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actually used in word-formation, are given.

Pronunciation of Latin Words.
1. Every word in Latin must have as many syllables as it has vowels or
diphthongs: as miles (= mi'les).
2. C is pronounced like k before a, o, u; and like s before e, i, y, and the
diphthongs æ and oe: as cado, pronounced ka'do; cedo, pronounced
se'do.
3. G is pronounced hard before a, o, u, and soft like j before e, i, y, æ,
oe: as gusto, in which g is pronounced as in August; gero, pronounced
je'ro.
4. A consonant between two vowels must be joined to the latter: as
bene, pronounced be'ne.
5. Two consonants in the middle of a word must be divided: as mille,
pronounced mil'le.
6. The diphthongs æ and oe are sounded like e: as cædo, pronounced
ce'do.
7. Words of two syllables are accented on the first: as ager, pronounced
a'jer.
8. When a word of more than one syllable ends in a, the a
should be
sounded like ah: as musa, pronounced mu'sah.
9. T, s, and c, before ia, ie, ii, io, iu, and eu, preceded immediately by
the accent, in Latin words as in English, change into sh and zh: as fa'cio,
pronounced fa'sheo; san'cio, pronounced san'sheo; spa'tium,
pronounced spa'sheum.
NOTE.--According to the Roman method of pronouncing Latin, the
vowels a, e, i, o, u are pronounced as in baa, bait, beet, boat, boot; ae,
au, ei, oe as in aisle, our, eight, oil; c always like k; g as in get; j as y in
yes; t as in until
; v as w. See any Latin grammar.

LATIN ROOTS AND ENGLISH DERIVATIVES.
DIVISION I.--METHOD OF STUDY.
1. AG'ERE: a'go, ac'tum, to do, to drive.
Radicals: AG- and ACT-.
1. ACT, v. ANALYSIS: from actum by dropping the termination um.
DEFINITION: to do, to perform. The noun "act" is formed in the same
way. DEFINITION: a thing done, a deed or performance.
2. AC'TION: act + ion = the act of doing: hence, a thing done.
3. ACT'IVE: act + ive = having the quality of acting: hence, busy,
constantly engaged in action.
4. ACT'OR: act + or = one who acts: hence, (1) one who takes part in
anything done; (2) a stage player.
5. A'GENT: ag + ent = one who acts: hence, one who acts or transacts
business for another.
6. AG'ILE: ag + ile = apt to act: hence, nimble, brisk.
7. CO'GENT: from Latin cogens, cogentis, pres. part, of cog'ere (= co
+ agere, to impel), having the quality of impelling: hence, urgent,
forcible.
8. ENACT': en + act = to put in act: hence, to decree.
9. TRANSACT': trans + act = to drive through: hence, to perform.
EXERCISE.
(1.) What two parts of speech is "act"?--Write a sentence containing
this word as a verb; another as a noun.--Give a synonym of "act." Ans.
Deed.--From what is "deed" derived? Ans. From the word do--hence,
literally, something done.--Give the distinction between "act" and

"deed." Ans. "Act" is a single action; "deed" is a voluntary action:
thus--"The action which was praised as a good deed was but an act of
necessity."
(2.) Define "action" in oratory; "action" in law.--Combine and define in
+ action.
(3.) Combine and define in + active; active + ity; in + active +
ity.--What is the negative of "active"? Ans. Inactive.--What is the
contrary of "active"? Ans. Passive.
(4.) Write a sentence containing "actor" in each of its two senses.
MODEL: "Washington and Greene were prominent actors in the war of
the Revolution." "David Garrick, the famous English actor, was born in
1716."--What is the feminine of "actor" in the sense of stage player?
(6.) Combine and define agile + ity.--What is the distinction between
"active" and "agile"? Ans. "Active" implies readiness to act in general;
"agile" denotes a readiness to move the limbs.--Give two synonyms of
"agile." Ans. Brisk, nimble.--Give the opposite of "agile." Ans. Sluggish,
inert.
(7.) Explain what is meant by a "cogent argument."--What would be the
contrary of a cogent argument?
(8.) Combine and define enact + ment.--What is meant by the "enacting
clause" of a legislative bill?--Write a sentence containing the word
"enact." MODEL: "The British Parliament enacted the stamp-law in
1765."
(9.) Combine and define transact + ion.--What derivative from
"perform" is a synonym of "transaction"?
2. ALIE'NUS, another, foreign.
Radical: ALIEN-.
1. AL'IEN: from alienus by dropping the termination us. DEFINITION:

a foreigner, one owing allegiance to another country than that in which
he is living.
2. AL'IENATE: alien + ate = to cause something to be transferred to
another: hence, (1) to transfer title or property to another; (2) to
estrange, to withdraw.
3. INAL'IENABLE: in + alien + able = that may not be given to
another.
EXERCISE.
(1.) Combine and define