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

 lilac-innSj lilac-colored; querc-imis, oaken; frax-ineus, 

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

 sali-gnus, of willow 



Quality or Fitness 



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

 suming 



-iDus, -ULus, primary: Hor-idus, blooming; morh-idus, dis- 

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



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

 nominative : decid-nns, apt to fall ; aest-ivns, of summer ; 

 fugi-tiz'us, fleeing 



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

 paternal; exim-ius, choice 



-iLis, -BiLis, -TiLis (-siLis), Secondary verbal: Hex-ilis, flex- 

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

 twisted ; fos-silis, dug up 



F7ihtess 



-osus, secondary denominative : forui-ostts, beautiful ; silv-osus, 

 forested; lim-osus, muddy 



-(o)lens, -(o)lentus, primary or secondary denominative: 

 gravc-olcns, of heavy odor; snccn-lentiis, fresh, full of 

 juice; lutu-lentus, muddy 



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

 inative : CI ra-hiindus, vagrant ; fe-cundus, fruitful ; rubi- 

 cundus, ruddy 



Place or Origin 



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

 mont-anus, of the mountains ; subterr-anetis, under- 

 ground; terr-enus, 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 ; 

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



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