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CO, CARE, COR,CARI,iCO,iCARE.
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CINOR,CINARI,ICINOR,ICINARI
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CITO,CITARE, ICITO, ICITARE
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ULO,ULARE, ULOR,ULARI
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RO,RARE,ERO,ERARE
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INO,INARE

Sunday, Apr 15, 2007

Suffixes - LO - Verbs ending in LO

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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, 2007

Suffixes -TRO- 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, 2007

Suffixes -ISSO - Verbs ending in ISSO

ISSO, ISSARE, ISSOR,ISSARI
These verbs indicate 'imitating', or 'being like'.

Sunday, Apr 15, 2007

Suffixes -SSO, SSEE- 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, 2007

Suffixes-(tur)IO - Verbs ending in (tur)IO

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(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, 2007

Suffixes -ASCO,ESCO,ISCO- Verbs ending in ASCO,ESCO,ISCO

SCO,SCERE
aSCO,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, 2007

Suffixes -TO, TARE, SO, ITO.- Verbs ending in TO, TARE, SO, ITO.

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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, 2007

Suffixes - A,EE,IO,UO,-Verbs in A,EE,IO,UO, &c.

Verbal endings
O, 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, 2007

Suffixes -MULUS- Substantives ending in MULUS

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MULUS,MULI
These substantives have a participle meaning, descriptive of the base word.

Sunday, Apr 15, 2007

Suffixes -GO - Substantives ending in GO

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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, 2007

Suffixes -DO - 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, 2007

Suffixes - OR - Substantives ending in OR

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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, 2007

Suffixes - ETAS - Substantives ending in ETAS

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, 2007

Suffixes - TIA - 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, 2007

Suffixes - TURA - Substantives ending in TURA

TURA,TURAE,iTURA,iTURAE
These denote 'the act of doing'

Sunday, Apr 15, 2007

Suffixes - TUS,SUS - 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, 2007

Suffixes - TIS - 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, 2007

Suffixes - MONIA - 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, 2007

Suffixes - IES, IONIS,IUM - Substantives ending in IES, IONIS,IUM,&c.

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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, 2007

Suffixes -BER,BRIS- Substantives ending in BER,BRIS

BER,BRIS
Added 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, 2007

Suffixes -MEN.- Substantives ending in MEN.

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MEn,MINIS,iMEN,iMINIS
uMEn,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, 2007

Suffixes -MINUS -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, 2007

Suffixes - O, ONA - 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, 2007

Suffixes -GNUS - Adjectives ending in GNUS

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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, 2007

Suffixes -BUS,BA,BUM- 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, 2007

Suffixes - ITIMUS-Adjectives ending in ITIMUS

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iTIMUS,iTIMA,iTIMUM
Adjectives ending in iTIMUS have the force of 'closely connected to', or 'bordering upon'.

Sunday, Apr 15, 2007

Suffixes-ESTIS, ESTE - Adjectives ending in ESTIS, ESTE

ESTIS,ESTE
These adjectives denote a quality of the base word.

Sunday, Apr 15, 2007

Suffixes-IUS,IA,IUM - 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, 2007

Suffixes - LENTUS- 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, 2007

Suffixes -OSUS- 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, 2007

Suffixes -EUS- 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, 2007

Suffixes -ENSIS- 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, 2007

Suffixes-TIVUS - 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, 2007

Suffixes - CUNDUS-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, 2007

Suffixes-BUNDUS - 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, 2007

Suffixes -TINUS- 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, 2007

Suffixes-CEUS -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, 2007

Suffixes - LIS -Adjectives

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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, 2007

Suffixes that attach to adjectives only.

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, 2007

Suffixes - Diminutive

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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, 2007

Suffixes-CUS.- Adjectives ending in CUS.

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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, 2007

Suffixes-TI - Adjectives ending in TI

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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, 2007

Suffixes -NUS- Adjectives and Substantives ending in NUS

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, 2007

Suffixes -TUS,TUM- Adjectives and substantives ending in TUS,TUM

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Adjectives ending in TUS,Ta,TAM,
aTUS,aTA,aTUM,iTUS,iTA,
iTUM,uTUS,uTA,uTUM,
eaTUS,eaTA,eaTUM. Mean '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, 2007

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, 2007

Suffixes - RIS, MUS,

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A few words take the endings derived from RIS and MIS, examples are given in the podcast.

Friday, Apr 13, 2007

Suffixes-RUS - the ending RUS

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.
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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, 2007

Suffixes -CER- the ending CER

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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, 2007

Suffixes-BER - the ending BER

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, 2007

Suffixes -TAR- substantives ending in TAR

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a. TOR, TORIS
b. 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, 2007

Suffixes-TER - 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

Suffixes - VUS, VI, UA, UAE, ERVA, ERVAE Substantives ending in VUS, VI, UA, UAE, ERVA, ERVAE

These have participle meaning, denoting a person or things of whom or which the base is descriptive.

e.g.
lingo = to lick
Root is LING
LING-UA - 'the licking thing', i.e. the tongue.

