Some grammatical terms and their roots in Latin
- Agentive
- agō,
agere, ēgī, actus
(Third [athematic consonant stem] conjugation verb) 'do, work'
- Active
- agō,
agere, ēgī, actus
(Third [athematic consonant stem] conjugation verb) 'do, work'
- Auxiliary
- augeō,
augēre, auxī, auctus
(Second [thematic
-ē- stem] conjugation verb) 'help'
- Causative
- causa,
causae (Fem, First [thematic -ā- stem] declension
noun) 'cause'
- Caritive
- careō,
carēre, caruī, caritus
(Second [thematic
-ē- stem] conjugation verb) 'lack, miss, be without'
- Antecedent
- ante
+ cēdō,
cēdere, cessī, cessus
(Third [athematic consonant stem] conjugation verb) 'go away'
- Cessative
- cessō,
cessāre, cessāvī, cessātus
(First
[thematic -ā- stem] conjugation verb) 'stop'
- Exclamation
- ex
+ clamō,
clamāre, clamāvī, clamātus
(First
[thematic -ā- stem] conjugation verb) 'cry'
- Clause
- claudō,
claudere, clausī, clausus
(Third [athematic consonant stem] conjugation verb) 'close'
- Inceptive
- in[1] + capiō,
capere, cēpī, captus
(Third [athematic consonant stem -iō] conjugation verb) 'begin'
-
- (in[1] prefix =
'into/inside')
- Benedictive
- bene + dīcō, dīcere,
dīxī, dictus
(Third [athematic consonant stem] conjugation verb) 'say'
- Conditional
- cum + dīcō, dīcere,
dīxī, dictus
(Third [athematic consonant stem] conjugation verb) 'say'
- Indicative
- in[1]
+ dīcō, dīcere,
dīxī, dictus
(Third [athematic consonant stem] conjugation verb) 'say'
- Predicate
- pre + dīcō, dīcere,
dīxī, dictus
(Third [athematic consonant stem] conjugation verb) 'say'
- Dative
- dō,
dare, dedī, dātus
(Irregular) 'give'
- Dual
- duo,
duae, dua
'two'
- Factive
- faciō,
facere, fēcī, factus
(Third [athematic consonant
stem] -iō conjugation verb) 'do, make'
- Benefactive
- bene + faciō, facere, fēcī,
factus
(Third [athematic consonant stem] -iō conjugation verb) 'do, make'
- Perfect
- per + faciō, facere, fēcī,
factus
(Third [athematic consonant stem] -iō conjugation verb) 'do, make'
- (the perfect participle of the English verb do is
'done', still used in this sense)
- Imperfect
- in[2] +per +
faciō, facere, fēcī,
factus
(Third [athematic consonant stem] -iō conjugation verb) 'do, make'
- (in[2] prefix = "not";
Latin,
cognate to Germanic "un-" (uncivil) and Greek "a-" (atheist)
- (/im-/ allomorph before labial /p-/ of {in[2]} morpheme)
- Lative
- ferō,
ferre, tūlī, latus
(Irregular third [athematic consonant stem] conjugation verb) 'carry'
- (Perfect and Participle are examples of suppletion)
- Ablative
- ab + ferō,
ferre, tūlī, latus
(Irregular third [athematic
consonant stem] conjugation verb) 'carry'
- Allative
- ad + ferō,
ferre, tūlī, latus
(Irregular third [athematic consonant stem] conjugation verb) 'carry'
- Elative
- ex + ferō,
ferre, tūlī, latus
(Irregular third [athematic consonant stem] conjugation verb) 'carry'
- Illative
- in[1]
+ ferō,
ferre, tūlī, latus
(Irregular third [athematic consonant stem] conjugation verb) 'carry'
- Relative
- re + ferō,
ferre, tūlī, latus
(Irregular third [athematic consonant stem] conjugation verb) 'carry'
- Superlative
- super + ferō,
ferre, tūlī, latus
(Irregular third [athematic consonant stem] conjugation verb) 'carry'
- Translative
- trans + ferō,
ferre, tūlī, latus
(Irregular third [athematic consonant stem] conjugation verb) 'carry'
- Affix
- ad + figō,
figere, fixī, fixus
(Third [athematic consonant stem]
conjugation verb) 'pierce'
- Infix
- in[1] + figō,
figere, fixī, fixus
(Third [athematic consonant
stem] conjugation verb) 'pierce'
- Prefix
- pre + figō,
figere, fixī, fixus
(Third [athematic consonant
stem] conjugation verb) 'pierce'
- Suffix
- sub + figō,
figere, fixī, fixus
(Third [athematic consonant
stem] conjugation verb) 'pierce'
