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-ico

ær-uca, verdigris (æs-); căd-ucus, falling (căd-ĕre); carruca, a carriage; ēruca, a caterpillar, coleswort; festuca, a stalk; fistuca, a pile-driver; lact-uca, a lettuce (lacti-); mand-ucus, a chewer (mand-ĕre); sabucus (sambucus), f., elder-tree; verruca, a wart.

The I seems to be at least in some cases the result of con- 774 traction with a final vowel; e.g. =oi, ei, &c.

1. Adjectives: ăm-icus, friendly (ama-re); ant-icus, in front (ante); apr-icus, sunny; mend-icus, of beggars; post-icus, behind (post, old poste); půd-icus, shamefast (půdēre).

2.

Substantives: formica, an ant; lect-ica, a sedan (lecto-); lor-ica, a breast-plate (of leathern thongs; lōro-); lumbricus, a worm; Nas-ica (m.), (nāso-); rubr-ica, red paint, red heading (rubro-); vēsica, a bladder; umbil-icus, the navel (comp. ¡μpaλós); urtica, a nettle (comp. ur-ère). See also in § 767. 2 b.

i-ǎco

-cu

Egypt-i-ăcus, of Ægypt (Ægypto-); Corinthiacus, of Co- 775 rinth (Corintho-); Nil-i-ăcus, of the Nile (Nilo-).

2. Stems ending in -cu, -ci, -c.

See § 395. ǎcus (m. f.), a needle (comp. ac-ĕr, åk-wký); 776 arcus (m.), a bow; ficus (f.), a figtree; lacus (m.), a pool (comp. lăcuūna, la-ma, Xák-os, λákkos); pĕcu (n.), a head of cattle; porticus (f.), a colonnade (comp. portu-); qvercus (f.), an oak; specus (m.), a cave (comp. σπéοs).

-ci

arx (f.), a citadel (comp. arcere); calx (f.), (1) chalk, (2) a heel; dulcis, sweet (comp. yλukós); fascis (m.), a bundle; fex (f.), dregs; fauces (m. pl.), throat; lanx (f.), a dish; lux (f.), light; merx (f.), merchandise; piscis (m.), a fish; torqvis (m.), a collar (comp. torqvēre, to twist).

-C

crux (f.), a cross; dux (m.), a leader; fax (f.), a link; frăces (m. pl.), oil-dregs; nex (f.), death; nux (f.), a nut; prex (not found in nom. s.), (f.), a prayer; trux, cruel; vic-em (m. f.), a change; vox (f.), a voice.

-ěc (-ic) This is a diminutival suffix, and forms substantives.

ǎpex (m.), the top point; carex (f.), sedge; caudex, cōdex (m.), a tree-trunk, wooden tablets; cimex (m.), a bug; cortex (m. f.), bark of a tree; cùlex (m.), a gnat; forfex (m. f.), scissors; frutex (m.), a shrub; ilex (f.), an ilex; imbr-ex (m.), a tile (imbri-); latex (m.), water; műrex (m.), the purple fish;

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pæl-ex, pel-ex (f.), a concubine (a transcription of „áλλa§); pōdex (m.); pollex (m.), a thumb; pūlex (m.), a flea (comp. Þúλλa); pūmex (m.), a pumice stone; rārex (m.), a (branching) bloodvessel (rāmo-); rùmex (m. f.), sorrel; sẽn-ex (m.), an old man (comp. evos); silex (m. f.), flint; sorex (m.), a shrew mouse (comp. paέ); vort-ex, vert-ex (m.), a whirl, the top of a thing (vert-ère).

(Ju-dex, arti-fex, au-spex, simplex, &c. are compounds; obices from obicere; illex from illicere. See § 395.)

-Ic

append-ix (f.), an appendage (append-ère); cox-end-ix (f.), 778 the hip (coxa-); filix (f.), a fern; forn-ix (m.), a vault (forno-, an oven); lărix, a larch; sălix, a willow (comp. éλíên); stru-ix (f.), a heap (strui-, struĕre); vār-ix, a dilated vein (vāro-); and a few others (see § 440).

-āci

1. Adjectives; almost all from verb stems:

aud-ax, daring (audēre); căp-ax, capacious (căpĕ-re); contum-ax, obstinate (tumēre); dic-ax, witty (dic-, comp. maledic-us); ěd-ax, eating away (ěd-ĕre); effic-ax, effectual (făcě-re); ĕmax, fond of making purchases (ĕm-ĕre); fall-ax, deceptive (fall-ĕre); fer-ax, fruitful (fèr-re); fùg-ax, runaway (fügě-re); für-ax, thievish (fura-ri); loqv-ax, talkative (loqvi); mend-ax, lying (comp. menti-ri); min-ax, threatening (minā-ri); mord-ax, biting (mor-dēre); núg-ax, trifling (nugā-ri); pròc-ax, forward in manner (procă-re); pugn-ax, quarrelsome (pugna-re); răp-ax, rapacious (răpĕ-re); sǎg-ax, sagacious (comp. præ-sagi-re); săl-ax, lustful (salire); seqv-ax, pursuing (seqvi); perspic-ax, clear-sighted (spěcě-re); tăgax, light-fingered (tag-, tangere); ten-ax, tenacious (tènere); vēr-ax, truthful (vēro-); pervic-ax, stubborn (vinc-ĕre); viv-ax, lifefull, longlived (viv-ĕre); vŏr-ax, voracious (vòrā-re); and some others little used.

