III.
Write and define verbs denoting to make, render, or perform the act of,
from the following words:--
1 authentic
2 person
3 captive
4 _anima_ (life)
5 _melior_ (better)
6 ample
7 just
8 _sanctus_ (holy)
9 pan
10 false
11 _facilis_ (easy)
12 _magnus_(great)
13 equal
14 fertile
15 legal
III.--DIRECTIONS IN THE STUDY OF LATIN DERIVATIVES.
1. A LATIN PRIMITIVE, or root, is a Latin word from which a certain number
of English derivative words is formed. Thus the Latin verb _du'cere_, to
draw or lead, is a Latin primitive or root, and from it are formed _educe_,
_education_, _deduction_, _ductile_, _reproductive_, and several hundred
other English words.
2. LATIN ROOTS consist chiefly of verbs, nouns, and adjectives.
3. ENGLISH DERIVATIVES from Latin words are generally formed not from the
root itself but from a part of the root called the _radical_. Thus, in the
word "education," the _root-word_ is _ducere_, but the _radical_ is DUC-
(education = e + DUC + ate + ion).
4. A RADICAL is a word or a part of a word used in forming English
derivatives.
5. Sometimes several radicals from the same root-word are used, the
different radicals being taken from different grammatical forms of the
root-word.
6. VERB-RADICALS are formed principally from two parts of the verb,--the
first person singular of the present indicative, and a part called the
_supine_, which is a verbal noun corresponding to the English infinitive in
-ing.
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