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Preface to 5th Edition
Foreword
§1. The Fascination of Words
§2. What is Greek and Latin Roots (GRS 250)
§3. Why Latin and Greek?
§4. The Indo-European Family of Languages
§5. The Unique Nature of English
§6. Dictionary Practice
§7. Latin Pronunciation
§8. Form and Meaning
§9. What is a Noun?
§10. Latin Nouns of the First Declension
§11. Interesting Words
§12. Latin Nouns of the Second Declension
§13. Interesting Words
§14. Patterns of Change in Form
§15. Patterns of Change in Meaning
§16. The Legacy of Latin: I. Old English
§17. Chapter 2: Exercises
§18. Latin Nouns of the Third Declension
§19. Interesting Words
§20. Latin Nouns of the Fourth Declension
§21. Latin Nouns of the Fifth Declension
§22. Summary of the Five Latin Noun Declensions
§23. The Legacy of Latin: II. Middle English
§24. Chapter 3: Exercises
§25. What is an Adjective?
§26. Latin Adjectives: 1st and 2nd Declension Type
§27. Latin Adjectives: 3rd Declension Type
§28. Interesting Words
§29. Comparative and Superlative Forms
§30. Latin Adverbs
§31. The Legacy of Latin: III. Modern English
§32. Chapter 4: Exercises
§33. The Process of Affixation
§34. Adjective-forming Suffixes in English
§35. The Latin suffix -ALIS (> E -al) / -ARIS (> E -ar or -ary)
§36. The Latin suffix -ILIS (> E -ile or -il)
§37. The Latin suffixes -ANUS (> E -an) and -INUS (> E -ine)
§38. The Latin suffix -ARIUS (> E -ary, -arium, -er)
§39. The Latin suffix -OSUS (> E -ous, -ose)
§40. The Latin suffix -LENTUS (> E -lent)
§41. Summary of Adjective-forming Suffixes
§42. Interesting words
§43. Word Analysis
§44. Chapter 5: Exercises
§45. Noun-forming Suffixes in English
§46. The Latin suffix -ITAS (> E -ity); variant -ETAS (> E -ety)
§47. The Latin suffix -ITUDO (> E -itude)
§48. The Latin suffix -ITIA (> E -ice)
§49. Other Noun-forming Suffixes (-IA, -MONIUM)
§50. Interesting Words
§51. Chapter 6: Exercises
§52. What is a Diminutive?
§53. The Regular Latin Diminutive Suffixes -ULUS and -CULUS
§54. The Variant Latin Diminutive Suffixes -OLUS and -ELLUS
§55. Diminutive Adjective Derivatives in -ARIS
§56. Interesting Words
§57. An Introduction to Prefixes
§58. Prefixes Denoting Place
§59. A Summary of Latin Prefixes
§60. Interesting Words
§61. What is a Verb?
§62. The Two Keys to the Latin Verb
§63. Latin Verbs of the First Conjugation
§64. Latin Verbs of the Second Conjugation
§65. Latin Verbs of the Third Conjugation
§66. Latin Verbs of the Third I-STEM and Fourth Conjugations
§67. Interesting Words
§68. How Can Verbs Become Other Parts of Speech?
§69. The Perfect Participle as 2nd Declension Neuter Noun
§70. The Perfect Participle as 4th Declension Noun
§71. The Perfect Participle Base + suffix -IO as Abstract Noun
§72. The Perfect Participle Base + suffix -URA as Abstract Noun
§73. The Perfect Participle Base + suffix -OR as Agent Noun
§74. Other Noun-forming suffixes
§75. Chapter 10: Exercises
§76. What is a Denominative Verb?
§77. Denominative Verbs in -ARE, -ATUS, and their nouns in -AT -IO
§78. Interesting Words
§79. Turning Diminutive Nouns into Verbs
§80. How to Recognize a Present Participle (Latin -NT-)
§81. Participial Abstract Nouns in -NTIA (> E -nce or -ncy)
§82. English Derivatives from Latin Present Participles
§83. Interesting Words
§84. English Spelling Irregularities
§85. The Latin Gerundive: the -ND- form
§86. Chapter 12: Exercises
§87. The Latin suffixes -BILIS (> E -ble) and -ILIS (> E -ile)
§88. Adjectives from the Present Base (-AX, -UUS, -ULUS, -IDUS)
§89. Adjectives from the Perfect Base (-ORIUS, -IVUS)
§90. Interesting Words
§91. What is a Compound Word?
§92. General Principles of Latin Compounds
§93. Compounds Related to FACERE
§94. Other Verbal Compounds
§95. Interesting Words
§96. Chapter 14: Exercises
I. Key to Exercises (Latin)
II. Summary of Vocabulary Tables (Latin)
Sixth Edition (Adapted) Copyright © Estate of Peter L. Smith
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