Latin Suffixes, Part 1

Question 1

-al, (-ial, -eal)

Answer 1

pertaining to, like, belonging to, having the character of (-alis)

abdominal, legal, oral, corporal

Question 2

-ile, -il

Answer 2

pertaining to, like, belonging to, having the character of (-ilis)

hostile, juvenile, virile, civil

Question 3

-ar

Answer 3

pertaining to, like, belonging to, having the character of (-aris)

lunar, solar, popular

Question 4

-ine

Answer 4

pertaining to, like, belonging to, having the character of (-inus)

bovine, marine, feminine

Question 5

-ic, -tic

Answer 5

pertaining to, like (-icus, -ticus)

pelvic, civic, lunatic

Question 6

-ary

Answer 6

pertaining to, connected with, having the character of (-arius)

military, literary, sanguinary

Question 7

-an, -ane

Answer 7

pertaining to, like, belonging to, having the character of (-anus)

urban, veteran, Canadian

Question 8

-form, -iform

Answer 8

like, having the shape of (-formis)

reniform, muriform, oviform

Question 9

-ate, -ite

Answer 9

having, having the shape of, characterized by having (-atus)

effeminate, accurate, dentate, favourite

Question 10

-(u)lent, -(o)lent

Answer 10

full of, disposed to (-lentus)

fraudulent, purulent, sanguinolent, virulent

Question 11

-ose

Answer 11

full of (-osus)

verbose, rugose, comatose

Question 12

-ous, ious, -eous

Answer 12

full of, having the character of (-osus, -us)

various, populous, nervous

Question 13

-aceous

Answer 13

belonging to, resembling

herbaceous, cretaceous, chartaceous