2. Substantives: forn-ax (f.), a kiln (foruo-); pax (f.), peace. Also (with suffix -āc): līm-ax (f.), a slug (limo-).

-ōci

-ēc

-īci

-Ic

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Adjectives: atr-ox, cruel (atro-, black); fĕr-ox, high- 780 spirited (fero-, wild); solox, coarse (of wool, only in Festus); vēl-ox, swift (võlā-re?).

Substantive: cěl-ox (f.), a yacht (comp. cèl-er, kéλns). ālex (f.), fish brine; verv-ex (m.), a wether.

1. Adjectives: fel-ix, happy; pernix, active (ni-ti, cf. 781 $ 707).

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cervix, a neck-bone (?), the neck; cor-n-ix, a crow (comp. cor-vus, kop-wv-ŋ, kóp-aέ); coturnix, a quail; jun-ix, a

heifer (jŭvěn-); lōdix, a blanket; rād-ix, a root (comp. píça, and per‚haps fadiós, taper, rā-mus); vībix, a weal.

mātr-ix (f.), a breeder (mater); nutr-ix (f.), nurse (nutrire), are formed as if analogous to the words in the next section.

-t-r-ic

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nouns in -tör. The t is the participial or supine suffix. When used as adjectives they have -i stems (e.g. victrīcia, ultrīcia, § 414).

accusa-trix (Plaut. twice), accuser (accusã-); adjü-trix, helper (adjuva-re); al-trix, nourisher (ăl-ĕre); ǎmā-trix (Plaut., Mart.), à mistress (amā-re); bella-trix, a warrior (bellā-re); cĭcātrix, a scar; conserva-trix (Cic. once), preserver (servā-re); contem-p-trix, despising (contemn-ère); crea-trix, a creator (crea-re); cul-trix, a cultivator (col-ĕre); educa-trix, trainer (educa-re); expul-trix, expeller (pell-ère, pul-sum, § 152. 3); gěně-trix, a mother (gen-, gigněre); guberna-trix, directress (guberna-re); impera-trix, commander (impera-re); indāgā-trix, a tracker out (indāgā-re); inven-trix, discoverer (věn-i-re); měrě-trix, a courtesan (měrēre); mōli-trix (Suet.), a contriver (mōlī-ri); nā-trix, a water-snake (nā-re); obstě-trix, a midwife (stare, cf. § 645); tex-trix (Mart.), webster, i.e. female weaver (tex-ĕre); tons-trix, a barber (tondere, § 160. 3); venā-trix, huntress (vēnāre); vic-trix, conquering (vincère); ul-trix, avenging (ulc-isci, cf. § 110. 2); and some others.

In matrix, nutrix (for nutrītrix?), tr belongs to the stem.

Compound stem-endings: -coso, -iculoso, § 814; -cundo, § 820; -cīno, -ciōn, $$ 840, 853; -culo, -unculo, -usculo, §§ 862-864; -cĕro, -cĕri, §§ 887, 902; -aceo, -uceo, §§ 920, 921; -cio, -ticio, -cinio, $$ 930, 931, 936.

-go

ii. Stems ending in -go, -gvo; -gi, -g, -gvi.

In most of these words the g belongs to the stem.

2.

I.

Adjectives: largus, bountiful; longus, long; sāgus (usually säga, f.), foretelling (comp. såg-āx); vågus, wandering; valgus, bow-legged (comp. vār-us).

Substantives:

alga, seaweed; bulga, a bag (Gallic word); căliga, a half-boot (comp. calc-eus); fagus (f.), a beech-tree (comp. pnyós, oak); frāga (pl.), strawberries; füg-a, flight (comp. dvyn); fungus, a mushroom (comp. opóyyos); júg-um, a yoke (comp. Čuyov, § 141); merg-uɛ,

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a diver-fowl (merg-ère); mergæ (pl.), a two-prong fork; nugæ (pl.), trifles (comp. nauco-); pāgus, a village; plăga, (1) a region, (2) a snare; plāg-a, a blow (comp. plang-ère, πλýσσew, wλnyń); rogus, a funeral pile (règ-ĕre); rūga, a wrinkle; săgum, a soldier's blanket, said by Polybius to be a Celtic word; but comp. gayn, harness); strig-a, a swathe (comp. string ĕre); tergum, a back; tŎg-a, a cloak (těg-ĕre); virga, a switch (comp. vir-ēre?).

