5.10: §40. The Latin suffix -LENTUS (> E -lent)
The last suffix of this chapter, -lentus , is very close in meaning to -osus , since it also conveys the meaning “full of.” When this element was added to the base of a Latin noun, it had to be joined by a CONNECTING or LINKING VOWEL, a device about which we’ll hear more later. For the suffix -lentus , the linking vowel was usually U or O.
E somnolent (< L somnolentus < somnus ) = “full of sleep”
E corpulent (< L corpulentus < corpus ) = “full of body”
Can you guess the etymological meanings of violent , turbulent , opulent , fraudulent , and flatulent ? What about nebulous and facetious (§39)?