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uni-cornis, uni-cormis {unus, one, cornu, horn) with one 



horn 

 angui-maniis {angiiis, snake, manns, hand) with serpent 



hand 

 magn-aniinus , magn-animis {magniis, great, animus, soul) 



great-soLiled 

 long-aevus {longus, long, acvum, age) of great age 

 midti-jugus, -jngis (mult us, many, jugum, yoke) yoked 



many together 

 fnulti-iiu'tcr {mnltus, many_, nictrnni, measure) of many feet 

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

 a consonant or in -/) 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. 

 acqui-lanx (acquus, equal, lanx, scale) with equal scale 

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

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

 midti-pes (multus, many^ pes, foot) many-footed 

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

 iini-finis {unus, one, finis, limit) possessing the same ter- 

 mination 

 semi-bos {semi, half, bos, ox) half-ox 

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

 aeqiii-pes, aequi-pedis {aequus, equal, pes, foot) isosceles 

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

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

 colored 

 multi-no minis {multus, many, nomcn, nominis, name) many- 

 named 

 multi-genus, -gcncrus, -generis, {multus, genus, generis, 



kind) of many kinds 

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

 aequi-latus, aequi-laterus {acquus, equal, latus, 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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