[*] 253.
Verbal Adjectives that are Participial in meaning are formed with the
suffixes—
-ndus, -bundus, -cundus
[*] a.
-ndus (the same as the gerundive ending) forms a few
active or reflexive adjectives:—
[*] b.
-bundus,
-cundus, denote a
continuance of the
act or
quality expressed by the verb:—
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vītā-bundus,
avoiding;
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vītāre,
to shun.
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treme-bundus,
trembling;
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tremere, to
tremble.
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mori-bundus,
dying, at the point of death;
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morīrī,
to die.
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fā-cundus,
eloquent;
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fārī,
to speak.
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fē-cundus,
fruitful;
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root FĒ, nourish.
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īrā-cundus,
irascible;
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cf. īrāscī,
to be angry.
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[*] Note.--These must have
been originally nominal: as in the series, rubus, red bush;
rubidus (but no
†
rubicus
), ruddy;
Rubicōn, Red
River (cf.
Miniō
, a river of Etruria;
Minius, a river of Lusitania);
rubicundus
(as in averruncus,
homun-culus). So turba, commotion;
turbō, a top;
turbidus, roily,
etc. Cf.
apexabō
,
longabō
,
gravēdō
,
dulcēdō
.
[*] c.
Here belong also the participial suffixes
-minus,
-mnus (cf. Greek
-
μενος), from which are formed a
few nouns in which the participial force is still
discernible:—
2
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fē-mina,
woman (the nourisher); |
root FĒ, nourish.
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alu-mnus, a
foster-child, nursling;
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alere, to
nourish.
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Nouns with Adjective Suffixes
