THE SURVEY OF LATIN AND GREEK SUFFIXES


NOUNS:


Quality, state :            -antia, -entia

                                    -ies, -ities

                                    -itas

                                    -or

Instrument, organ:      -bra, -brum


Specific names:          -ina, -inum

                                    -ium (chemical terms)


Activity, its result:      -tio,-sio-xio

                                    -tor,-sor,-xor

                                    -tura, -sura

                                    -tus,-sus,-xus

                                    -men, -mentum


Deminutives:              vowel + -(l)lus,-(l)la, -(l)lum

                                    -ellus,a,um

                                    -illus,a,um

                                    -ulus,a,um

                                    -olus,a,um


ADJETIVES: relation +:


Tendency:                   -ax, -ix,-ox

Equipped with:           -tus, -atus

Posibility:                    -bilis

Full of:                        -lentus

                                    -osus


GREEK SUFFIXES: pathological conditions:

Disease:                      -ia, -iasis

Condition, ill state:     -ismus

Inflammation:             -itis

Tumor:                        -oma

Non-inflammatory d.: -osis


Form, resemblance:    -oideus