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Latin Suffixes
Pg. 12 - 13 (Lesson 4)
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Undergraduate 1
03/22/2012

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-ate
Definition
to perform an action
ex: accelerate
VERB ENDINGS
Term
-ite
Definition
to perform an action
ex: ignite
VERB ENDINGS
Term
-fy
Definition
to make
ex: magnify
VERB ENDINGS
Term
-esce
Definition
to become
ex: coalesce
VERB ENDINGS
Term
-mony
Definition
quality, action, state, concept, etc. (cf. English -ness)
ex: matrimony
NOUN ENDINGS (Abstractions)
Term
-tude
Definition
quality, action, state, concept, etc. (cf. English -ness)
ex: fortitude
NOUN ENDINGS (Abstractions)
Term
-ty
Definition
quality, action, state, concept, etc. (cf. English -ness)
ex: unity
NOUN ENDINGS (Abstractions)
Term
-y
Definition
quality, action, state, concept, etc. (cf. English -ness)
ex: victory
NOUN ENDINGS (Abstractions)
Term
-escence
Definition
the act of becoming
ex: adolescence
NOUN ENDINGS (Abstractions)
Term
-al
Definition
action
ex: arrival
NOUN ENDINGS (Abstractions)
Term
-ion
Definition
action
ex: religion
NOUN ENDINGS (Abstractions)
Term
-ate
Definition
arrangement, office
ex: mandate
NOUN ENDINGS (Abstractions)
Term
-al
Definition
doer
ex: animal
NOUN ENDINGS (Agents)
Term
-ary
Definition
person associated with
ex: beneficiary
NOUN ENDINGS (Agents)
Term
-ian
Definition
person associated with
ex: Christian
NOUN ENDINGS (Agents)
Term
-id
Definition
one of the family of (patronymic)
ex: ursid
NOUN ENDINGS (Agents)
Term
-idae
Definition
the family of (plural of -id)
ex: Ursidae
NOUN ENDINGS (Agents)
Term
-or
Definition
doer
ex: precursor
NOUN ENDINGS (Agents)
Term
-arium
Definition
place for
ex: aquarium
NOUN ENDINGS (Places and Things)
Term
-ary
Definition
place for
ex: aviary
NOUN ENDINGS (Places and Things)
Term
-orium
Definition
place for
ex: auditorium
NOUN ENDINGS (Places and Things)
Term
-ory
Definition
place for
ex: dormitory
NOUN ENDINGS (Places and Things)
Term
-cle
Definition
diminutive
ex: muscle
NOUN ENDINGS (Places and Things)
Term
-cule
Definition
diminutive
ex: molecule
NOUN ENDINGS (Places and Things)
Term
-ule
Definition
diminutive
ex: nodule
NOUN ENDINGS (Places and Things)
Term
-ole
Definition
diminutive
ex: foliole
NOUN ENDINGS (Places and Things)
Term
-ure
Definition
the result of an action
ex: lecture
NOUN ENDINGS (Nouns from Verbs (Action Nouns))
Term
-ion
Definition
the act of, the result of an action
ex: donation
NOUN ENDINGS (Nouns from Verbs (Action Nouns))
Term
-ment
Definition
the act of, the result of an action
ex: setiment
NOUN ENDINGS (Nouns from Verbs (Action Nouns))
Term
-ance
Definition
abstract noun from present participle
ex: importance
NOUN ENDINGS (Nouns from Verbs (Action Nouns))
Term
-ence
Definition
abstract noun from present participle
ex: consequence
NOUN ENDINGS (Nouns from Verbs (Action Nouns))
Term
-ience
Definition
abstract noun from present participle
ex: science
NOUN ENDINGS (Nouns from Verbs (Action Nouns))
Term
-ancy
Definition
abstract noun from present participle
ex: vacancy
NOUN ENDINGS (Nouns from Verbs (Action Nouns))
Term
-ency
Definition
abstract noun from present participle
ex: agency
NOUN ENDINGS (Nouns from Verbs (Action Nouns))
Term
-iency
Definition
abstract noun from present participle
ex: efficiency
NOUN ENDINGS (Nouns from Verbs (Action Nouns))
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