Words from Week 4
Church and other words from the Conversion of the Anglo-Saxons
| equivocate "be evasive" < Latin aequus + vox, voc- "equal" + "voice" |
| exacerbate "make bitter" < Latin acer "bitter" with the intesifying prefix ex- and the verbal suffix -ate |
| libertine "a morally lax or dissolute person" < Latin libertus "freedman" |
| nimiety "excess" < Latin nimis "excessively", "too much" [ne- "not + *mi: cf. minus "less"] |
| paucity "scarcity" < Latin pauci "few" |
| parse "identify grammatically" < Latin pars "part" from the expression quae pars orationis? "what part of speech?" |
REVIEW FOR FIRST TEST
Prepare for a test for next time: The first test is 14 Feb. It will cover chapters 1-3. Try sample test.
1. Know Latin plurals (6 points).
2. Simple changes: rules (in general): you will be asked to match words showing these changes with the rule (no change; Latin base; Latin base plus silent -e; change in Latin ending; unpredictable change) (10 points).
3. Divide into parts (20 points)
4. Productive Latin words: give meaning and two English derivatives (36 points).
5. Match with meaning of the English word. Most will be found on the WORD pages and Week's Words. (4 points).
6. Match with meaning of the Latin base. Know the vocabulary.
7. Match English words from the same Latin base. Know the vocabulary.
8. Suffixes: study suffixes from chapter two and chapter three.