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-INUS, -INEUS, -GNUS, primary or secondary denominative: 

 lilac-inns, lilac-colored; querc-inus, oaken; frax-ineus, 

 ashen ; fulig-ineus, soot-black ; abie-gnus, of fir-wood ; 

 sail- gnus, of willow 



Quality or Fitness 



-AX, primary: ten-ax, tenacious; rap-ax, furious; vor-ax, con- 

 suming 



-IDUS, -ULUS, primary: flor-idus, blooming; morb-idus, dis- 

 eased ; cred-ulus, trustful ; pend-ulus, hanging 



-vus (-uus), -ivus, -TIVUS, primary or secondary verbal or de- 

 nominative : decid-uus, apt to fall ; aest-ivus, of summer ; 

 fugi-tivus, fleeing 



-lus, primary or secondary denominative or verbal: patr-ius, 

 paternal; exim-ius, choice 



-ILIS, -BILIS, -TILIS (-SILIS), secondary verbal: Hex-ills, flex- 

 ible; fac-ilis, easy; nota-bilis, noteworthy; plica-tilis, 

 twisted; fos-silis, dug up 



Fulness 

 --osus, secondary denominative : form-osus, beautiful ; silv-osus, 



forested; lim-osus, muddy 



-(O)LENS, -(O)LENTUS, primary or secondary denominative: 

 grave-olens, of heavy odor; snccu-lentits, fresh, full of 

 juice; lutu-lentus, muddy 



-BUNDUS, -CUNDUS, primary or secondary verbal, rarely denom- 

 .inative: erra-bundus, vagrant; fe-cundus, fruitful; rubi- 

 cundus, ruddy 



Place or Origin 



-ANUS, -ANEUS, -ENUS, primary or secondary denominative : 

 mont-anus', of the mountains ; subterr-aneits, under- 

 ground; terr-enns, earthy 



-ENSIS, primary or secondary denominative : for-ensis, of the 

 market place; padov-ensis, of Padua 



-ESTER, (-ESTRIS), -TER (-TRIS), primary or secondary denom- 

 inative: camp-ester, of the fields; silv-estris, forest; 

 lacus-ter, of a lake; palus-tris, marshy 



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