[*] 248.
Adjectives denoting
pertaining to are formed
from nounstems with the suffixes—
-ālis, -āris, -ēlis, -īlis,
-ūlis
|
nātūr-ālis,
natural;
|
nātūra,
nature.
|
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popul-āris,
fellow-countryman;
|
populus, a
people.
|
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patru-ēlis,
cousin;
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patruus, uncle.
|
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host-īlis,
hostile;
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hostis, an
enemy.
|
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cur-ūlis,
curule;
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currus, a
chariot.
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[*] Note.--The suffixes
arise from adding -lis (stem
li-) to various vowel stems.
The long vowels are due partly to confusion between stem and
suffix (cf. vītā-lis, from
vītā-, with
rēg-ālis
), partly to confusion with verb-stems: cf.
Aprīlis
(
aperīre
),
edūlis
(
edere
), with
senīlis
(
senex
). -ris is an inherited
suffix, but in most of these formations -āris arises by differentiation for
-ālis in words
containing an 1 (as
mīlit-āris
).
