STEM. NOMINATIVE. FROM.

conlēg-io- conlēgium, _colleagueship_ conlēgā-, N. conlēga,

_colleague_

audāc-iā- audācia, _boldness_ audāci-, N. audāx, _bold_

cīvi-tāt- cīvitās, _citizenship_ cīvi-, N. cīvis, _citizen_

magni-tūdin- magnitūdō, _greatness_ magno-, N. magnus, _great_

247. These abstracts are feminine, and come chiefly from adjectives or

participles, except those in #-io-#, which are neuters, and come mostly

from substantives. Sometimes the same stem takes two or more of these

suffixes: as, #clāri-tāt-# or #clāri-tūdin-#, _brightness_ (#clāro-#);

#iuven-tūt-#, in poetry #iuven-tāt-# or #iuven-tā-#, _youth_ (#iuven-#).

(1.) #-io-# (N. #-iu-m#), #-iā-# (N. #-ia#), #-iē-# (N. #-iēs#).

248. #-iē-# sometimes occurs as collateral form to #-iā-# (604); #-io-#

or #-iā-# is sometimes attached to other suffixes: thus, #-t-io-#,

#-t-iā-# (#-t-iē-#); #-mōn-io-#, #-mōn-iā-#; #-cin-io-#.

249. #-io-#, N. #-iu-m#, chiefly used in compounds, denotes _belonging

to_, with a very wide range of meaning; many of these words are clearly

neuter adjectives in #-io-# (305). Suffixed to personal names #-io-#

often denotes the condition, action, or employment, which gives rise to

the name; this meaning sometimes passes over to that of result, relation

of persons, collection of persons, or place.

250. (_a._) From simple noun stems: #sen-io-#, N. #sen-iu-m#, _feeble

old age_ (#sen-#); #somn-iu-m#, _dream_ (#somno-#); #sāv-iu-m#,

_love-kiss_ (#suāvi-#); #silent-iu-m#, _silence_ (#silenti-#);

#crepund-ia#, plural, _rattle_ (#*crepundo-#); #mendāc-iu-m#, _lie_

(#mendāci-#); #sōlāc-iu-m#, _comfort_ (#*sōlāci-#, _comforting_).

251. (_b._) Direct compounds (377): #aequinoct-iu-m#, _equinox_

(#aequo-#, #nocti-#); #contubern-iu-m#, _companionship_ (#com-#,

#tabernā-#); #prīvilēg-iu-m#, _special enactment_ (#prīvo-#, #lēg-#).

252. (_c._) Indirect compounds (377), chiefly from personal names:

#cōnsil-iu-m#, _deliberating together_, _faculty of deliberation_,

_conclusion_, _advice_, _deliberative body_ (#cōnsul-#); #auspic-iu-m#,

_taking auspices_, _auspices taken_ (#auspic-#); #rēmig-iu-m#, _rowing_,

_oars_, _oarsmen_ (#rēmig-#); #conlēg-iu-m#, _colleagueship_,

_corporation_ (#conlēgā-#); #aedific-iu-m#, _building_ (#*aedific-#,

_builder_); #perfug-iu-m#, _asylum_ (#perfugā-#).

253. #-t-io-# N. #-t-iu-m#, rare: #servi-tio-#, N. #servi-tiu-m#,

_slavery_, _slaves_ (#servo-#); #calvi-tiu-m#, _baldness_ (#calvo-#).

254. #-mōn-io-#, N. #-mōn-iu-m# (202): #testi-mōnio-#, N.

#testi-mōniu-m#, _evidence_ (#testi-#); #mātr-imōniu-m#, _marriage_

(#mātr-#); #patr-imōniu-m#, _patrimony_ (#patr-#).

255. #-cin-io-#, N. #-cin-iu-m#, rare: #latrō-cinio-#, N.

#latrō-ciniu-m#, _robbery_ (#latrōn-#); #patrō-ciniu-m#, _protection_

(#patrōno-#).

256. #-iā-#, N. #-ia#, is very common indeed, forming abstracts from

nouns, mostly adjectives or present participles.

#audāc-iā-#, N. #audāc-ia#, _boldness_ (#audāci-#); #miser-ia#,

_wretchedness_ (#misero-#); #abundant-ia#, _plenty_ (#abundanti-#);

#scient-ia#, _knowledge_ (#scienti-#); #mīlit-ia#, _warfare_ (#mīlit-#);

#victōr-ia#, _victory_ (#victōr-#); #māter-ia#, _timber_ (#māter-#);

#custōd-ia#, _guard_ (#custōd-#).

257. #-iē-#, N. #-iē-s#: #pauper-iē-#, N. #pauper-iē-s#, _moderate

means_ (#pauper-#). Most stems in #-iē-# are primitive (222).

258. #-t-iā-#, N. #-t-ia#, is suffixed to a few adjective stems, chiefly

in #-o-#: #iūsti-tiā-#, N. #iūsti-tia#, _justice_ (#iūsto-#);

#mali-tia#, _wickedness_ (#malo-#); #pudīci-tia#, _shamefastness_

(#pudīco-#); #trīsti-tia#, _sadness_ (#trīsti-#).

259. #-t-iē-#, N. #-t-iē-s#, particularly as a collateral form of

#-t-iā-# in the N., Ac., and Ab. singular (604): #molli-tiē-#, N.

#molli-tiē-s#, _softness_ (#molli-#).

260. #-mōn-iā-#, N. #-mōn-ia# (202): #ācri-mōniā-#, N. #ācri-mōnia#,

_sharpness_ (#ācri-#); #parsi-mōnia#, _economy_ (#parso-#). Analogously

from roots, #quer-imōnia#, _complaint_ (√#ques-#, _complain_);

#al-imōnia#, _nurture_ (√#al-#, _nurture_).

(2.) #-tā-# (N. #-ta#), #-tāt-# (N. #-tā-s#), #-tūt-# (N. #-tū-s#),

#-tū-din-# (N. #-tū-dō#).

261. #-tā-#, N. #-ta#: chiefly poetic: #iuven-tā-#, N. #iuven-ta#,

_youth_ (#iuven-#); #senec-ta#, _age_ (#sen-ec-#).

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