Derivational Suffixes Flashcards

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-abilis (adj)

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able to be/deserving of root noun| from and e.g. “habibilis”

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-aceus/-acius (adj)

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resembling, having the nature of, forming, belonging to | e.g. capillus (“hair”) → capillaceus (“hairy”) |from “-ax” and “-eus”

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-acus (adj)

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creates adjectives from nouns, often for places | e.g. Aurelius (a plebeian gens)→ Aureliacum (some french towns)

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-alis/-aris/-elis/-ilis/-ulis (adj)

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creates adjectives of relationship from nouns and numbers; intensifies adjectives | ‎anima (“breath”) → ‎animalis (“animate, living”) | e.g. ‎aequus (“equal”) → ‎aequalis (“equal in every respect”)

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-anus/-enus/-ernus/-ianus/-inus/-nus/-rnus/-unus/-urnus (adj)

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of or pertaining to | e.g. mons (“mountain”) → montanus (“montane, of the mountains”)

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-aricius (adj)

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Used to form adjectives in medieval latin | from “-arius” and “-icius”

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-arius (adj)

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Used to form adjectives from nouns or numerals |e.g. camera (“vault, arch”) → camerarius (“climbing, creeping”)

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-aster/-astrum (adj/n)

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Half, partial, or incomplete resemblance to the root word | e.g. pater (“father”) → patraster (“father-in-law; stepfather”)

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-aticus (adj)

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Relation to the root noun or related actions | from “-atus” and “-icus”

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-atilis (adj)

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usually with the sense “belonging to”, “dwelling in” | e.g. aqua (“water”) → aquatilis (“aquatic”) | from “-atus” and “-ilis”

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-atus (adj)

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indicates possession of, resemblance, or wearing of a thing or feature | e.g. barba (“beard”) → ‎barbatus (“bearded”)

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-ax (adj)

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expressing a tendency or inclination to the action of the root verb | audeo (“I dare”) → audax (“bold”)

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-bilis (adj)

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able to be/deserving of root verb

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-bundus (adj)

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Derives adjectives with an active or transitive meaning, sometimes even taking a direct object | ‎canto (“sing”) → ‎cantabundus (“singing”)

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-ceps/-cipes (adj)

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-headed or -fold | e.g. bis (“twice”) → biceps (“two-headed”)

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-cundus (adj)

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Derives adjective nouns from verbs. It denotes a continuance of the act or quality expressed by the verb | iuvo (“to help”) → iucundus (“pleasant, agreeable”)

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-cus (adj)

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Used to form adjectives from nouns | e.g. iuvenis (“young one”) → iuvencus (“young”)

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-dicus (adj)

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-saying | e.g. verus (“true”) → veridicus (“truth speaking”) | from “dico”

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-eius (adj)

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forms nomina gentilicia (name of a gens) | e.g. ‎Proculus (a cognomen) → ‎Proculeius (a gens)

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-ensis (adj)

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Of or from [a place] | e.g. castra (“camp”) → castrensis (“of the camp”)

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-entus (adj)

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adjective-forming suffix meaning abounding in, full of | perhaps from and e.g. of cruor (“blood”) → cruentus (“bloody”)

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-esimus (adj)

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used to form ordianl numerals above seventeen | e.g. viginti (“twenty”) → vicesimus (“twentieth”)

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-estris/-ester (adj)

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Derives adjectives from nouns primarily meaning “dwelling, located in” | from and e.g. of “terrestris” (“terrestrial”)

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-eus (adj)

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(with materials) used to form adjectives from nouns, to nominally indicate the source of an attribute | ‎argentum (“silver”) → ‎argenteus (“made of silver”)

