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NOUN SUFFIXES 



Agent 



-TOR (-sor), m., -TRix, f., primary or secondary verbal; rarely 

 denominative : da-tor, giver ; ora-tor, speaker ; ton-sor, 

 barber; via-tor. traveler; impera-tor, commander; 

 pisca-tor, fisherman 



-ES (stem -r, -it^ -et), m. or f., primary: ped-es, walker; com- 

 es, companion; train-cs, pathway 



-o (stem -on) m., primary: comhih-o, pot-companion; ger-o, 

 porter 



-ARius, m., primary or secondary, verbal or denominative: 

 fcrr-ariits, smith ; pisc-arius, fishmonger 



Means or Instriunciit 



-BULUM, n,, primary or secondary, usually verbal: pa-bulum, 

 fodder ; vesti-hnlinn, court 



-CULUM (-clum), -crum, n., primary or secondary, usually 

 verbal: sar-ciilum, hoe; vin-chim, fetter; ful-crnni, sup- 

 port 



-brum, n., -BRA, f., primary or secondary, verbal: cri-hrum, 

 sieve ; fla-brum, blast ; terc-hra, borer 



-TRUM, n.. -TRA. f., ~TER, m., primary or secondary: plaus-trum, 

 wagon; inulc-tra, milk-pail; cul-ter, knife 



-MEN, -mentum, n., primary or secondary, usually verbal: 

 teg-men, cover; fnnda-nicntum, foundation 



Action or Result 



-OR, -IS, m., -ES, f., -us, n. (stem -or, -er), primary: cal-or, 



heat ; lah-or, toil ; cin-is, ashes ; pnlv-is, dust ; caed-es, 



a setting-down; nub-cs, cloud; fun-us, burial; on-tis, 



burden 

 -Tus (-sus), mostly masculine, primary: friic-tns, fruit; pas- 



tus, food ; vic-tiis, food ; sen-sus, perception 

 -10 (stem -ion), f., secondary verbal, rarely primary: obsid-io, 



siege ; reg-io, district 

 -TIG (-S10), (stem -tion), primary or secondary verbal: auc- 



tio, increase; hitma-tio, burial; conver-sio, alteration 

 •TURA (-sura), primary or secondary verbal: te.v-tura. web; 



conunis-snra, joint 



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