2.1: §17. Chapter 2- Exercises

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1. Underline the base of these nouns (e.g., FAMA):

TABULA, GRATIA, AQUA, MODUS, RADIUS, FATUM, VERBUM, OFFICIUM.

2. If you can identify the Latin base at the heart of a long English word, the meaning of that word will often be more precisely understood. Underline the noun base (e.g., INFORMALITY):

INGLORIOUS, PREVIOUS, GRANULAR, DEIFICATION, VULGARITY, PREDETERMINATION, COLLOCATION, INNUMERABLE, ASSIGNMENT, VITIATE.

3. Using the numerical scheme in §14, describe these changes in form:

a.	L scientia	(“knowledge”)	> E science	3b
b.	L matrona	(“married woman”)	> E matron	__________
c.	L prodigium	(“omen,” “potent”	> E prodigy	__________
d.	L lacuna	(“hole,” “pond”)	> E lagoon	__________
e.	L nota	(“mark”)	> E note	__________
f.	L digitus	(“finger,” “toe”)	> E digit	__________
g.	L folium	(“leaf”)	> E foil	__________
h.	L lucrum	(“gain”)	> E lucre	__________
i.	L spatium	(“space”)	> E space	__________
j.	L norma	(“rule”)	> E norm	__________

4. What label might you apply to the semantic change of Latin verbum to English verb? ___________________ Of Latin animus to English animus? ___________________

5. For each of the following English words, find an English doublet—if possible, one that more closely resembles the Latin source-word:

a.crown________________d.prize________________
b.genie________________e.card________________
c.spectre________________f.foil_________________

For Key to Exercises (Latin), see Appendix I.