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-farius (adj)
-fold; used to form multiplicative adjectives | e.g. multus ("many") → multi**farius** ("various")
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-fer (adj)
-bearing, -carrying, -bringing | from "fero"
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-ficus (adj)
Forms adjectives that denote bringing or making; can indicate imparting the quality or state expressed by the root | bene (“well”) → bene**ficus** (literally “that does good”)
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-formis (adj)
having the form of; -shaped | from "forma"
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-gena/-genus (adj)
born from, sprung from | from "gigno" and "-a"
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-ger (adj)
Forms adjectives meaning -bearing, -carrying from nouns.
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-gnus (adj)
Forms adjectives denoting origin
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-ianus (adj)
Enlarged form of -anus (of or pertaining to), especially frequent in adjectives formed from proper names
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-ibilis (adj)
a variant of -bilis (able or worth to be), usually added to second, third, and fourth conjugation verbs to form an adjective denoting passive qualities.
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-icius/-itium (adj)
forms adjectives, nearly always by attaching to past participles; implies a more permanent state of affairs than the corresponding participle would suggest
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-icus (adj)
belonging to, derived from, of or pertaining to, connected with; used to form some substantivized nouns from other nouns | from i-stem and "-cus"
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-idus/-cidus (large) (adj)
tending to | e.g. areo ("to be dry") → aridus ("dry")
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-i/o/ulentus (adj)
adjective-forming suffix meaning abounding in, full of; typically from nouns | aqua ("water") → aqu**ilentus** ("full of water")
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-is (adj)
suffixed to the root of nouns in composition, forms adjectives of the third declension
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-iscus (adj)
(Late Latin, Medieval Latin) Used to form adjectives
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-issimus (adj)
Added to an adjective noun to form its superlative grade
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-itanus (adj)
Of or from a place, used to form demonyms | e.g. Constantinopolis → constantinopol**itanus** (Constantinopolitan) | from "-it(es)" and "-anus"
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-ites
adjective-forming suffix, especially of nominalized adjectives identifying groups of people as "those belonging to"
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-itus (adj)
Used to form adjectives | fortus (form of "fors"?) → fortu**itus** ("fortuitous")
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-ius (adj)
forming adjectives from nouns, found as an ending of most Classical Latin 'nomina gentilicia'
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-ivius (adj)
(seemingly really rare) enlarged form of "-ivus" (adjective meaning “doing” or “related to doing”)
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-ivus (adj)
forms a deverbal adjective meaning "doing" or "related to doing", typically to PPP stem
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-legus (adj)
Forms adjectives related to the concept of collecting, gathering together | from "lego"
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-loquus (adj)
Forms adjectives that specify the manner of one's speech | from "loquor"
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-ns (adj)
-ing; ending of the present active participle
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-oides (adj)
-oid, -like | e.g. arachnoides ("resembling a spider web")
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-osus/-ossus/-onsus (adj)
-ose, -ous; full of, overly, prone to. Used to form adjectives from nouns
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-plex (adj)
Creates adjectives specifying the number of times, -fold (third declension)
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-plus (adj)
-times, -fold, suffix used to form proportional numerals (first/second declension)
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-sonus (adj)
Forms adjectives qualifying something in respect to the sound it emits | from "sono"
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-sorius/-torius (adj)
-ory; used to form a first/second declension adjective from a participle
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-tus/-sus (adj)
Forms the past participle of verbs. Forms adjectives having the sense "provided with" | ius (“law”) → ius**tus** (“lawful")
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-ticus (adj)
enlarged form of -cus
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-tinus (adj)
Creates adjectives from temporal adverbs.
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-tris (adj)
Derives adjectives from nouns.
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-uleius (adj)
forms nomina gentilicia, or pejorative adjectives and substantives from verbs and nouns | from "-ulus" and "-eius"
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-undus (adj)
Derives adjective nouns from verbs, similar to present participles, but without the present time restriction
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-urnus/-rnus (adj)
enlargement of "-nus" (forms adjectives)
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-us (adj)
suffix of nouns in the second declension + adjectives in the first/second declension.
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-utus (adj)
Attaches to nouns to forms adjectives with the sense of '(prominently) characterized by [noun]'
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-vocus (adj)
Forms adjectives that denote a characteristic of the subject's meaning | from "voco" | e.g. unus ("one") -> uni**vocus** ("having one meaning")
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-volus (adj)
Forms adjectives denoting the manner of flying | from "volo"
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-vorus (adj)
(forms adjectives) -eating, -devouring | from "voro"
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-a (adv)
suffixed chiefly to the stems of adjectives terminating in -ter, forms adverbs which are frequently also used as prepositions
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-atim (adv)
Adverbial suffix denoting something being in the form of a noun; _ by _ | e.g. oppidum ("town") -> oppid**atim** ("in every town") | e.g. gradus ("step") -> grad**atim** ("step by step")
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-dem (adv)
(unproductive) demonstrative ending | from misinterpretation of "-em" in certain words
