Chapter II: Influence of Stem-Meaning 10

I. -Mentum.

A. Concrete -mentum Words on Verb Stems.
1. Nouns denoting result of action, with general application 10
2. Nouns denoting result of action, with restricted
application 11
3. Nouns denoting instrument, with general application 12
4. Nouns denoting instrument, with both general and figurative
application 13
5. Nouns denoting instrument, with specialized application 14
6. Nouns denoting instrument, with both specialized and
figurative application 15
7. Nouns not classified 16

B. Concrete -mentum Words on Noun and Adjective Stems 17

C. Abstract -mentum Words on Verb Stems.
1. Nouns denoting result of action 18
2. Nouns denoting instrument 20
3. Nouns denoting action 22

D. Abstract -mentum Words on Noun Stems 23

II. -Bulum.
1. Nouns denoting instrument 24
2. Nouns denoting place 25
3. Nouns denoting person 26

III. -Culum.

A. Concrete -culum Words.
1. Nouns denoting instrument 27
2. Nouns denoting place 29
3. Nouns denoting object of action 30

B. Abstract -culum Words, All Denoting Action 30

CHAPTER III

Influence of Context 32

CHAPTER IV

Overlapping of Suffixes 43

A. Parallels of -mentum and Accessory Suffixes 44
B. Parallels of -bulum and Accessory Suffixes 49
C. Parallels of -culum and Accessory Suffixes 50

CHAPTER V

Suffixes and the Theory of Adaptation 52

Index of Words 55

The Semantics of -mentum, -bulum, and -culum