Friday, Apr 13, 2007

Suffixes,-VUS, VA, VUM- Adjectives ending in VUS, VA, VUM, and UUS, UA, UUM, and in IVUS, IVA, IVUM

Adjectives of this class have, etymologically, a participal meaning, either active, neuter, or passive.
Many have a force exactly corresponding to the force of the particples of the verbs from which they are derived. Others again denote a quality of which the etymological meaning is descriptive.
They are formed by adding the suffix to the ROOT.

Friday, Apr 13, 2007

Suffixes -US, A, UM- Substantives ending in US, A, UM

Substantives in US, A, or UM have a participle meaning, and show us a meaning that is descriptive of the root word. These are formed by ading the suffix to a verbal root.

e.g.
mergo = to plunge
MERG is the base word
MERG-US = 'the one that plunges into the water', i.e. a diver, or a sea-gull.

Friday, Apr 13, 2007

Suffixes -IA, A,UM- Adjectives ending in IA, A,UM

Adjectives ending is IS,A,UM derived from verbs,substantives, and adverbs, give
a. when attached to a verb, the idea of direct particpal force of the verbal base word.
b. when attached to substantives, imparting the idea of 'having' that quality.
c. when attached to adverbs, denoting 'being in that condition' as denoted by the root word.

e.g.
SCI = 'know'
scio = 'to know'
SCI-US = 'knowing'

Friday, Apr 13, 2007

Suffixes -IS and ES- Substantives ending in IS and ES

Substantives ending in IS and ES, attached to a base of verbal origin, mean a person or thing 'doing' something, or something 'being done', or 'being in that condition'.
e.g.
TORR = burn
torreo = to burn
TORR - IS = the thing that burns, in other words, a firebrand.

Friday, Apr 13, 2007

Suffixes -IS - Adjectives ending in IS

Adjectives that terminate in IS have a participle meaning, and denote a quality of the base word, in this case, the base word is a verbal root.

When IS is added to a foreign base, or a compound nominal base, it signifies more often "being" or "having" the quality implied by the base.

Friday, Apr 13, 2007

Suffixes -final S is dropped - examples where the final S is dropped

In some substantives the case-ending S is dropped, especially in COMPOUND WORDS where the last member is derived from the root of a verb.
e.g.
TUB-AE - trumpet
CAN - to sound
gives us TUBICEN - 'the one who sounds a trumpet', id est, a trumpeter.

Thursday, Apr 12, 2007

Suffixes -S - Adjectives formed with S

Adjectives, formed by adding S to bases formed of roots, or verbal bases, have a participle meaning, and denote a QUALITY.
S added to nominal bases signifies "having" that which is implied by the base meaning.
e.g.
the base TRUC means "to wish to kill"
TRUC-S written as TRUX means "wishing to kill", i.e. savage or fierce.

Thursday, Apr 12, 2007

Suffixes - S -Substantives that take an S

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Adding the nominative case ending S to roots or compound verbal bases, give words that have a participle type meaning, descriptive of what they are, either a person doing a thing, or a thing being done. As an example, the root NEC means "death". NEC- S (written NEX), means "the killing thing", i.e., death.

Thursday, Apr 12, 2007

Latin Suffixes - Part Two

From White's "Latin Suffixes".
Letter changes that occur in the formation of words.
Knowing about these letter changes can make it easier to spot the true nature of a new word you are reading for the first time, and so can help in decoding what a text means, and can also possibly help with pronunciation when speaking Latin - although the best thing to help with that is simply to read aloud, and listen to lots of it spoken, all in copious amounts.

Thursday, Apr 12, 2007

Latin Suffixes - Part One

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Paraphrased Lecture from John T. White's "Latin Suffixes", London 1858.
White's book is useful, as it gives a theoretical base that explains the underlying structure of Latin words. Even an imperfect knowledge of this structure can make it easier to understand a Latin text, and in particular, to work out what words mean. Well worth the effort persevering with listening to this, and the following lessons drawn from this book.

Thursday, Apr 12, 2007

Suffixes -TIM,SIM- Adverbs ending in TIM,SIM

TIM,SIM,aTIM,iTIM,uTIM
Adverbs in TIM denote the 'way' or 'manner' in which a person acts or is affected.

With this set of examples, we have now completed our survey of Latin Suffixes.

Thursday, Apr 12, 2007

Suffixes - IES - Adverbs ending in IES

IES
Adverbs ending in IES denote 'so many times' as is represented by the base word.

Thursday, Apr 12, 2007

Suffixes -TUS, iTUS- Adverbs ending in TUS, iTUS

TUS, iTUS

Adverbs ending in 'TUS' point out where a person or thing comes from, and thus they denote the origin or the result.

Thursday, Apr 12, 2007

Suffixes - TER, iTER-Adverbs ending in TER, iTER