Chapter 12: Latin Present Participles and Gerundives
§86. Chapter 12: Exercises
1. Reconstruct the LATIN ETYMON for the following, and identify the basic LATIN VERB:
| English word | Latin etymon | Latin verb | |
| e.g. | concurrence | concurrentia | currere, cursus (“run”) |
| a. | abstinence | _______________ | _________________________ |
| b. | sufficiency | _______________ | _________________________ |
| c. | impatience | _______________ | _________________________ |
2. Using a dictionary if necessary, give the ETYMOLOGICAL MEANING of the following English words:
| a. subtrahend | _________________________________________ |
| b. defoliant | _________________________________________ |
| c. exorbitant | _________________________________________ |
| d. concatenation | _________________________________________ |
3. What semantic link connects flagrant, ardent, fervent, effervescent, and ebullient?
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4. Analyse the following words:
| a. | opponent |
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| b. | resiliency |
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| c. | calculation |
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| d. | inconsequential |
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For Key to Exercises (Latin), see Appendix I.