- Infinitive
- in[2]
+ finis
(Masc [occasionally Fem], Third [athematic consonant
stem] declension noun) 'end'
- Inflection
- in[1] + flectō,
flectere, flexī, flexus
(Third [athematic consonant
stem] conjugation verb) 'bend'
- Reflexive
- re + flectō,
flectere, flexī, flexus
(Third [athematic consonant
stem] conjugation verb) 'bend'
- Retroflex
- retro + flectō,
flectere, flexī, flexus
(Third [athematic consonant
stem] conjugation verb) 'bend'
- Gerund
- gerō,
gerere, gessī, gestus
(Third [athematic consonant stem]
conjugation verb) 'bear, cherish'
- Register
- re + gerō,
gerere, gessī, gestus
(Third [athematic consonant stem]
conjugation verb) 'bear, cherish'
- Cognate
- cum + (g)nascor,
(g)nascī, (g)nātus
(Third [athematic consonant stem] conjugation verb)
'born'
- (Deponent verbs have only passive forms, regardless of
their meaning)
- Gender
- genus,
generis
(Neut, Third [athematic consonant stem] declension noun)
'kind, type', a derivative from
- gens, gentis
(Fem, Third [athematic consonant stem] declension noun) 'clan, tribe'
- Genitive
- genetivus,
-a, -um
(Masc, Fem, Neut, First & Second [thematic
-a/-o stems] declension adjective) 'innate', a derivative from
- gignō,
gignere, genuī, genitum
(Third [athematic consonant
stem] conjugation verb) 'bear, produce'; in passive 'be born'
- Egressive
- ex + gradior,
gradī, gressus
(Third [athematic consonant
stem] -iō conjugation, deponent) 'step'
- Ingressive
- in[1] + gradior,
gradī, gressus
(Third [athematic consonant stem]
-iō conjugation, deponent) 'step'
- Progressive
- pro + gradior,
gradī, gressus
(Third [athematic consonant stem]
-iō conjugation, deponent) 'step'
- Habitual
- habeō,
habēre, habuī, habitus
(Second [thematic
-ē- stem] conjugation verb) 'have'
- Interjection
- inter + iaciō,
iacere, iēcī, iactus
(Third [athematic consonant
stem] -iō conjugation verb) 'throw'
- (-- often spelled jaciō)
- Adjective
- ad + iaciō,
iacere, iēcī, iactus
(Third [athematic consonant
stem] -iō conjugation verb) 'throw'
- Subject
- sub + iaciō,
iacere, iēcī, iactus
(Third [athematic consonant
stem] -iō conjugation verb) 'throw'
- Imperative
- imperō,
imperāre, imperāvī, imperātus
(First
[thematic -ā- stem] conjugation verb) 'order'
- Comitative
- cum + eō,
īre, īvī, ītus
(Irregular) 'go'
- Conjunction
- cum + iungō,
iungere, iunxī, iunctus
(Third [athematic consonant
stem] conjugation verb) 'join'
- Conjugation
- cum + iugō,
iugāre, iugāvī, iugātus
(First
[thematic -ā-] stem] conjugation verb) 'join'
- (iugō is a regular formation from
iungō)
- Lateral
- latus,
lateris
(Neut, Third [athematic consonant stem] declension noun) 'side'
- Locative
- locus,
locī
(Masc, Second [thematic -o stem] declension noun)
'place'
- Demonstrative
- de + monstrō,
monstrāre, monstrāvī, monstrātus
(First [thematic -ā- stem] conjugation verb) 'show'
- Nominative
- nomen,
nomenis
(Neut, Third [athematic consonant stem] declension noun) 'name'
- Noun
- nomen,
nomenis
(Neut, Third [athematic consonant stem] declension noun) 'name'
- Pronoun
- pro + nomen,
nomenis
(Neut, Third [athematic consonant stem] declension noun) 'name'
- Optative
- optō,
optāre, optāvī, optātus
(First
[thematic -ā- stem] conjugation verb) 'hope, wish'
- Subordinate
- sub + ordō,
ordinis
(Masc, Third [athematic consonant stem] declension noun)
'order'
- Comparative
- cum + parō,
parāre, parāvī, parātus
(First
[thematic -ā- stem] conjugation verb) 'get'
- Parse
- pars,
partis
(Fem, Third [athematic consonant stem] declension noun) 'part'
- Participle
- pars,
partis
(Fem, Third [athematic consonant stem] declension noun) 'part'
- Partitive
- pars,
partis
(Fem, Third [athematic consonant stem] declension noun) 'part'
- Passive
- patior,
