CREATING ADJECTIVES FROM NOUNS
How?
GENITIVE STEM + ADJ. SUFFIX
A) Adjectives of 1st/2nd declension
using suffixes:
-eus, a, um -inus, a, um -ivus, a, um
-icus, a, um -arius, a, um -itus, a, um
Declining like: masculines – NERVUS // feminines – VENA // neuters – SEPTUM
B) Adjectives of 3rd declension
Using suffixes: -alis, e M+F:-alis
-aris, e *if there is -l- before N: -e
Compare: English -al/-ar
Declining like: masculines + feminines – PELVIS BUT! Abl. Sg.: -i
neuters – RETE
1. Create adjectives from nouns using the following suffixes
-alis, e x -aris, e x -icus/-acus, a, um x -ivus, a, um x -osus, a, um x
-inus, a, um x -eus, a, um x -arius, a, um
pharynx tibia palatum
facies ilium uterus
mandibula vena musculus
cranium cutis occiput
dorsum cor paries
os, oris pelvis ren
mel os, ossis femur
mors vertebra sanguis
corona tonsilla epidemia
pectus tempus coccyx
2. Fill in the boxes:
across
6. thorax 9. pectus 11. dorsum
14. pharynx 15. maxilla
down
1. dens 2. os, oris 3. frons
4. fibula 5. cutis 6. tuberculum
7. uterus 8. abdomen 10. coccyx
12. latus 13. pars 15. mens
16. ren
3. Find nouns from which are the given adjectives derived
S S A N G U I S V A L V U L A
B U C S U P M E T L G T V M I
O R P A T I B R O U U O E A B
O L A R P A L P E B R A R X I
M A E C A U D L E I U P T I T
L U L U H C L R C D K H E L O
I T T U M I C A W N D A B L C
N E X A C U U R I A U R R A C
G R T Y L I S M U M O Y A D I
U U H U C A V C U M D N D O P
A S M F I C P A U I E X I R U
A L L I S N O T L L N F U S T
M U N R E T S C N C U A S U A
A M I R C A L L T E M S R M S
A L L E T A P S U S R A T C T
brachialis, e
carpalis, e
clavicularis, e
coccygeus, a, um
cranialis, e
dorsalis, e
duodenalis, e
femoralis, e
lacrimalis, e
lingualis, e
mandibularis, e
maxillaris, e
muscularis, e
occipitalis, e
oleosus, a, um
orbitalis, e
palatinus, a, um
palpebralis, e
patellaris, e
pharyngeus, a, um
radialis, e
sanguineus, a, um
scapularis, e
sternalis, e
tarsalis, e
temporalis, e
tibialis, e
tonsillaris, e
tuberculosus, a, um
uterinus, a, um
valvularis, e
vertebralis, e
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