The higher state educational establishment of Ukraine

joint
compound
processus, us m
process
transversus, a, um
transverse
Substantivization
In Latin there is a group of substantivized adjectives, i. e. those playing the
part of nouns.
E. g.:
1) rectus, a, um – straight (adjective) – rectum, i n – rectum (noun);
2) caecus, a, um – blind (adj.) – caecum, i n – blind gut, caecum (noun);
3) aegrotus, a, um – ill, sick (adj.) – aegrotus, i m – patient (noun).
The Latin-Greek equivalents
of the first group adjectives
Latin word Greek stem Meaning
albus, a, um
angustus, a, um
caecus, a, um
crassus, a, um
durus, a, um
flavus, a, um
griseus, a, um
humidus, a, um
magnus, a, um
leuk-, leucstentyphlpachysclerxanthpolihygrmega-,
megal-, macr-
white
narrow
blind
thick
hard; solid
yellow
grey
humid, damp
large, big
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