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-e (adv)
-ly; used to form adverbs from adjectives
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-fariam (adv)
-fold; used to form multiplicative adverbs | from "bifariam"
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-iens/-ies (adv)
used to form frequency adverbs, usually from a number and having the meaning "N times"
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-o (adv)
forms adverbs
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-iter/-ter/-er (adv)
-ly; used to form adverbs from adjectives.
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-tus/-itus (adv)
-ly; used to form adverbs.
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-a (n)
suffix used to form feminine first-declension nouns; used to form a female counterpart of a masculine noun denoting a male
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-agium/-aticum (n)
Used to form nouns indicating pertinence to the root verb or noun, used to form nouns indicating a state of being resulting from an action
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-ago (n)
Suffixed to nouns, forms nouns describing objects, plants, and animals.
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-al/-ale/-ar/-are (n)
noun-forming suffix
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-algia (n)
Used to form nouns identifying specific kinds or loci of pain
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-alia (n)
forming names of religious festivals
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-amentum (n)
instrument, medium, or result of
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-arches/-archa (Late) (n)
-arch (ruler, leader)
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-archia (n)
-archy (form of government or rule)
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-aria (n)
used to form feminine counterparts of masculine agent nouns in -arius; used to form abstract nouns, as of offices, from other nouns; used to form names of plants
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-arium (n)
Used primarily to form nouns of purpose from other nouns, such as places where things are kept or objects used for a particular end (Usage notes are really cool)
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-asta (n)
someone associated with something
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-atio (n)
Form of "-ti?" (action nouns and stuff) appended to nouns
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-bra/-brum/-bula/-bulum (n)
Noun suffix denoting instrument; noun suffix denoting vessel or place; noun suffix denoting person (rare)
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-bulcus (n)
-herd
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-cen (n)
appended to the names of musical instruments, forming agent nouns denoting the players thereof (sometimes used metaphorically/personificatedly) | from "cano"
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-ceps (n)
-catcher, -taker
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-cida (n)
Noun-forming suffix denoting one who kills or one who cuts from noun stems | from "caedo"
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-cidium (n)
Denotes an act of killing or a slaughter | from "-cida" and "-ium"
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-cola (n)
inhabitor; tiller/cultivator; worshipper/honorer | from "colo"
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-cum (n)
with
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-edo/-ido (n)
suffixed to the roots of adjectives and verbs, chiefly forms abstract noun
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-ela (n)
Forms abstract nouns from verbs.
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-es (n)
used to form a third-declension feminine abstract noun designating the result of an action from a verb root or conceived root form
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-etum/-tum (n)
place of; (of vegetation) A plantation or grove
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-fex (n)
denotes maker or performer | related to "facio"
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-graphia (n)
-graphy
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-ia (n)
Used to form a first declension feminine abstract noun, from an adjective ending in -us, a present participle stem, oroccasionally from a root noun; Used to form country names
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-icus (n)
belonging to; derived from; of or pertaining to, connected with; used to form some substantivized nouns from other nouns
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-ides (n)
(poetic) Suffix added to a father's name to form a masculine patronymic (son of); (New Latin) Suffix forming the names of members of certain dynasties
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-ies/-ities (n)
Used to form an abstract noun, usually from an adjective stem.
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-igo (n)
Suffixed to nouns and to verbs, forms nouns usually denoting diseased conditions | from "verto" + "-igo"
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-ile (n)
Forming names of enclosures for animals; more generally, forming names of places where certain goods are stored | originally specified purpose of stabulum
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-ina (n)
Used to form nouns describing places where a certain activity is carried out, or abstract nouns naming activities; Used to form nouns or names denoting female beings
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-io (n)
Used to form abstract nouns from verbs; Suffixed to noun or adjective stems, forms various nouns designating persons that are characterized by or related to the base word, such as nicknames or names of professions; Suffixed to noun or adjective stems, forms certain nouns designating things (often described as a kind of diminutive)
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-is (n)
found in borrowings from Greek, suffixed to the root of masculine nouns, forms feminine nouns of the third declension; various basic forms for tons of stuff (genitive of third declension)
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-isma/-ismus (n)
-ism; Suffixed to nouns or verbs to forms masculine abstract nouns of practice, result, teaching , or status related to the thing or action so suffixed
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-issa (n)
(Late Latin) Used to form feminine forms of masculine nouns
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-ista/-istes (n)
-ist; one who practises or believes, often from Greek nouns
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-itas/-tas (n)
-ty, -dom, -hood, -ness, -ship; Used to form feminine abstract nouns indicating a state of being
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-ites (n)
-ness, -ity; Used to form nouns describing the condition of being something | extension of "-ia"
