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multi-f ori-s (fori-s, door), many-do or ed 1 ; 



semi-cani-s (cani-s, dog), half-dog; 



multi-cauli-s (cauli-s, stalk), many -stalked; 



tri-dens (dens, dent-is, tooth), three-toothed; 



bi-frons (frons, front-is, brow), two-browed; 



in-quies (quies, quiet-is, rest), restless; 



per-nox (nox, noct-is, night), lasting all night; 



dis-cors (cors, cord-is, heart), disagreeing ; 



multi-color (color, color-is, color), many- 

 colored; 



bi-pe(d)s (pes, ped-is,_/i?c>/,), biped; 



se-grex (grex, greg-is,fiock), separate; 



multi-radix (radix, radic-is, root), many- 

 rooted. 



19 Note. — Compounds of genus have either -genus, -a, 

 -um, or -gener-us, -a, -um, or -gener-is, -e: e.g. 

 multi-genus, -a, -um, or multi-generus, -a, -um, 

 or multi-gen eris, -e, of many kinds. 



20 4- If the final member is an adjective, it will suffer 

 no change in entering into composition: e. g. per-mag- 

 nus, very great; multi-potens, very -powerful ; semi- 

 nudus, half -naked; semper-vivus , ever-living. 



21 5. If the final member is a verbal root, it will simply add 

 the case-ending of the adjective — in the nominative either 



22 («) -5 (subject to the phonetic laws), or (b) -us, -a, -um — 

 directly to the root: e. g. 



(a) parti-cep-s (cap-ere, take), taking part ; 

 morti-fer (fer-re, bring), death-bringing; 

 sacri-fecs (x) (fac-ere, make), sacrifice-making; 



(b) magni-fic-us (fac-ere, make), great-making; 

 perterri-crep-us (crep-ere, rattle), terribly rat- 

 tling; 



male-vol-us (vol-o, -wish), ill-wishing; so bene- 

 vol-us, bene-fic-us, etc. 



'The analogy of the o-declension has made itself felt here also and we have 

 muiti-forus side by side with multi-foris. 



