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NUMERALS. Vnus, centum, the higher cardinals and all ordinals 

 appear in the stem form with -i- as the connective, the 

 remaining cardinals are unchanged: duo, two, is re- 

 placed by bi-, tres, three, by tri-, and quattuor, four, by 

 quadri-. 



uni-folius (un-us, one, folium, leaf) one-leaved 

 bi-fidns (bi, two, Undo, cleave) cleft into two parts 

 tri-furcus (tri, three, furca, prong) three-pronged 

 quadri- jugis (quadri, four, jugum, yoke) yoked in fours 

 quinquc-partitus (quinque, five, partio, divide) five-parted 

 septem-ner-uus (septem, seven, nervus, nerve) seven-nerved 

 decem-remis (decent, ten, remits, oar) ten-oared 

 centi-ceps (centum, hundred, caput, head) hundred-headed 

 primi-formis (primus, first, forma, form) original 

 quinti-ceps (quintus, fifth, caput, head) having five peaks 



INDECLINABLES 



Adverbs and adverbial prefixes : 



semper-fiorium (semper, always, fios, flower) evergreen 

 paen-ultimus (paene, nearly, ultimus, last) last but one 

 per-magnus (per, very, magnus, large) very large 

 prae-longus (prae, very, longus, long) very long 

 in-divisus (in, not, divido, divide) undivided 

 sub-globosus (sub, rather, somewhat, globosus, spherical) 

 nearly spherical 



Prepositions : 



ab-normis (ab, away from, norma, rule) irregular 

 ac-clivus (ad, to, clivus, slope) steep 

 ante-pes (ante, before, pes, foot) forefoot 

 circum-scissus (circum, around, scindo, split) split around 

 com-mutabilis (cum, together with, mutabilis, changeful) 



subject to change 



de- jugis (de, from, jugum, yoke) sloping 

 ex-aridus (ex, out, aridus, dry) dried out 

 in-fuscus (in, in, fuscus, dark) dark-brown 

 inter-nodium (inter, between, nodus, knot) internode 

 ob-stipus (ob, towards, stipes, stalk) bent to one side 

 super-nans (super, above, no, swim) swimming at the top 



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