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-itis (n)
(New Latin, pathology) -itis (suffix denoting diseases characterized by inflammation, itself often caused by an infection)
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-ium (n)
Suffix used to form abstract nouns, sometimes denoting offices and groups (May no longer be productive); (New Latin) Suffix appended to form names of chemical elements.
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-logia (n)
-logy; the study or logical discourse of
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-men (n)
forms nouns, usually from verbs, generally describing the means, instrument, or result of an action
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-mentum (n)
instrument, medium, or result of; e.g. monumentum
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-monia/-monium (n)
Forms collective nouns and nouns designating legal status or obligation from other nouns
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-nomia (n)
-nomy
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-o (n)
forms agent nouns, positive and especially negative nicknames and other personal designations, especially in colloquial language; also forms names, especially cognomina; (Late Latin) also used as an ending for some inanimate nouns.
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-ona (n)
Used to form names or epithets of female deities
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-onia (n)
forming names of some Roman goddesses
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-or (n)
used to form a third-declension masculine abstract noun from a verb root or conceived root form
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-orium (n)
Suffix forming nouns, usually denoting places or objects
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-osis (n)
(New Latin, pathology) -osis (illness and stuff)
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-phila (n)
-phile
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-por (n)
suffixed to the genitive of the master�s name, forms names of male slaves: ���s boy� | from a form of "puer"
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-rrhagia (n)
Forms abstract nouns from adjectives and possibly other roots
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-stae/-stini/-tae (n)
Found in Illyrian ethnonyms formed from toponyms | from Illyrian
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-tes (n)
Found in demonyms formed on toponyms
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-sura/-tura (n)
added to the supine form of a verb to form a noun relating to some action
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-sus/-tus (n)
Forms action nouns from verbs
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-sio/-tio (n)
-tion, -ation, -ing; suffixed to verbs to form action nouns denoting a process, action, or result of an action.
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-tor (n)
-er; used to form a masculine agent noun
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-torium/-torius (n)
Used to form nouns denoting a place or an instrument/tool
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-tra/-trum (n)
suffix forming instrument nouns from verbs
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-trix (n)
-ess, -ress, -trix; attached to verb stems to form feminine agent nouns (some uses poetic or derogatory for adj)
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-tudo (n)
-itude, -ness; used to form abstract nouns indicating a condition or state.
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-tura (n)
Used to form action nouns expressing concrete results as well as activities: -ing, -ure
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-ucus (n)
used to form attributive nouns from nominals, often names of plants; used to form deverbal nouns meaning �one who tends to do X�.
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-ugo (n)
Suffixed to nouns and to adjectives, forms nouns denoting thin or superficial coatings, films, layers, platings of materials
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-ula (n)
Noun suffix denoting instrument.
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-ulum (n)
Used to form a noun of instrument or means from a verb
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-us (n)
basic ending for lots of stuff, such as second declension nouns; (New Latin) suffix used to Latinize names ending in consonants
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-cinor (v)
suffix used to form verbs from nouns
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-eo (v)
Forms stative verbs from adjectives
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-esco/-isco (v)
Attaches to a stem (a noun or adjective) to form a verb meaning �to become [stem]� or similar
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-esso (v)
Forms a small number of intensive verbs from verbs
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-fico (v)
Forms factitive, causative, or other verbs from the roots of nouns and adjectives; -ify
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-ico (v)
forms regular first-conjugation verbs, sometimes with frequentative meaning
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-izo/-idio (v)
Used to form similative verbs from nouns and adjectives
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-ifico (v)
enlarged form of "-fico"
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-igo (v)
enlarged form of "-o"
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-io (v)
Used to form factitive verbs from adjectives; Used to form some irregular third conjugation verbs
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-isso (v)
Used to form similative verbs from nouns and adjectives.
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-ito (v)
Forms frequentative verbs from existing verbs or from certain adjectives (notably adjectives of the third declension in -is, -alis, and -bilis/-ibilis)
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-o (v)
suffixed to nouns or adjectives � originally a-stem nouns, but later nouns with other stems � or third-conjugation verbs in composition to form regular first-conjugation verbs
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-sco (v)
Forms inchoative verbs from existing verbs, meaning "to start to (verb), to begin to (verb)"
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-tito (v)
Forms frequentative verbs from existing verbs
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-to (v)
Forms frequentative verbs from existing verbs. In Latin, this means repeated or intense action
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-turio (v)
I desire, I wish (verbal suffix appended to various words to make a new word meaning to desire or wish for an action.)
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-urrio/-urio (v)
verbal suffix (for fourth conjugation, I believe)
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look at "-crum"