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2. Substantives:

(a) Masculine: ăcervus, a heap; alvus (m. f. § 336), the belly; ăvus, a grandfather; cervus (horned; hence), a stag (comp. Kepaós); clāvus, a nail, helm; clīvus, a slope (comp. in-cli-nare, kNivo); corvus, a raven (comp. cornix, kópaß); dīvus (diva, also deus, dea), a god, goddess; făvus, a honeycomb cell; milvus, a kite; nævus, a mole on the body; nervus, a sinew, a cord (comp. veüpov); rīvus, a stream (comp. peiv, fut. Þevoelv); servus (also adj. and serva, f.), a slave (sěrěre, join

Nerva, a family name.

(6) Feminine: calva, a skull, or bald head; căterva, a crowd; clāva, a club; gingiva, the gum of the teeth; larva, a mask; Minerva (old Menerva); malva, the mallow (comp. paláxn, Hesiod); Olīva (also olea), olive; comp. & halos); silva, a wood (comp. Ūin); stīva, a plough handle; valva, a folding-door; ulva, sedge; vulva, the womb; ūva, a grape.

(c) Neuter: ævum, an age (comp. aióv, § 91); arvum, a field (comp. åpów, plough); ervum, bitter vetch (comp. Õpoßos); Övum, an egg (comp. őov, § 91); urvum, a ploughtail (comp. curvus and § 121. 3). 1. Adjectives:

762 (a) from verb stems: ambig-uus, on both sides, ambiguous (amb-ig-ěre); assid-uus, constant (adsid-ēre); cæd-uus (of a wood), for cutting (cæd-ěre); congru-us, suitable (congru-ère); contig-uus, touching (conting-ěre); contin-uus, continuous (continēre); dēcid-uus, falling (dēcid-ěre); dīvžd-uus, parted (divid-ěre); exig-uus, small, orig. precise (exig-ěre); Ingěn-uus, free-born (ingign-ěre); Innoc-uus, harmless (in, noe-ēre); můt-uus, by way of change (mūtā-re); OCcid-uus, falling : hence, from the sun, western (occid-ěre); pasc-uus, (of land) for grazing (pasc-ěre); perpět-uus, uninterrupted (perpětere); præcip-uus, taken in front, i.e. chief (præcip-ěre); procid-uus (post-Aug.), falling forward (procid-ěre); promisc-uus (also promiscus), mixed (promiscēre); relic-uus (also relicus, $ 160. 7), left behind, remaining (relinqv-ěre); rěsid-uus, sunk to the bottom like dregs, left unused (resid-ēre); rig-uus, irrig-uus, irrigated (rigā-re); succid-uus (not præ-Aug.), sinking (succid-ěre); văc-uus ($ 94. 2), empty (văcā-re); and others.

(6) from substantives, or of obscure origin: ann-uys, for a year (anno-); ard-uus, lofty (comp. óp8-ós); cern-uus, headlong; fătuus, foolish; menstr-uus, monthly (mens-tr-i- from mensi-; cf. § 904); mort-uus, dead (morti-); strēn-uus, active; suus, his own; tuus, your; vid-uus, widowed (comp. di-vid-ěre; Germ, wittwe, Engl. widaw).

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Substantives: (a) Masculine: carduus, a thistle; lituus, an augur's crook; patr-uus, a father's brother. (patr-).

(6) Feminine: bēlua, a beast; jān-ua, a gate (Jano-); noct-ua, an owl (nocti-); stăt-ua, a statue (stătu-); trua, a spoon.

(c) Neuter: februa (pl.), purgatives (febri-). -1-vo (For some words where the i is apparently radical 763

see § 761). 1. Adjectives:

æst-ivus, of summer (æstu-, heat); adopt-ivus, taken by choice (adoptā-re); căd-ivus (Plin.), falling (căd-ěre); interněc-ivus, destructive (interněc-ā-re); lasc-ivus, playful; noc-ivus (Phædr., Plin., but nòcuus, Ov.), hurtful (nocēre); récid-ivus, restored (récid-ěre); sēment-ivus, for sowing (sēmenti-); subsec-ivus, cut off spare (subsěc-āre); tempest-ivus, seasonable (tempos-; either the t is due to a false analogy with æstivus, or the word may be shortened for tempestātivus); voc-ivus (or văc-ivus), early form for văcuus (văcā-re).

Substantives: Grādīvus (once Grădivus), a name of Mars; săl-iva, spittle (sal, salt). -t-ivo i.e. -ivo, appended to the stem of the past participle. 764

(Only passīvus exhibits the 8, and that is not earlier than

Appuleius). 1. Adjectives:

(a) General: ac-t-ivus, active, practical (agère); adoptivus, adoptive (comp. adoptāre, frequentative in form); cap-t-ivus, captured (capě-re); collec-tivus (post-Aug.), collected (collig-ěre); conditivus, stored (cond-ěre); fes-tivus, gay, handsome (festo-); fúgi-t-ivus, run-away (fugě-re); fur-t-ivus, stolen (comp. fürā-ri); insi-t-ivus, grafted (insěrěre); instaurā-t-ivus (Cic.), renewed (instaurāre); lůcrā-t-ivus, counted as gain (lucrā-rs-); nã-t-ivus, born, self-grown (na-sc-i-); prærogā-t-ivus, first-asked (prærog-āre); să-t-ivus, for sowing (sěærère); stă-t-ivus, stationary (stare); sec-t-ivus (Col., Plin.), split (sécare); subdi-t-ivus, supposititious (sub-děre); võ-t-ivus, vowed (võ-vere); and others little used.

(6) Technical terms in rhetoric, grammar, &c.: definitivus, explanatory (definīre); demonstrā-tivus, laudatory (demonstrā-re); hortā-tivus, bortatory (hortā-ri); laudā-tivus, laudatory (laudā-re); rătiöcinā-tivus, of reasoning (rătiocinā-ri); translā-tivus, transferred (translāto-); and others. Similarly in grammar (in Quintilian),

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ablātivus, accusātivus, dătivus, nominātivus, possessivus, rēlātivus;
and others in later writers.

Substantives: dõnativum (post-Aug.), a largess (donā-re).
-Vi åvis (f.), a bird; brèvis, short (comp. Bpayús, $ 129); 765

cīvis (in.), a citizen (comp. qvi-es, kei-ual, Curt.);
clāvis (f.), a key (comp. clauděre, kdeis, kanis); grăvis, heavy (comp.
Bapós, as glans with Báhavos); lëvis, light (comp. élaxús, $ 129);
nävis (f.), a ship (comp. vaūs); niv- (nom. nix., f.; cf. § 129. 2C);
snow (comp. vig-etós); pelvis (f.), a basin; rāvis (f.), hoarseness
(comp. rau-cus); svā-vis, sweet (comp. svād-us, rid-ús).
-ui grus (f.), a crane (comp. yépavos); lues (f.), pestilence

(comp. Lotuós); strues (f.), a heap (comp. stru-ere, ster-něre); sus (m. f.), a pig (comp. Ús); těnuis, thin (comp. tenděre, těn-er, tavaós).

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Stems ending in -fo. offa, a morsel; rufus, red; scrofa, a sow; tõfus, tufa stone.

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CHAPTER IV.

GUTTURAL NOUN-STEMS.

i. Stems endingi in -co, -qvo; -cu, -ci, -qvi; -c, -qv.

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æqvus, level; averruncus, averting; cæcus, blind; cascus, 767 old; coruscus, flashing; flaccus, flabby; fuscus, dark coloured; lusous, one-eyed; mancus, maimed; parcus, thrifty; paucus, few (comp. Traū-pos); Plancus (plano-?); priscus, ancient (prius); raucus (for rāvicus), hoarse (rāvi-); réciprocus, backwards and forwards (reco, prð-co, derivatives of re and pro; Key, Essays, p. 74 sq.); siccus,

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dry (for ssti-cus from sstis, thirst?); spurcus, dirty; truncus, lopped; Vescus, small.

2. Substantives:

(a) Masculine: ăbăcus, a table or board; arcus (arqvus), a bow (see $ 395); circus, a ring (kpikos, Hom.); cócus (coqvus), a cook; ècus (eqvus), a horse (comp. (TOS, § 118); fiscus, a basket; floccus, a flock of wool; focus, a hearth; fūcus (1), seaweed (comp. pūkos, Hom.); (2) a drone; hircus, a goat; jocus, a joke; juncus, a bulrush; jủven-cus, a bullock (jůvěn-); lăcus, a pool (cf. SS 395,776); locus, a place; lucus, a grove; maccus, a clown (comp. jakkoâv, to moan); Marcus, hammer? a Roman prænornen; mũcus, snot (comp. mungěre); pīcus, a woodpecker; porcus, a pig; procus, a suitor (comp. prěcā-ri); saccus, a bag (comp. rákkos); soccus, a slipper; sūcus, juice (comp. örós, § 107); sulcus, a furrow (comp. ólkós, ed kelv); truncus, a lopt stem (see above); vicus, a street (comp. oikos); vopiscus (see Plin. 7. 10, § 8).

Roman family names: Murcus; Sěněca (sěněc-, old); Tucca.