-gvo -gi

-g

-gvi

lingva, the tongue (lingère, to lick).

ambages (f. pl.), goings round about (amb, ǎg-ĕre); com- 784
pages (f.), a fastening (compang-ère); contāges (f.), con-
tagion (com, tang-ĕre); jūgis (adj.), fresh; propages (f.),
offspring (comp. propāgā-re); strā-ges (f.), destruction
(comp. sternere, strā-to-).

conjunx, a consort (com, jug-); früg-em (f. no nom, sing.),
fruit, corn; grex (m.), a flock; lex (f.), a law (lěg-ĕre, to
choose?); rex (m.), a king (règ-ĕre); strix (f.), a screech-owl.
angvis (m.f.), a snake (comp.ëxis); ningvis (f. nix), snow
(comp. -eтós); pingvis, fat (comp. Taxús); ungvis
(m.), a nail (comp. övv§).

Compound stem-endings: -gno, § 826; -gön, -āgön, -llägŎn, -ǎgòn, -īgon, § 845; -gneo, § 922.

iii. Stems ending in -ho, -hi.

trăha, a sledge; véhes, a cart load (věh-ĕre).

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-to

CHAPTER V.

DENTAL NOUN-STEMS.

i. Stems ending in -to (or -so when presumably arisen from

a dental).

Adjectives of quantity:

qvan-tus, how great (quam); qvar-tus, fourth (for 786 qvatvortus from qvattvor); qvin-tus (for qvinctus), fifth (qvinqve); quo-tus, how great (a part), i.e. what number (avo-, comp. qvot); sex-tus, sixth (sex); tan-tus, so great (tam); to-tus, so many-th; tōtus, whole.

Comp. is-tus (iste), that; ipsus (ipse), self.

-to (-so) 1. Adjectives:

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(a) Participles, expressing completed action, done in the case of deponent verbs, and some others ($$ 734, 735); suffered in the case of verbs having also an active voice, and in many deponents (§ 734).

A full enumeration is given in §§ 689-709. See also §§ 734, 735

(b) Participles, or words of similar formation, used as adjectives of quality. (For -āto, &c. see below.)

al-sus, cool (alg-ēre); al-tus, high (ăl-ĕre, to nourish); ap-tus, fit (ăpi-sc-i); artus, narrow (arcere, 10 confine); assus, roast (comp. aw); blæsus, lisping (comp. Bλaioós, bandy-legged); brūtus, brute; cassus, empty; castus, chaste (comp. κaðăpós); cătus, sharp; cel-sus, high (cell-ĕre, to strike?); cer-tus, sure (cern-ĕre); crassus, thick; cunctus, all (covinc-ire); curtus, docked (comp. Keipo); decrepitus (that has cracked off?), worn out (crepare); densus, thick (comp. dao-ús); disser-tus, fuent (dissĕrère, to discuss); elixus, boiled (comp. laxus, prolixus); fal-sus, false (fallère); fastus (něfastus), lawful (fas); fessus, weary (făti-sc-i, to gape); fes-tus, festive (comp. fer-iæ); fe-tus, pregnant (comp. fe-mina, fe-cundus, § 99.6); frētus, relying; glutus, tenacious, soft (§ 690); grātus, pleasing; hirtus, shaggy; infes-tus, set on (cf. § 704. n.); invītus, unwilling (for in-vic-tus? comp. Fek-, ékov); ir-ri-tus, ineffectual (rēri); justus, just (jūs-); lætus, cheerful; lassus, tired; lātus, broad (for tlātus, borne, cf. § 176. 3); laxus, loose; lau-tus, splendid (lăvāre); lentus, pliant; mac-tus, made great (comp. mag-nus); mæstus, sad (mærēre); mănifestus, hand-struck, i.e. palpable (§ 704. n.); multus, much; mustus, new; mātus, dumb (comp. mussare; also μveшv, to close the eyes); dbēsus (overeaten, i.e.), fat (ĕd-ĕre); pætus, blinkeyed; pĕr-ōsus, hating (comp. od-ium); plautus, fat; putus, cleared, hence quite (pu-tare, frequentative, to prune); russus, red (comp. épve-pús); sal-sus, salt (sălīre); sanc-tus, boly, good (sanc-ire); sentus, squalid (comp. sent-īna); si-tus, placed (sin-ĕre); spissus, crowded; stultus, foolish (comp. stol-idus); săbitus, sudden (sub-i-re); sublestus (Plaut.), weak; tăci-tus, silent (tăcere); ter-sus, neat (tergere, to wipe); vastus, waste, huge; věgě-tus, active (§ 693).

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(a) Masculine: accensus, an apparitor (accensēre); cossus, a worm; also as proper name (from wrinkled skin); digitus, a finger (comp. dáκruλos, deiкvvelv, dicere); fusus, a spindle; grossus, an unripe fig; guttus, a bottle; hortus, a garden (cf. § 134); lăcertus, (1) the muscle of the upper arm; (2) a lizard; lectus, a couch (comp. λéxos, λéктρov); liber-tus, a freedman (lībĕro-); nāsus, à nose; ventus, wind; ursus, a bear (comp. аρKтos).

lănista, a trainer of gladiators. Comp. cithărista, kılaρIσ-τŃS.

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lixa, a

camp-follo

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