CLAS 126 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Word Formation, Spic, Pus
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Tending to, inclined to , able to be. Note: not a hard and fast distinction, but usually true. Conspciuous - very much able to be seen. Ulous/ -uous /-acious/ -aceous / -itious vs ous. Review: con- in conspicuous is an intensifying prefix. Can mean either "having to do with" or "tending to" Active : i teach , i ate -- i do the action of the verb. Passive: i am taught , i was eaten -- the action is done to me. Many bases are verbal, i. e. they denote an action. Me, meat - ("to go, to pass through") When bases are verbal, their meanings may be either active or passive. Two words both built from the base "see" Conspicuous: "very much able to be seen" = passive voice. Insensible - not able to feel/perceive ( active) Not | to feel, to perceive | tending to, inclined to, able to.