patī, passus
(Third [athematic consonant stem]
conjugation, deponent) 'allow, suffer'
- Pejorative
- pēior,
pēius
(Masc+Fem, Neut, Irregular Third declension
adjective) 'worse'
- (pēior is the comparative
form of malus, -a, -um 'bad')
- Reduplication
- re+ duo,
duae, dua + plicō,
plicāre, plicāvī, plicātus
(First
[thematic -ā- stem] conjugation verb) 'fold'
- Complement
- cum + pleō,
plēre, plēvī, plētus
(Second
[thematic -ē- stem] conjugation verb) 'fill'
- Plural
- plūs,
plūris
(Masc+Fem, Neut, Irregular Third declension
adjective) 'more'
- (plūs is the (irregular)
comparative form of multus, -a, -um 'much, many')
- Deponent
- de + ponō,
ponere, posuī, positus
(Third [athematic consonant stem] conjugation verb) 'place'
- Apposition
- ad + ponō,
ponere, posuī, positus
(Third [athematic consonant stem] conjugation verb) 'place'
- Preposition
- pre + ponō,
ponere, posuī, positus
(Third [athematic consonant stem] conjugation verb) 'place'
- Potential
- potens,
potentis
(Masc+Fem, Neut, Third [athematic consonant stem]
declension adjective) 'mighty, strong'
- (potens is
the present active participle form of the irregular modal verb possum,
posse, potuī, positus 'can, may')
- Regular
- regō,
regere, rexī, rectus
'rule'
- Derivation
- de + rīvus,
rīvī
(Masc, Second [thematic -o stem]
declension noun) 'river'
- Interrogative
- inter+ rogō, rogāre, rogāvī, rogātus
(First
[thematic -ā- stem] conjugation verb) 'ask'
- Sibilant
- sibilō, sibilāre, sibilāvī, sibilātus
(First
[thematic -ā- stem] conjugation verb) 'hiss'
- Assimilation
- ad + similis,
simile
(Masc+Fem, Neut, Third [athematic consonant stem]
declension adjective) 'same'
- Dissimilation
- dis + similis,
simile
(Masc+Fem, Neut, Third [athematic consonant stem] declension adjective) 'same'
- Singular
- singulī,
-ae, -a
(Masc, Fem, Neut, First & Second [thematic
-a/-o stems] declension adjective) 'single'
- Consonant
- cum + sonō, sonāre, sonuī, sonitus
(First
[thematic -ā- stem] conjugation verb) 'sound'
- Person
- per + sonō, sonāre, sonuī, sonitus
(First
[thematic -ā- stem] conjugation verb) 'sound'
- (Nota Bene: This etymology is attributed in
Lewis
and Short to
the writings of Gabbius Bassus;
- modern etymologists derive persōna
from an Etruscan original.)
- Resonant
- re + sonō, sonāre, sonuī, sonitus
(First
[thematic -ā- stem] conjugation verb) 'sound'
- Aspect
- ad + speciō,
specere, spexī, spectus
(Third [athematic consonant
stem -iō] conjugation verb) 'look'
- Stative
- stō,
stāre, stetī, status
(Irregular First [thematic
-ā- stem] conjugation verb) 'stand'
- Instrumental
- in[1]
+ struō,
struere, struxī, structus
'build'
- Construction
- cum + struō,
struere, struxī, structus
'build'
- Future
- sum, esse, fūī,
futūrus,
(Irregular) 'be'
- Essive
- sum, esse, fūī,
futūrus,
(Irregular) 'be'
- Abessive
- ab + sum, esse, fūī,
futūrus,
(Irregular) 'be'
- Adessive
- ad + sum, esse, fūī,
futūrus,
(Irregular) 'be'
- Inessive
- in[1] + sum,
esse, fūī, futūrus,
(Irregular) 'be'
- Temporal
- tempus,
temporis
(Neut, Third [athematic consonant stem] declension
noun) 'time'
- Tense
- tempus,
temporis
(Neut, Third [athematic consonant stem] declension
noun) 'time'
- Intonation
- in[1] +
tonus,
tonī
(Masc, Second [thematic -o stem]
declension noun) 'tone'
- Verb
- verbum, verbī
(Neut,
Second [thematic -o stem] declension noun) 'word'
- Adverb
- ad + verbum, verbī
(Neut,
Second [thematic -o stem] declension noun) 'word'
- Vocative
- vocō,
vocāre, vocāvī, vocātus
(First
[thematic -ā- stem] conjugation verb) 'call'
- Volitional
- volō, velle, voluī
(Irregular modal verb) 'want'
Linguistics 114
Last change June 8, 2013 John Lawler
(with assistance from Aaron J.
Dinkin gratefully acknowledged)