“Latin Compounds”

Nominative Form or Principal Part (Dictionary Form)

     If the second part is a substantive or adjective, then it may appear in its nominative singular or nominative plural form.  If the second part is a verb, then it may appear in its principal parts.

• celeripēs, second part pēs

• armipotēns, second part potēns

• parvifacio, second part facere

1. Two Groups of Compound Words in Latin
   1. Stem Compounds
      1. Three Types of Stem Compounds
      2. Two Main Parts of a Stem Compound
      3. Combining the Parts of a Stem Compound
         1. First Part of a Stem Compound
            1. Latin Substantives
            2. Latin Adjectives
            3. Latin Verbs
            4. Special Combining Forms
         2. Second Part
            1. Nominative Form or Principal Part ← You Are Here
            2. Inseparable Second Parts
               1. In Compounded Substantives
               2. In Compounded Adjectives
               3. In Compounded Verbs
            3. Special Terminations
   2. Syntactic Compounds
      1. Cases Forms
      2. Particles
      3. Inseparable Parts
2. Vocabulary
3. Bibliography

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