CLA201H1 Lecture 4: Latin Adjective Suffix
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Exempla: retroreflector - retro/re/flact/or = back (more)/back/bend/agent: curri/culum from currere/cursum (to sun) + suffix #4 bk p77. (b)ilis/-(b)ile = ability, capacity - formed usually from verb part a frag-ilis/-ile, eng fragile - break: aud-ibilis/-ile, eng audible, solu-bilis/-bile from solvere (release), eng soluble. Ida, -idus, -idum = state or condition - from verb part a: ar-ida -idus -idum from arere (be dry) eng arid, rig-ida -idus -idum from rigere (be stiff) eng rigid. Cus, -ius, -acceus, -aneus, -inus (also -a & -um endings) = quality or nature or made of: e. g. ferr-eus from ferrum (iron) eng ferrous, fe in periodical table, cut-aneus from cutis (skin), eng cutaneous. Cf. cuticle from cuti-culus = cuti/culus/ = skin/small: can-ina from canis (dog), eng canine, equ-inum from equus (horse), eng quine. Iva (-ivus, -ivum) = nature/quality of: subjunct-iva from sub/junct/iva = under/to join/nature, eng -ive, act-iva from actum (to do), eng active. Alis, -aris, -ilis = connected or pertaining to.
