Latin Compounds
Inseparable Second Parts in Compounded Substantives
This is a list of some inseparable second parts in compounded substantives:
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-cīda, -ae mf
(one who kills or destroys) |
caedere
(to cut down) |
homicīda
(murderer) |
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-cīdium, -ī n
(an act of killing or destroying) |
caedere
(to cut down) |
homicīdium
(homicide) |
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-cola, -ae mf
(a dweller of a place; a worshipper; a cultivator) |
colere
(to inhabit; to worship; to cultivate) |
rusticola
(country dweller) neptūnicola (worshipper of Neptune) vīticola (culivator of vines) |
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-fex, -ficis mf
(one who makes or does something) |
facere
(to make) |
artifex
(artist) |
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-fica, -ae f
(one who makes or does something) |
facere
(to make) |
pānifica
(baker) |
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-fuga, -ae mf
(one who flees from or fears someone or something) |
fugere
(to put to flight) |
aquifuga
(one afraid of water) |
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-gena, -ae mf
(one who was born from someone or something) |
gignere
(to bring forth) |
sōligena
(one born from the sun) |
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-peta, -ae mf
(one who seeks someone or something) |
petere
(to desire) |
lūcripeta
(one seeking gain) |
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-spex, -spicis mf
(one who observes or inspects) |
specere
(to look at) |
auspex
(augur) |
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