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levi-fidiis {levis, light, iides, faith) of little faith 

 per-dhis {per, through, dies, day) throughout the day 

 ex-spes {ex, out of, spes, hope) hopeless 



II. If the last term is an adjective, it will not be changed, though 



noun suffixes may be added to it, thus making a sub- 

 stantive. 

 igni-poteiis {ignis, fire, pot ens, powerful) potent in fire 

 aequi-par {aequus, even, par, equal) perfectly equal 

 seini-sepultus {semi, half, sepultus, buried) half buried 

 anini-aequus {animus, mind, aequus, even) not easily moved 

 alho-gilvus {albus, white, gUvus, pale-yellow) whitish yellow 

 longi-z'ivax {longiis, long, vivax, tenacious of life) long- 

 lived 



III. If the last term is a verbal stem, the compound may be a 



noun of the first or third declension, or an adjective of 



three terminations or one termination. 

 livii-cola {limns, mud, colo, dwell) a mud-dweller 

 lapi-cida {lapis, lapidis, stone, caedo, cut) a stone-cutter 

 tuhi-cen {tuba, trumpet, cano, sing) a trumpeter 

 man-ceps {nianus, hand, capio, take) purchaser 

 frugi-legus [frux, frngis, fruit, lego, collect) fruit-gathering 

 herbi-gradus {herba, grass, gradior, go) going in the grass 

 inulti-fidus {mult us, many, Undo, cleave) many-cleft 

 gemmi-fcr {gemma, bud, fero, bear) bearing buds 

 spini-gcr {spina, thorn, gero, bear) thorn-bearing 



THE CONNECTIVE 



The connecting vowel, -i-, has been so extended in Latin that 

 tb.e language practically knows no other connective. An -0- has 

 found its way into some words after the analogy of Greek com- 

 pounds, but these, as well as those in which the connecting vowel 

 is -U-, are so rare that all connectives other than -i- may be 

 entirely disregarded. 



THE FHiST TERM 



The first term of the compound in Latin may be a nominal 

 stem (noun or adjective), an indeclinable (adverb, preposition, 



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