SUFFIXES ADDED TO THE PRESENT BASE (Chapter 6)

1. Noun-forming suffixes

• -or [Latin -or] condition of being
  • squalere, be stiff with filth > squalor: condition of being stiff with filth
• -ium, -y [Latin -ium] act of, something connected with the act of
  • {-cium > -ce; -gium > -ge}
  • colloqui, speak together > colloquium, colloquy: the act of speaking together
• -ion [Latin -io, ion-] act or result of [also with ppp]
  • legere collect > legion: result of gathering [troops]
• -men [Latin -men] result or means of
  • regere guide, control > regimen: means of controlling
• -ment [Latin -mentum] result or means of an act
  • tenere hold > tenement: result of holding
• -bulum, -ble [Latin -bulum, -bula] means, instrument, place, or thing for
  • stare stand > stable: place for standing
• -culum, -cle [Latin -culum] means, place for, thing for
  • currere run > curriculum: place for running

2. Noun- and Adjective-forming suffixes

    A. Present participles and nouns from present participles

• -nt -ing [Latin -ns, -nt-]
• -nce, -ncy state or condition of ______ing [Latin -ntia]

• I portare > important bringing in > importance
• II tenere > continent holding together > continence
• III vertere > inadvertent not turning to > inadvertence
• IIIi facere > efficient making thoroughly > efficiency
• IV sentire > sentient feeling > sentience

Note: the suffix -nt used to form nouns means "one/a person who is _____ing" or "something _____ing".

    B. Gerundives/Gerunds

-nd, -ndum [pl. -nda] that which must be ____

• augend thing to be increased
• agendum thing to be done, that which must be done
• agenda things to be done; a list of things to be done
• -ous may be added to form adjectives from the forms in -nd
• tremendous of something to be quaked at

3. Other adjective-forming suffixes added to the present base