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.

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