Lesson 8 Latin suffixes

Question 1

-an

Answer 1

forms adjectives: pertaining to, located in:

medi-an

ovari-an

Question 2

-ar

Answer 2

forms adjectives: pertaining to, located in:

ocul-ar

vascul-ar

Question 3

-arium

Answer 3

forms nouns: denotes a place for something:

aqu-arium

herb-arium

Question 4

-ary

Answer 4

forms nouns: denotes a place for something:

libr-ary

mortu-ary

Question 5

-ary

Answer 5

forms adjectives: pertaining to:

saliv-ary

axill-ary

Question 6

-ate

Answer 6

forms adjectives: having the form of, possessing:

cord-ate

caud-ate

Question 7

-ia

Answer 7

forms abstract nouns:

somnolent-ia

macrolab-ia

Question 8

-ian

Answer 8

forms nouns: indicates an expert in a certain field:

librar-ian

mortic-ian

Question 9

-ic

Answer 9

forms adjectives: pertaining to:

pregravid-ic

rhythm-ic

Question 10

• id*
• Note that there is a Greek-derived suffix -id, an alternative form of -oid, meaning “having the form of”: hominid (homo, hominis, man).

Answer 10

-id*: forms adjectives: pertaining to:

morb-id

rab-id

Question 11

-al

Answer 11

forms adjectives: pertaining to:

dors-al

ren-al

Question 12

-ile

Answer 12

forms adjectives: pertaining to, capable of:

sen-ile

febr-ile

Question 13

-ine

Answer 13

forms adjectives: pertaining to, located in:

uter-ine

amygdal-ine

sangu-ine

femin-ine

Question 14

-ive

Answer 14

forms adjectives: pertaining to:

tuss-ive

palliat-ive

Question 15

-lent

Answer 15

forms adjectives: full of:

somno-lent

puru-lent

Question 16

-ose

Answer 16

forms adjectives: full of:

adip-ose

varic-ose

Question 17

-ous

Answer 17

forms adjectives: full of:

bili-ous

sanguine-ous

Question 18

-ty

Answer 18

forms abstract nouns:

gravi-ty

morbidi-ty

Question 19

-y

Answer 19

forms abstract nouns:

memor-y

remed-y