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uni-cornis, uni-cornus (wins, one, cornu, horn) with one 



horn 

 angui-manus (anguis, snake, manus, hand) with serpent 



hand 

 magn-animus , magn-animis (magnus, great, animus, soul) 



great-souled 



long-acvus (longus, long, aevum, age) of great age 

 multi-jugus, -jugis (multus, many, jugum, yoke) yoked 



many together 



multi-meter (multus, many, metrum, measure) of many feet 

 (&) If the last term belong to the third declension (stem in 

 a consonant or in -i) the compound adjective will have 

 the form and inflection of a noun, or its stem may take 

 the endings us, a, um, or, more rarely, is, e. 

 aequi-lanx (acquits, equal, lanx, scale) with equal scale 

 in-frons (in, without, frons, leaf) without foliage 

 nigri-color (niger, black, color, color) of a black color 

 multi-pes (multus, many, pes, foot) many-footed 

 multi-radix (multus, many, radix, root) many-rooted 

 itni-finis (units, one, finis, limit) possessing the same ter- 

 mination 



semi-bos (semi, half, bos, ox) half-ox 

 bi-dens (bi, two, dens, tooth) two-toothed 

 aequi-pes, aequi-pedis (aequus, equal, pcs, foot) isosceles 

 in-orus (in, not, os, oris, mouth) without a mouth 

 multi-colorus (multus, many, color, coloris, color) many- 

 colored 

 multi-nominis (multus, many, nomcn, nominis, name) many- 



. named 

 multi-genus, -generus, -generis, (multus, genus, generis, 



kind) of many kinds 



multi-laudus (multus, laus, laudis, praise) much-praised 

 aequi-latus, aequi-laterus (aequus, equal, lotus, lateris, side) 



equilateral 



(c) If the last term belong to the fifth declension, the com- 

 pound adjectives will appear in us, a, um, or, rarely, in 

 the form of a noun. 



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