Vocab 6 Flashcards
ab-, a-, abs- (ab)
‘away from’, ‘from’
ad-, ac-, ag- (etc.) (ad)
ASSIMILATION
‘to’, ‘toward’, ‘near’
ambi-, ambo- (ambi/ambo)
‘both’, ‘around’
ante- (ante)
‘before’, ‘in front of’
circum-, circu- (circum)
‘around’
con-, com-, co-, etc. (cum)
ASSIMILATION
‘with’, ‘together’, ‘very’
contra-, contro- (contra)
‘opposite’, ‘against’
de- (de)
‘down’, ‘away’, ‘off’, ‘thoroughly’
dis-, di-, dif- (dis-)
‘apart’, ‘in different directions’,
‘thoroughly’
ex-, e-, ef- (e, ex)
‘out’, ‘from’, ‘removal’, ‘completely’
extra-, extro- (extra)
‘outside of’, ‘beyond’
in-, im-, etc. (in)
ASSIMILATION
‘into’, ‘on’ (through French, en-)
intra-, intro- (intra)
‘within’
in-, im-, etc. (in-)
ASSIMILATION
‘not’
infra- (infra)
‘below’
inter- (inter)
‘between’, ‘among’
juxta- (iuxta)
‘by the side of’, ‘close to’
ob-, etc. (ob)
ASSIMILATION
‘against’, ‘toward’, ‘completely’
per- (per)
‘through’, ‘wrongly’, ‘completely’
post- (post)
‘behind’, ‘after’
pre- (prae-) (pre)
‘before’, ‘in front of’
pro- (pro)
‘forward’, ‘in front of’
re-, red- (re-)
‘back’, ‘again’, ‘against’
retro- (retro)
‘backwards’, ‘behind’
se- (se, sine)
‘aside’, ‘away’
sub-, sus-, suc-, etc. (sub)
ASSIMILATION
‘under’, ‘up from under’, ‘somewhat’
super-, supra- (super)
‘above’
trans-, tran-, tra- (trans)
‘across’, ‘through’
ultra- (ultra)
‘beyond’
-able, -ible (-abilis, -ibilis when followed)
‘able to be’, ‘able to’, ‘tending to’
-aceous (-aceus)
‘belonging to’, ‘resembling’
-acious (= -ax + -ous)
‘tending to’, ‘inclined to’
-al, (-ial, -eal) (-alis)
‘pertaining to’, ‘like’, ‘belonging to’,
‘having the character of’
-an, -ane (-anus)
‘pertaining to’, ‘like’, ‘belonging to’,
‘having the character of’
-ent (-ient), -ant (-iant)
equivalent to the English present participle
ending, ing (-ens, -ans); this suffix forms
words meaning ‘person who’, ‘that which’
-id (-idus)
‘tending to’, ‘inclined to’
-ile, -il (-ilis)
ATTACHED TO NOUN ROOTS
‘pertaining to’, ‘like’, ‘belonging to’,
‘having the character of’
-ile (-ilis)
ATTACHED TO VERB ROOTS
‘able to be’, ‘able to’, ‘tending to’
-ar (-aris)
‘pertaining to’, ‘like’, ‘belonging to’,
‘having the character of’
-ary (-arius)
‘pertaining to’, ‘connected with’, ‘having
the character of’
-ate (occasionally -ite) (-atus)
‘having’, ‘having the shape of’,
‘characterized by having’
-fic (= -fy + - ic)
‘making’, ‘causing’
-form (usually -iform) (-formis)
‘like’, ‘having the shape of’
-ic, -tic (-icus, -ticus)
‘pertaining to’, ‘like’
-ine (-inus)
‘pertaining to’, ‘like’, ‘belonging to’,
‘having the character of’