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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1846 edition. Excerpt: ...vetustas. 2. Another very common termination is ia, but it occurs only in substantives derived from adjectives of one termination, ia being added to the crude form of the oblique cases. From audax, we have audacia, and from concors, concordia. So also clemens, dementia; constans, constantia; impudentia, elegantia, appetentia. Some adjectives in us and er, however, likewise form their substantives in ia; e.g. miser, § 247. 3. There are numerous substantives in which tudo is appended to the case of the adjective ending in t; e. g. aegritudo, altitudo, magnitudo; and in polysyllables in tus, tudo directly grows out of this termination, as in consuetudo, mansuetudo, inquietudo, sollicitudo. Some of these substantives exist along with other forms, as beatitudo, claritudo, firmitudo, lenitudo, and sanctitudo, along with beatitas, claritas, firmitas, &c. Valetudo stands alone. 4. Substantives in itia, from adjectives in us, are of more rare occurrence, as justitia from Justus. So avaritia, laetitia, maestitia, pudicitia; but also tristitia from tristis. 5. The termination edo occurs only in a few substantives; as albedo, dulcedo, pinguedo. m. Adjectives. Adjectives are derived--A. From Verbs. § 248. 1. With the termination bundus, chiefly from verbs of the first conjugation, e. g. errabundus from errare, gratulabundus from gratulari, populabundus from populari. Their signification is, in general, that of a participle present, with the meaning strengthened, a circumstance which we must express in English by the addition of other words; e. g. haesitabundus, full of hesitation; deliberabundus, full of deliberation; mirabundus, full of admiration; venerabundus, full of veneration; lacrimabundus, weeping profusely. There are but few...
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- Publication date2013
- ISBN 10 1230158324
- ISBN 13 9781230158327
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages98
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