§250. Nominal Adjectives
Other adjectives meaning in a general way belonging to (especially of places and times) are formed with the suffixes—
ter (-tris), -ester (-estris), -timus, -nus, -ernus, -urnus, -ternus (-turnus)
| palūs-ter, of the marshes; | palūs, a marsh. |
| pedes-ter, of the foot-soldiers; | pedes, a footman. |
| sēmēs-tris, lasting six months; | sex mēnsēs, six months. |
| silv-ester, silv-estris, woody; | silva, a wood. |
| fīni-timus, neighboring, on the borders; | fīnis, an end. |
| mari-timus, of the sea; | mare, sea. |
| vēr-nus, vernal; | vēr, spring. |
| hodi-ernus, of to-day; | hodiē, to-day. |
| di-urnus, daily; | diēs, day. |
| hes-ternus, of yesterday; | herī (old hesī), yesterday. |
| diū-turnus, lasting; | diū, long (in time). |
a. Adjectives meaning belonging to are formed from nouns by means of the suffixes—
-ārius, -tōrius (-sōrius)
| ōrdin-ārius, regular; | ōrdō, rank, order. |
| argent-ārius, of silver or money; | argentum, silver. |
| extr-ārius, stranger; | extrā, outside. |
| meri-tōrius, profitable; | meritus, earned. |
| dēvor-sōrius, of an inn (cf. § 254. 5); | dēvorsus, turned aside. |
J. H. Allen and J. B. Greenough, New Latin Grammar (Boston: Ginn, 1903). Text provided under a CC BY-SA license by Perseus Digital Library, http://www.perseus.tufts.edu, with funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities.