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-CULUS, -UNCULUS, primary or secondary denominative; -mns- 

 culns, little mouse; nubc-cula, little cloud; oper-culnm, 

 little lid; cent-unculus, cloth of many colors; orati-un- 

 cula, little speech 



-ELLUS, -ILLUS, primary or secondary denominative: mis-ellus, 

 wretch; lam-clla, small leaf ; pat-clla, small dish; pcnic- 

 illus, hair pencil,; osc-illum, little face 



-UNCIO, secondary denominative: hom-wicio, manikin 



The gender of diminutives is regularly that of the stem to 

 which they are attached. 



Patronymics. These are formed by the regular Greek suf- 

 fixes, which have given rise in Greek to adjectives that 

 have become nouns in Latin. 



ADJECTIVE SUFFIXES 



Ownership or Relation 

 -ANUS, -ENUS, -INUS, primary or secondary denominative : pag- 



anus, rustic; ser-enus, calm; mar-inus, of the sea 

 -ACUS, -icus, primary or secondary denominative: pausi-acus, 



olive-colored; hepat-icus, liver-colored 

 -ALIS, -ELIS, -ILIS, -ULUS, primary or secondary denominative: 



litor-alis, of the shore ; hum-ills, lowly ; ed-ulis, edible 

 -ARTS, -ARIUS, -TORI us, primary or secondary denominative: 



milit-aris, martial ; larnin-arius, blade-like ; dcsul-torins, 



of a vaulter 

 -ATUS. -ITUS, -UTUS, primary or secondary denominative: ped- 



atiis, having a foot ; turr-itus, turreted ; hirs-utns, rough 

 -EUS, -EIUS, -icius, primary or secondary denominative : frond- 



cus, leafy ; plcb-eins, of the commons ; advent-icius, for- 

 eign 



Material 



-ACEUS, -icius, primary or secondary denominative: ochr- 

 aceus, of ochre ; viol-aceus, violet-colored ; later-iciiis, 

 brick red 



-EUS, -lus, -EIUS, primary or secondary denominative : lign-cns, 

 of wood ; ros-eus, rosy ; aur-eus, golden ; limon-ius, 

 lemon yellow ; chalyb-eius, of steel 



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