“Latin Compounds”

Particles in Syntactic Compounds

     Many syntactic compounds are formed by prefixing a particle to some other part of speech.  The particle may be an inseparable particle, a preposition, or an adverbial prefix.  Some examples are:

• āmittere, from ā- (a preposition) and -mittere

• permāgnus, from per- (an adverbial prefix) and -māgnus

• redīre, from red- (an inseparable particle) and -īre

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
            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 ← You Are Here
      3. Inseparable Parts
2. Vocabulary
3. Bibliography

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