Latin Suffixes Flashcards
-al
pertaining to, like, belonging to, having the character of (bilangual)
-ile, -il
pertaining to, like, belonging to, having the character of (juvenile)
-ar
pertaining to, like, belonging to, having the character of (popular)
-ine
pertaining to, like, belonging to, having the character of (sanguine)
-ic, -tic
pertaining to, like (cryptic)
-ary
pertaining to, connected with, having the characterer of (literary)
-an, -ane
pertaining to, like, belonging to, having the character of (American)
-form
like, having the shape of (uniform)
-ate
having, having the shape of, characterized by having (accurate)
-(u)lent, -(o)lent
full of, disposed to (potent)
-ose
full of (morose)
-ous (-ious, -eous)
full of, having the character of (pious)
-aceous
belonging to, resembling (cretaceous)
-ent (-ient), -ant (iant)
-ing (defiant)
-ile
able to be, able to, tending to - attached to verbs! (agile)
-able, -ible (-abil-, -ibil-)
able to be, able to, tending to (durable)
-id
tending to, inclined to (vivid)
-uous
tending to, inclined to (continuous)
-ulous
tending to, inclined to (incredulous)
-ive
tending to, inclined to (creative)
-ory
tending to, serving for (inventory)
-itious
tending to, characterized by (fictitious)
-acious
tending to, inclined to (gracious)
Diminutive
-ule, -ole, -le
little (globule)
-ulus, -ula, -ulum
little (Ursula)
-el
little (morsel)
-ellus, -ella, -ellum
little (flagellum)
-cule, -cle
little (molecule, monacle)
-il
little (pupil)
-illus, -illa, -illum
little (fibrilla)
-uncle
little (carbuncle)
-unculus
little (pedunculus)
-ette, -et
little (Cosette)
-ory
place for, apparatus (dormitory))
-orium
place for, apparatus (sanatorium)
-ary
place for apparatus (mortuary)
-arium
place for, apparatus (aquarium)
-y
quality of, state of, act of (misery)
-ia
quality of,state of, act of (insomnia)
-itude
quality of, state of (solitude)
-ity
quality of, state of (gravity)
-ance, -ancy, -ence, -ency
quality of being, state of being (vigilance)
-or
he who, that which (orator)
-ion
act of, state of, result of the act of (resurrection)
-ure
act of, result of the act of (capture)
-us
act of, result of the act of (consensus)
-or
state of, result of the act of (error)
-men, -min-
result of, means of, act of (acumen)
-ment
result of, means of, act of (ferment)
-mentum
result of, means of, act of (momentum)
-ble, -bul
result of the act of, means of, place for (fable)
-bula, -bulum
result of the act of, means of, place for (
-cle, -cul-
result of the act of, means of (spectacle)
-culum
result of the act of, means of (curriculum)
-crum, -cr-
result of the act of, means of (fulcrum)
-trum, -tr-
result of the act of, means of (claustrophobia, spectrum)
-fy
to make, to cause (terrify)
-fic
making, causing (terrific)
-igate, -egate
to make, to drive (irrigate)
-esce
to begin, to be somewhat (convalesce)