Suffixes Flashcards
-or (noun)
agent
*actOR, factOR, doctOR
-io(n), -ura (noun)
action, condition resulting from an action
*motION, fractION, fractURE, natURE
-men, -mentum (noun)
thing used for or resulting from an action
*speciMEN, fragMENT, instruMENT
-(b/c)ulum/a, -(b/c/t)rum (noun)
instrument, place
*mandiBULA - mandiBLE, vehiCULUM - vehiCLE, coagULate, verteBRUM, specTrum
-ia, -itas, -tudo, -or (noun)
quality, conditon, state
* dementIA, (patientIA)-patience, (calorIA) - calorY, purITAS - purity, magniTUDE, tremOR
-(a/o)rium, -ium (noun)
place
-(c)ulus, -olus, (e/i)llus, -unculus (noun)
small
*globULE, artICLE, alveOLUS, pupIL, pedUNCLE
-(b)ilis
adj
ability, capacity
* fragILE, audiBLE
-idus
adj
state or condition
*arID, rigID
-eus, -ius, -aceus, -aneus, -inus, -ivus
adj
made of, having the quality or nature of
* ignEOUS, noxIOUS, cutANEOUS, canINE, actIVE
-alis, -aris, -ilis
adj
connected to or pertaining to
dentAL, oculAR, senILE
-an(e)us, -enus, -iensis, -(e)stris
adj
place, origin, belonging to
*americAN, semeSTER
-osus, -lentus
adj
full of
*cellulOSE, fibrOUS, corpuLENT
-ant, -ent
verbal
-ing (present participle)
*ambulANT, studENT
-ate
verbal
to put into action, do, perform
*radiATE
