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Latin Suffixes
Pg. 15 (Lesson 5)
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Undergraduate 1
03/22/2012

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-aceous
Definition
pertaining to, having the character of
ex: herbaceous
ADJECTIVE ENDINGS
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-acious
Definition
pertaining to, having the character of
ex: tenacious
ADJECTIVE ENDINGS
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-al
Definition
pertaining to, having the character of
ex: mental
ADJECTIVE ENDINGS
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-an(e)
Definition
pertaining to, having the character of
ex: mundane
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-ar
Definition
pertaining to, having the character of
ex: solar
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-ary
Definition
pertaining to, having the character of
ex: military
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-id
Definition
pertaining to, having the character of
ex: lucid
ADJECTIVE ENDINGS
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-il(e)
Definition
pertaining to, having the character of
ex: juvenile
ADJECTIVE ENDINGS
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-ine
Definition
pertaining to, having the character of
ex: saline
ADJECTIVE ENDINGS
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-iv(e)
Definition
pertaining to, having the character of
ex: expensive
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-ory
Definition
pertaining to, having the character of
ex: sensory
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-ose
Definition
pertaining to, having the character of
ex: varicose
ADJECTIVE ENDINGS
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-ous
Definition
pertaining to, having the character of
ex: intravenous
ADJECTIVE ENDINGS
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-ulous
Definition
tending to
ex: credulous
ADJECTIVE ENDINGS
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-ensis
Definition
where found
ex: canadensis
ADJECTIVE ENDINGS
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-form
Definition
shaped like, looking like
ex: cruciform
ADJECTIVE ENDINGS
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-ate
Definition
shaped like, looking like
ex: lunate
ADJECTIVE ENDINGS
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-able
Definition
able to be (done) (passive)
ex: portable
ADJECTIVE ENDINGS
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-(ible)
Definition
able to be (done) (passive)
ex: legible
ADJECTIVE ENDINGS
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-ile
Definition
able to be (done) (passive)
ex: fragile
ADJECTIVE ENDINGS
Term
-and(um)
Definition
ought to be (done) (passive)
ex: memorandum
ADJECTIVE ENDINGS (Participles)
Term
-end(um)
Definition
ought to be (done) (passive)
ex: reverend
ADJECTIVE ENDINGS (Participles)
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-escent
Definition
becoming
ex: senescent
ADJECTIVE ENDINGS (Participles)
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-fic
Definition
making
ex: terrific
COMPOUND ENDINGS
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-colous
Definition
dwelling in
ex: hericolous
COMPOUND ENDINGS
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-ferous
Definition
carrying, having
ex: coniferous
COMPOUND ENDINGS
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-gerous
Definition
bearing, growing
ex: lanigerous
COMPOUND ENDINGS
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-parous
Definition
giving birth to
ex: oviparous
COMPOUND ENDINGS
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-vorous
Definition
feeding on
ex: carnivorous
COMPOUND ENDINGS
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