“Latin Compounds”

Stem Compounds

     A Stem Compound is a compound word whose stem is made up of two or more simple or compounded stems.  The final stem of the compound word is the one that receives inflection.

     For example, the Stem Compound flāvicomus, “yellow-haired,” has the stem flāvicomo-, and it is made from flāvo-, the stem of flāvus, “yellow,” and comā-, the stem of coma, “hair.”  The part of flāvicomo-, the stem of the Stem Compound flāvicomus, that receives inflection is the part that derives from comā-.

1. Two Groups of Compound Words in Latin
   1. Stem Compounds ← You Are Here
      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
      3. Inseparable Parts
2. Vocabulary
3. Bibliography

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