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queri-monia = _complaint_, formed from queri = _to complain_.
ag-men = _line of march_ } agere vag = _to lead_.
_band_ } monu-mentum = a _memorial_, mon-ere = _to remind_.
no-men = a _name_ vgno = _to know_.
(iv.) Nouns denoting means or instrument.
-BULUM, -CULUM, -BRUM, -CRUM, -TRUM, N.
sta-bulum = _stall_ formed from stare = _to stand_.
vehi-culum = _wagon_ vehere = _to carry_.
sepul-crum = _tomb_ sepelire = _to bury_.
ara-trum = _plough_ arare = _to plough_.
+II. DERIVATION OF ADJECTIVES.+
(i.) +Adjectives+ expressing +diminution+, and used as +Diminutive Nouns+.
-ULUS, -OLUS, -CULUS, -ELLUS, -ILLUS.
riv-ulus = a _streamlet_ formed from rivus = a _brook_.
fili-olus = a _little son_ filius = a _son_.
munus-culum = a _little gift_ munus = a _gift_.
codic-illi = _writing tablets_ codex = a _block of wood_.
lib-ellus = a _little book_ liber = a _book_.
(ii.) +Patronymics+, indicating +descent+ or +relations.h.i.+p+.
-ADES, -IDES, -IDES, -EUS, M.
-AS, -IS, -EIS, F.
Atlanti-ades = _Mercury_ } formed from Atlas.
Atlant-ides = the _Pleiads_ } T?d-ides = _Diomedes_ Tydeus.
Cisse-is = _Hecuba_ Cisseus.
(iii.) +Adjectives+ meaning +full of, p.r.o.ne to+.
-OSUS, -LENS, -LENTUS.
form-osus = _beautiful_ formed from forma = _beauty_.
pesti-lens = _pestilent_ pestis = _plague_.
vio-lentus = _violent_ vis = _force_.
(iv.) +Adjectives+ meaning +provided with+.
-TUS, -ATUS, -ITUS, -UTUS.
funes-tus = _deadly_
barb-atus = _bearded_ barba = a _beard_.
turr-itus = _turreted_ turris = a _tower_.
corn-utus = _horned_ cornu = a _horn_.
(v.) +Adjectives+ meaning +made of+ or +belonging to+, or +pertaining to+.
-EUS, -IUS, -ANEUS, -TICUS, -ALIS, -ARIS, -ILIS, -ULIS, -a.n.u.s, -ENUS, -INUS, -ENSIS, -TER (-TRIS), -ESTER (-ESTRIS), -TIMUS, -ERNUS, -URNUS, -TURNUS (-TERNUS).
aur-eus = _golden_ formed from aurum = _gold_.
patr-ius = _paternal_ pater = a _father_.
subterr-aneus = _subterranean_ sub terra = _underground_.
domes-ticus = _domestic_ domus = a _house_.
natur-alis = _natural_ natura = _nature_.
popul-aris = _fellow-countryman_ populus = a _people_.
veter-a.n.u.s = _veteran_ vetus (veter-) = _old_.
ser-enus = _calm_, _of serus = _late_.
evening stillness_ div-inus = _divine_ divus = _G.o.d_.
for-ensis = _of the forum_ forum = _a market-place_.
lac-teus = _milky_ lac (lacti-) = _milk_.
subl-icius = _resting sublica = a _pile_.
on piles_ palus-ter = _marshy_ palus = a _marsh_.
silv-ester = _woody_ silva = a _wood_.
fini-timus = _neighbouring_ finis = a _boundary_.
ver-nus = _vernal_ ver = _spring_.
di-urnus = _daily_ dies = _day_.
diu-turnus = _lasting_ diu = _long_ (time).
(vi.) +Adjectives+ expressing the action of the Verb as +a quality+ or +tendency+.
-AX, -IDUS, -ULUS, -VUS (-UUS, -IVUS, -TIVUS).
pugn-ax = _pugnacious_ formed from pugnare = _to fight_.
cup-idus = _eager_ cupere = _to desire_.
bib-ulus = _thirsty_ bibere = _to drink_.
(of sand etc.) noc-uus = _hurtful_ nocere = _to hurt_.
cap-tivus = _captive_ capere = _to take_.
(vii.) +Adjectives+ expressing +pa.s.sive qualities+ but +occasionally active+.
-ILIS, -BILIS, -IUS, -TILIS.
frag-ilis = _frail_ formed from frangere vfrag = _to break_.
no-bilis = _well known_ noscere vgno = _to know_.
exim-ius = _choice_, _rare_ eximere = _take out_.
tex-tilis = _woven_ texere = _to weave_.
(viii.) +Adjectives originally gerundives.+
-NDUS, -BUNDUS, -CUNDUS.