(6) Feminine: ficus, a fig-tree; ruscus (or ruscum, n.?) butcher's broom.

aqva, water; arca, a chest (comp. arcēre, åpkeiv); bacca, a berry; braccæ (pl.), breeches; bucca, a cheek; esca, food (ed-, ěděre, esse, to eat); furca, a fork; jŭvenca, a heifer (see above); labrusca, a wild vine; mărisca, a kind of fig; mīca, a grain; mollusca, a soft nut (molli-); musca, a fly (comp. uvia for uvola?); orca, a whale, a tun; Parca (pl.), Fates (from par-ti-, the apportioners? comp. poipai, pépos: or eulogistic from parc-ére, to spare?); porca, (1) a furrow; (2) a farrow, i. e. a sow (cf. Key, Essays, p. 95); posca, an acid drink; rīca, a woman's veil; sīca, a dagger; spīca, an ear of corn; trīcæ (pl.), trifles; vacca, a cow.

(c) Neuter: molluscum, a fungus (molli-); naucum (?), a trifle (?); tesca (tesqva, pl.), waste places; viscum, mistletoe (comp. εξός). 1-co i.e. (usually) -co, suffixed to vowel stems.

I. Adjectives: Afri- cus, of the Afri (Afro-); belll-cus, 768 of war (bello-); cīvi-cus, of a citizen (cīvi-); classi-cus, of a class, esp. the fleet (classi-); Crēti-cus, of Crete (Crēta-); dòmini-cus, of a master (dòmino-); fullon-icus, of a fuller (fullon-); Germāni-cus, of Germans (Germāno-); lubricus, slippery; mangān-icus (Plin., Suet.), of a dealer (mangon-); mědi-cus, of healing (mědě, mědēri); modi-cus, moderate (modo-); publi-cus, public (pòpůlo-, cf. § 69); sonti-cus, dangerous (sonti-, guilty); tětri-cus, rough (comp. tətro-?); üni-cus, single (uno-); urbi-cus, of the city (urbi-).

Also common in Greek words; e.g. comicus, grammăticus, poēticus, &c.

2. Substantives:
(a) Masculine: vīli-cus (vīlica), a farm steward (villa-).

(6) Feminine: ălica (halica), spelt; brassica, cabbage; fabri-ca, a manufacture (fabro-); fðricæ (pl.), see Juv. 3. 38; fulica (fulix), a coot; măni-cæ (pl.), gloves, handcuff's (månu-); pēd-ica, a snare (pēd-, foot); ridica, a vineprop; siliqva, à pod; sublica, a pile for à bridge, &c.; túnica, a shirt; vómi-ca, a running abscess (vóměre, cf. § 698).

(c) toxicum, poison, orig. for smearing arrows (rótov). -ti-co i.e. -co added to real or presumed adjectives in -to. 769

1. Adjectives: domesticus, of home (domo-; comp. modestus, § 789; agrestis, § 808); Ligus-ticus, of the Ligurians (Ligus-); rus-ticus, of the country (rūs-).

2. Substantives: can-ticum, a song (can-to-, căněre); mantica, a bag; pertica, a pole; scètica, a whip (comp. scûtum, á leathern shield); trī-ticum (threshed) wheat, corn (trī-to-, těrěre). -āti-co 1. Adjectives: à quāticus, living in or near water (aqua-); 770

erraticus, wandering (errāre); fânaticus, inspired (fāno-); lymphāticus, of the frenzied (lymphāto-, lympha-); silvaticus, of a wood (silva-); vēnaticus, for hunting (vēnāri-); umbraticus, of the shade (umbra-); volaticus, winged (võlā-re, to fly).

2. Substantives: viāticum, journey-supplies (via-; comp. viātor). -11-co

1. Adjectives: fămē-licus, starving (fămē); hiu-lcus, 771 -Ico

gaping (hiā-re; cf. § 204. 2e); pětu-lcus, frolicsome

(pět-ěre, cf. § 657, and comp. pětůl-ans).

Substantives: bůbul-cus, an ox-tender, i.e. a ploughman (bov- whence būbůlus, cf. § 76. 2); sub-ulcus, a swineherd (sufor sov-? or perhaps the word is simply formed in imitation of bubulcus); rēmulcum (only in abl. s.), a towrope (probably from Greek; comp. puuova reiv, Polyb.). -ri-col

vitricus, a stepfather; növerca, a stepmother (novo-;

Comp. νέος, νεαρός). -in-qvol

Adjectives: ant-iqvus, ancient (for antinqvus? from 772 -iqvo

ante, but cf. $ 774); long-inqvus, distant (longo-); propinqvus, near (prope).

(In oblīqvus the g is radical; comp. lic-inus, dex-plos). -āco měr-acus, pure (of wine without water; měro-); Op- 773

acus, shady; clo-aca, a sewer (cluere old = purgare: comp. κλύ-ζειν).

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