CLAS 126 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Mentum, Single-Photon Emission Computed Tomography, Foramen
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New nominal suffixes- act of, result of, means of. Chapter vii nominal suffixes tend to attached to verbal bases i. e. , the base refers to an action and is tralated as to do xyz. E. g. , "spectacles," from spec, spect, "to look at" has a verbal suffix. Chaptervi nominal suffixes may take any type of bases but the type of base often affeects the word"s meaning. Adjectival and nominal bases are often translated with quality of being or state of being. Verbal bases are often translated with act of or result of the act of. E. g. , "acuity" from ac-, acu-, "sharp, sour" has adjectival base. =the quality of being sharp or the state of being sharp. "section" from sec, sect-, "to cute" has a verbal base. No matter whether the base is adjectival, nominal, verbal, the suffix determines the part of speech of the overall word. Filament - the result of something being drawn out as a thread.
