STEM. NOMINATIVE. FROM.

vag-o- vagus, _wandering_ √+vag-+, _wander_

contig-uo- contiguus, _touching_ com-, √+tag-+, _touch_

minā-ci- mināx, _threatening_ minā-rī, _threaten_

cali-do- calidus, _warm_ √+cal-+, _warm_

(1.) #-o-# (N. #-u-s#); #-uo-# (N. #-uu-s#).

282. #-o-# (N. #-u-s#): such words express nature or capacity: #vag-o-#,

N. #vag-u-s#, _roaming_ (√#vag-#, _roam_); #vīv-u-s#, _living_ (√#vīv-#,

_live_); many are compounds: as, #male-dic-u-s#, _abusive_ (#male#,

√#dic-#, _say_); #pro-fug-u-s#, _flying on_ (#prō-#, √#fug-#, _fly_).

Passive: #fīd-u-s#, _trustworthy_ (√#fīd-#, _trust_).

283. #-uo-#, N. #-uu-s#: #adsid-uo-#, N. #adsid-uu-s#, _unremitting_

(#ad#, √#sed-#, _sit_); #contig-uu-s#, _touching_ (#com-#, √#tag-#,

_touch_); #perpet-uu-s#, _uninterrupted_ (#per#, √#pet-#, _go_). Some

words are passive: as, #sal-vu-s#, _safe_ (√#sal-#, _save_); #vac-uu-s#,

_empty_ (√#vac-#, _empty_); #relic-uo-s#, _left behind_ (#re-#,

√#liqu-#, _leave_), later #reliquos#, #relicus#, #reliquus# (157).

(2.) #-ci-# (N. #-x#); #-lo-# (N. #-lu-s#); #-do-# (N. #-du-s#).

284. #-ā-ci-#, N. #-ā-x# (202), denotes capacity, habit, or inclination,

often implying censure: #pugnā-ci-#, N. #pugnā-x#, _full of fight_

(#pugnā-re#); #minā-x#, _threatening_ (#minā-ri#); #fer-āx#,

_productive_ (√#fer-#, _bear_); #dic-āx#, _full of mother-wit_, _quick

at a joke_ (√#dic-#, _say_); #rap-āx#, _apt to snatch_ (√#rap-#,

_snatch_).

285. #-u-lo-#, N. #-u-lu-s# (202), denotes simple action: as,

#pat-ulo-#, N. #pat-ulu-s#, _spreading_ (√#pat-#, _spread_); or

inclination: as, #bib-ulu-s#, _apt to drink_ (√#bib-#, _drink_).

286. The suffixes #-undo-# (#-endo-#), #-bundo-#, and #-cundo-# form a

group and are possibly related to the suffix in #-do-#.

287. #-do-#, N. #-du-s# (202), denotes a state, and usually has a

parallel verb in #-ēre# (368): #cali-do-#, N. #cali-du-s# _warm_

(cf. #calē-re#); #calli-du-s#, _knowing_ (cf. #callē-re#); #niti-du-s#,

_shining_ (cf. #nitē-re#); rarely in #-ere#: #cup-idu-s#, _desirous_

(cf. #cupe-re#); #flui-du-s#, _liquid_ (cf. #flue-re#); #rapi-du-s#,

_hurried_ (cf. #rape-re#). #-i-do-# becomes #-i-di-# in #viri-di-s#,

_green_ (cf. #virē-re#). #-do-# sometimes occurs in denominatives:

#herbi-du-s#, _grassy_ (#herbā-#).

288. #-undo-# (#-endo-#), N. #-undu-s#, (#-endu-s#) is the suffix of the

gerundive, which was originally neither active nor passive (2238). In a

few words from reflexives, which have become adjectives, it has a

reflexive or active meaning: #lāb-undo-#, N. #lāb-undu-s#, _gliding_,

_slipping_ (#lābī#); #ori-undu-s#, _arising_ (#orīrī#); #sec-undu-s#,

_following_ (#sequī#); #volv-endu-s#, _rolling_ (_volvī_). See 899.

289. #-bundo-#, N. #-bundu-s# (202), has the meaning of an exaggerated

present participle: #freme-bundo-#, N. #freme-bundu-s#, _muttering away_

(√#frem-#, _roar_); #treme-bundu-s#, _all in a flutter_ (√#trem-#,

_quiver_); #fur-ibundu-s#, _hot with rage_ (√#fur-#, _rave_);

#cōntiōnā-bundu-s#, _speaking a speech_ (#cōntiōnā-rī#);

#minitā-bundu-s#, _breathing out threatenings_ (#minitā-rī#);

#vītā-bundu-s#, _forever dodging_ (#vītā-re#).

290. #-cundo-#, N. #-cundu-s#, denotes permanent quality: #fā-cundo-#,

N. #fā-cundu-s#, _eloquent_ (√#fā-#, _speak_); #īrā-cundu-s#, _choleric_

(#īrā-scī#); #iū-cundu-s#, _pleasant_, _interesting_ (√#iuv-#, _help_).

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