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Was the suffix -eus productive during or after the Classical period? Did this change over time?
The use of the suffix -eus to create an adjective based on a noun was very common, and it denoted a relational sense — that is, being made of the noun or being like the noun in some way (a good ...
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How can you tell genitive plural -um 3rd declension one-termination adjectives apart from those with a genitive plural in -ium?
'di?vites' is one-termination, with the stem 'di?vit-', and it has the genitive plural of 'di?vitum'. But 'pa?r' is one-termination, with the stem 'par-', and it has the genitive plural 'parium'. '...
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What's the difference between "sacra" vs. "sancta" (adj.)?
What's the difference between the adjectives sacra and sancta? Don't they both mean holy or sacred?
For example, the St. Benedict medal says:
Crux sacra sit mihi lux.
Why not "Crux sancta"?...
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What is the use of 'circe?nsis' here? What does it mean, exactly?
I knew the phrase 'panem et circenses' and I was curious (recognising that 'panem' is accusative) about how it worked in the context that it had come from. Here is part of the passage, from Juvenal:
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Why "magnum opus" and not "magnus opus"?
Why is it "magnum opus" and not "magnus opus"?
Why is "opus" 3rd and not 2nd declension?
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"Reipsa his verbis deducti sunt ad mitius consilium"
In paragraph 41 of Epitome Historiae Sacrae, one can read:
Reipsa his verbis deducti sunt ad mitius consilium.
Why "ad mitius consilium" rather than "ad mitium consilium"?
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What is the difference between and Indefinite Adjectives and Indefinite Pronouns?
What is the difference between Indefinite Adjectives and Indefinite Pronouns?
Is there a different? Is there usage the only difference? Do they not decline the same? Do I translate them differently?
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Can Noun Phrases qualify Latin adjectives
In LLPSI FR in Chapter 19 at line 90 is the following excerpt.
“[...] Decem anni? longum est tempus, sed amor meus tempore no?n minuitur. [...]”
My inference for translation is:
Ten years is a long ...
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Translating "east–west" and "north–south"
In many railway transit systems, the lines connecting the north/east part and the south/west part of a city are called "North–South Line" and "East–West Line". In many languages ...
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Is verus (true) etymologically related to viridis / vireo (green / to be green)?
Is verus (true) etymologically related to viridis / vireo (green / to be green)?
The closest to this that St. Isidore in his Etymologies p. 124 says:
Switches (virga) are the tips of branches and ...
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How to obtain the stem of a comparative adjective?
Learn to Read Latin says on p276 in Section 109. Comparison of Adjectives and Adverbs:
Comparative Degree of Adjectives
All regular first-second and third-declension adjectives in Latin form
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Is -is the feminine singular nominative endings of third-declension adjectives with three or two nominative singular forms?
Learn to Read Latin says on p151 in Section 74 Third-Declension Adjectives:
To find the stem of third-declension adjectives with three or two
nominative singular forms, take the feminine singular ...
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Why do emasculatus and effeminatus mean the SAME thing, despite being formed the SAME way with OPPOSITE morphemes? [duplicate]
The etymological constructions of emasculatus and effeminatus are identical:
emasculatus < ex- + masculus + -atus
effeminatus < ex- + femina + -atus
Since masculus and femina are opposites, ...
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Adjectives in dictionaries
When meeting an adjective in a dictionary, there are some suffixes. What are they referring to?
For example:
extremus, a, um = extreme
amplus, a, um = important
iratus, a, um = triggered
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Is μ?λα (mala, adv.) derived or cognate with some adjective?
In Attic Greek, μ?λα is an adverb meaning "very, very much, exceedingly." Is it derived from some adjective, or is there an adjective that is its cognate?
Is μακρ?? (makros) the adjective?
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