Latin Suffixes Flashcards
aceus/aceous/aneus/aneaus/eus/eous
made of, quality of, full of
adjective suffixes
alis/al/aris/ar/eal/ilis/ile
pertaining to
adjective suffixes
ans/ant/ens/ent/iens/ient
adding to verb-meaning “ing”
bilis/ble/ilis/ile
ability to
idus/id
in state of/condition of
lentus/lent
full of
osus/ose
full of
arium/ary/orium/ory
pertaining to/place of
ad
indicates direction toward part of body
adverbal suffix
ate
to make, to cause, to act upon
verbal suffix
tia/ce/itas/ity/tudo/tude
condition/state of
noun suffix
culus/cle/ilius/il/olus/ole/ulus/ule
diminutive (makes smaller)
noun suffix
ianus/ian
thing/person performing action
noun suffix
io/ion/mentum/ment/ura/ure
action/condition resulting from action
or
something that performs an action/quality of condition