382. DETERMINATIVES are compounds in which the second part keeps its
original meaning, though determined or modified by the first part. The
meaning of a determinative may often be best expressed by two words.
383. (1.) The first part of a determinative may be an adjective, an
adverb, a preposition, or an inseparable prefix; the second part is a
noun: as,
#lāti-fundium#, i.e. #lātī fundī#, _broad acres_; #prīvi-lēgium#, i.e.
#prīva lēx#, _special act_; #alti-sonāns#, i.e. #altē sonāns#,
_high-sounding_; #con-discipulus#, i.e. #cum alterō discipulus#,
_fellow-pupil_; #per-magnus#, i.e. #valdē magnus#, _very great_;
#in-dignus#, i.e. #nōn dignus#, _unworthy_.
384. (2.) The first part of a determinative may represent the oblique
case of a noun, generally a substantive; the second part is a noun or
verb stem. These compounds are called _Objectives_: as,
Accusative of direct object (1132), #armi-ger#, i.e. #quī arma gerit#,
_armour-bearer_; dative of indirect object (1208), #man-tēle#, i.e.
#manibus tēla#, _handkerchief_, _napkin_; genitive (1227),
#sōl-stitium#, i.e. #sōlis statiō#, _solstice_; ablative instrumental
(1300), #tubi-cen#, i.e. #quī tubā canit#, _trumpeter_; locative (1331),
#Troiu-gena#, i.e. #Troiae nātus#, _Troy-born_; ablative locative
(1350), #nocti-vagus#, _night-wandering_; #monti-vagus#,
_mountain-ranging_.
385. POSSESSIVES are adjective compounds in which the meaning of the
second part is changed. The second part of a possessive is always formed
from a substantive, qualified by the noun, adverb, or inseparable prefix
of the first part, and the whole expresses an attribute which something
_has_: as,
#longi-manus#, _longarms_, _long-armed_; #miseri-cors#,
_tender-hearted_; #bi-linguis#, _two-tongued_; #magn-animus#,
_greatheart_, _great-hearted_; #im-berbis#, _beardless_.
(B.) APPARENT COMPOUNDS.