{"id":683,"date":"2016-07-29T20:30:42","date_gmt":"2016-07-30T00:30:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/greeklatinroots\/?post_type=chapter&#038;p=683"},"modified":"2016-08-22T13:53:41","modified_gmt":"2016-08-22T17:53:41","slug":"%c2%a740-the-latin-suffix-lentus-e-lent","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/greeklatinroots\/chapter\/%c2%a740-the-latin-suffix-lentus-e-lent\/","title":{"raw":"\u00a740. The Latin suffix -LENTUS (&gt; E -lent)","rendered":"\u00a740. The Latin suffix -LENTUS (&gt; E -lent)"},"content":{"raw":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;text-indent: 36pt\">The last suffix of this chapter, <b>-lentus<\/b>, is very close in meaning to <b>-osus<\/b>, since it also conveys the meaning \u201cfull of.\u201d When this element was added to the base of a Latin noun, it had to be joined by a CONNECTING or LINKING VOWEL, a device about which we\u2019ll hear more later. For the suffix<b> -lentus<\/b>, the linking vowel was usually U or O.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"textbox\" style=\"padding-left: 60px\">E <i>virulent <\/i>(&lt; L <b>virulentus<\/b> &lt; <b>virus<\/b>)<i> <\/i>= \u201cfull of poison\u201d<i><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><\/i>E <i>somnolent<\/i> (&lt; L <b>somnolentus<\/b> &lt; <b>somnus<\/b>) = \u201cfull of sleep\u201d<br style=\"clear: both\" \/>E <i>corpulent<\/i> (&lt; L <b>corpulentus<\/b> &lt; <b>corpus<\/b>) = \u201cfull of body\u201d<\/div>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Can you guess the etymological meanings of <i>violent<\/i>, <i>turbulent<\/i>, <i>opulent<\/i>, <i>fraudulent<\/i>, and <i>flatulent<\/i>? What about <i>nebulous<\/i> and <i>facetious<\/i> (<a href=\"\/greeklatinroots\/chapter\/%c2%a739-the-latin-suffix-osus-e-ous-ose\/\">\u00a739<\/a>)?<\/p>","rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;text-indent: 36pt\">The last suffix of this chapter, <b>-lentus<\/b>, is very close in meaning to <b>-osus<\/b>, since it also conveys the meaning \u201cfull of.\u201d When this element was added to the base of a Latin noun, it had to be joined by a CONNECTING or LINKING VOWEL, a device about which we\u2019ll hear more later. For the suffix<b> -lentus<\/b>, the linking vowel was usually U or O.<\/p>\n<div class=\"textbox\" style=\"padding-left: 60px\">E <i>virulent <\/i>(&lt; L <b>virulentus<\/b> &lt; <b>virus<\/b>)<i> <\/i>= \u201cfull of poison\u201d<i><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><\/i>E <i>somnolent<\/i> (&lt; L <b>somnolentus<\/b> &lt; <b>somnus<\/b>) = \u201cfull of sleep\u201d<br style=\"clear: both\" \/>E <i>corpulent<\/i> (&lt; L <b>corpulentus<\/b> &lt; <b>corpus<\/b>) = \u201cfull of body\u201d<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Can you guess the etymological meanings of <i>violent<\/i>, <i>turbulent<\/i>, <i>opulent<\/i>, <i>fraudulent<\/i>, and <i>flatulent<\/i>? 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