“Latin Compounds”

Second Part of a Stem Compound

     The second part is a combining form that may be made from:

• a substantival stem (e.g. ped-, stem of pēs, for ālipēs),

• an adjectival stem (e.g. par-, stem of par for aequipar),

• a verbal stem (e.g. cin-, stem akin to cane-, stem of canere, for tubicen),

• a modification or combination of any of the aforementioned types of stems.

     The actual form that the combining form used as the second part appears as in the Stem Compound may be any of the following:

• a combining form that is either a nominative form of the substantival or adjectival stem or any of the principal parts of the verbal stem (e.g. pēs in celeripēs),

• a combining form made from a verbal stem that does not appear alone in Latin (cen in tubicen),

• a combining form made by modifying the ending of a substantive stem (flāvicomus, from coma).

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 ← You Are Here
            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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