Zool.— Vol. I.] MILLER— GREEK AND LATIN DERIVATIVES. 123 



The formulas for making the various classes of adjectives 

 are as follows : 



£+ i + £^ 3 



23 1. im- berb(a)- i- s, beardless; 



ve- san- u- s, mad; 



de- men(t)- s, mad; 



per- noc(t)- s, i. e. per-nox, lasting all night, 



bi- pe(d)- s, i. e. bi-pes, biped; 



se- greg- s, i. e. se-grex, separate. 



V 



< + 



a 



V 



H 

 3 





 55 + 



a 



£ + 



it 

 in 



O 





magn(o)- 





anim- 



u- 



s, 



magnanimous ; 



miser(o)- 



i- 



cor(d) 





s, 



compassionate ; 



mult(o)- 



i- 



mod- 



u- 



s, 



manifold. 



24 2. 



25 (a) The numerals, as first member of compounds, 



deserve especial mention : 



(1) unus follows the general rule and appears as 

 uni-: e. g. 



u n i - c o 1 o r , having one color ; 

 uni-formis, uniform. 



(2) du-o appears as a prefix in the form of either 

 du -or bi-: e. g. 



du-plex, double, but bi-pes, biped; 

 du-plus, double, bi-cornis, two-horned ; 



du-bius, doubtful, bi-lobus, tzvo-lobed. 



(3) tres always appears as prefix tri- 1 : tri- 

 color, three-colored; tri-cornis, three-homed; tri- 

 fasciatus, three-striped, etc . 



'Except in tre-decim, tre-centi (and their derivatives) and tressis. 



