,uLAE,uLUM,uLI,etc. The primary suffix is LUS,LA,LUM, according to gender. Friday, Apr 13, 2007Latin Suffixes Adjectives ending in CUS.Download this episode (13 min) Adjectives ending in CUS.CUS,CA,CUM. iCUS,iCA,iCUM uCUS,uCA,uCUM aX,aCIS iX,iCIS oX,oCIS These have participle force, and are often identical with the meaning of the verbs that they are derived from, often carrying the meaning of 'being prone' to do that which their primitive describes. When derives from substantives, they denote 'having', or 'being prone to'. SUBSTANTIVES CUS,CI,uCUS,uCI,X,CIS,eX,iCIS,iX,iCIS, all have participle force. They are Appellative Nouns, and the base meaning is descriptive of their function. Friday, Apr 13, 2007Latin Suffixes - Adjectives ending in TI
Adjectives ending in TI
S on the end signifies the nominative case ending. Often the TI disappears, sometimes even the case ending is dropped. aTIS aS aTIS, TIS eS, eTIS, iTIS These endings denote 'place', or signify 'of', or belonging to such a place. If they are derived from words of rank, they signify belonging to that rank. They are formed from a suffix added to a theme. Substantives of this class denote locality, or in derived force, 'rank'. Friday, Apr 13, 2007Latin Suffixes - Adjectives and Substantives ending in NUSDownload this episode (21 min) NUS,NA,NUM,aNUS,aNA,aNUM,eNUS,eNA,eNUM,iNUS,iNA,iNUM erNUS,erNA,erNUM, urNUS,urNA,urNUM, NEUS,NEA,NEUM, aNEUS,aNEA,aNEUM Adjectives ending in NUS signify GIFTED, or PROVIDED WITH, hence 'belonging to' their primitive. Those formed from animals denote the flesh of that animal. Those from trees and other materials, denote the material of which it is made. In other words, a quality evidenced by the base word is expressed. SUBSTANTIVES NUS,NI iNUS,iNI iNUS,iNI NA,NAE aNA,aNAE iNA,iNAE erNA,erNAE NUM,NI Substantives in the suffix NUS denote 'belonging' to that which is implied by the base word. When from verbal roots, they denote a person or thing 'doing' or 'being' the base. Friday, Apr 13, 2007Latin suffixes - Adjectives and substantives ending in TUS,TUMDownload this episode (12 min) Adjectives ending in TUS,Ta,TAM, aTUS,aTA,aTUM,iTUS,iTA,iTUM,uTUS,uTA,uTUM,eaTUS,eaTA,eaTUM. signify "provided with", or "having" that which the base form signifies.Substantives ending in TUM,TI, or eTUM,eTI, signify things 'supplied', or 'provided with' that which is signified by the base form. Friday, Apr 13, 2007Latin Suffixes - TUS
TUS,TA,TUM, etc.
Adjectives having participal force, denoting a quality or conditionsimilar to the meaning of the base word. e.g. caleo = to be hot CAL is the base word CAL-I-DUS = hot. Similarly, substantives of this class mostly have an active or passive force. Libero = to free LIBER = Base word LIBER-TUS = 'the freed one', i.e. a freeman or citizen. Friday, Apr 13, 2007Latin Suffixes - RIS, MUS,
A few words take the endings derived from RIS and MIS, examples are given in the podcast.
Friday, Apr 13, 2007Latin Suffixes - the ending RUSDownload this episode (14 min) RUS,RA,RUM,eR,RA,RUM,eR,eRA,eRUM,eLUS,uLA,uLUM,tuRUS,tuRA,tuRUM, all have direct participal force in adjectives, and simply describe a quality connected to the base word.KAM = love CAM is the base word CAM-RUS , which gives the actual form CARUS, meaning loved, or dear. _____________________ RUS,RI,RA,RAE,RUM,RI,eRUS,eRI,eRA,eRAE,eR,eRI,SUS,SI,SA,SAE,LUS,LI,LA,LAE,LUM,LI,uLUS,uLI,uLA,uLAE,uLUM,uLI All Substantives ending in RUS, denote the PERSON or THING of which the base word is descriptive. e'g. MUN is the root meaning "to protect" MUN-RUS, which gives us MU-RUS -'the thing that protects', i.e. the City Wall. Friday, Apr 13, 2007Latin suffixes - the ending CER
In adjectives, CER,CRA,CRUM, CER CRIS,CRE, uCER, uCRIS, uCRE, iCER,iCRUS,iCULUs,iCULS,iCULUM, from the Sanskrit ending KRI, to make or create, giving the Latin CREO, to create/make. All these endings denote 'doing','causing','being made''caused to be'formed from'. When obtained from Adverbs, they are formed by adding the Suffix to the Root, but when from substantives, or Adjectives, to the theme.
e.g. POLIO = to polish POL is the base word POL-CER, which elides to PULCER, 'made polished', i.e. beautiful. With substantives, the ending CRUM,CRI, CRE,CRIS,CULUM,CULI,iCULUM,iCULI,CULUS,CULI, all come from the root to create, denoting'makes','causes to do','is made', or 'caused', and most of the time, it means 'serves for, is made for'. They are formed by adding the suffix to the theme, or verbal root. Friday, Apr 13, 2007Latin Suffixes - the ending BERDownload this episode (12 min) A. Adjectives ending in BER, BRA,BRUM, or BRIS,BRE, or eBER, eBRIS, eBRE, or uBRIS, uBRE. The root bhri in sanskrit means to bear or bring forth. So, this root denotes 'bringing about'e.g. funus =death funeris = the base word funer-BRIS, which elides to FUNEBRIS -'bringing death', i.e. deadly, or fatal. SIMILARLY, nouns ending in BER, BRI, BRA, BRAE, eBRA, eBRAE, BRUM, eBRUM, eBRI, BULA, BULAE, BULUM, BULI, iBULUM, iBULI, BRIUM all denote "bringing", or "bearing" something, or 'serving for effecting, bringing about' something or other. e.g. FACIO = to make FAC is the base word FAC-BER, which elides to FABER, 'the one effecting the making', a manufacturer, or workman. Friday, Apr 13, 2007Latin suffixes - substantives ending in TARDownload this episode (18 min) a. TOR, TORISb. SOR, SORIS c. ITOR, ITORIS d. TRUS e. ITER, ITRIS f. ISTER, ISTRI g. TRIX, TRICIS h. TRA, TRAE i. ESTRA, ESTRAE j. TRUM, TRI k. SRUM, STRI l. ISTRUM, ISTRI The Sanskrit TAR or TRI means "to accomplish", and these endings carry this meaning, 'the accomplisher of', or 'that by which is accomplished', in the passive, i.e. caused, or, reflexively, the one who 'does something for himself'. e.g. amo = to love AMA is the theme AMA-TOR, the accomplisher of loving, i.e. a lover. Friday, Apr 13, 2007Latin Suffixes - adjectives ending in TER
Adjectives ending in
a. TER TRA TRUM b. TER TRIS TRE c. ESTER ESTRIS ESTRE d. ISTER ISTRA ISTRUM (In c, and d, form of the endings is explained thus: the initial E and I are connecting vowels, and the S is added as a euphonic consonant) All denote 'accomplishing', or 'causing', or 'by/with' something. Passively, they tell us the base is accomplished, or caused by that thing that the base is descriptive of. They are formed by adding the Suffix to the Root of Verbs, or the Theme of Substantives. Friday, Apr 13, 2007 | |