Grammar
Nouns/Adjectives
Affixes
Verbs
Mystery
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What is a frequentative verb?

A verb that is frequently performed. It's perfect participle (adjectival) undergoes denominative process to become new verb with more frequent meaning:

Ex. cedere (to yield)   to  cessare (keep yielding)

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box

capsa

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between (lesson 3)

inter-, intel-

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legere, lectus

choose, read

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manus

hand

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What is a doublet?

A word derived from the same root word with related meanings but different English spellings

Ex. royal and regal both from 'rex'

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step

gradus

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place for (something) (Lesson 4)

-orium, -ory

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to sleep

dormire

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What was a ludus in ancient Rome?

A gladiatorial school
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What is rhotacism?

A linguistic phenomenon where the letter 's' standing between two vowels is changed to an 'r'

ex. corporis (not 'corposis')

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flos, floris

flower

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back, backward (Lesson 4)

retro-

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calere

be warm

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What does the Late Latin noun nativitas translate to in English?

"birth"

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What is an inceptive verb?

A verb that denotes the beginning of an action

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Latin adjective for "all"

omnis

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against (Lesson 5)

contra-

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infinitive verb for "leave"

linquere, lictus

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What two letters are the "infix" in the L. verb for "(beginning to) be born"

na-SC-i
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What is a deponent verb?

A verb that looks passive but has an active meaning

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Latin adjective for "harmful"

noxius

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around (Lesson 5)

ambi-

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PPP for "eat"

voratus

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Give one example of an "inceptive" verb from Lesson 5

adolescere,candescere, florescere, irasci, obsolescere, valescere (p. 75)