Chapter 266Allen and Greenough's Latin GrammarDickinson CollegeChristopher Francese
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In many apparent compounds, complete words—not stems—have grown together in speech. These are not strictly compounds in the etymological sense. They are called Syntactic Compounds. Examples are:—
Compounds of
faciō
,
factō
, with an actual or formerly existing nounstem confounded with a verbal stem in
ē-
. These are
causative
in force.
cōnsuē-faciō
,
habituate
(cf.
cōnsuē-scō
,
become accustomed
).
cale-faciō
,
cale-factō
,
to heat
(cf.
calē-scō
,
grow warm
).
An adverb or noun combined with a verb:—
bene-dīcō
(
bene
,
well
,
dīcō
,
speak
),
to bless.satis-faciō
(
satis
,
enough
,
faciō
,
do
),
to do enough
(for).
Many apparent compounds of stems:—
fide-iubeō
(
fide
,
surety
,
iubeō
,
command
),
to give surety.mān-suētus
(
manuī
,
to the hand
,
suētus
,
accustomed
),
tame.Mārci-por
(
Mārcī puer
),
slave of Marcus.Iuppiter
(†
Iū
, old vocative, and
pater
),
father Jove.anim-advertō
(
animum advertō
),
attend to, punish.
A few phrases forced into the ordinary inflections of nouns:—
prō-cōnsul
,
proconsul
(for
prō cōnsule
,
instead of a consul
).
trium-vir
,
triumvir
(singular from
trium virōrum
).
septen-triō
,
the Bear
, a constellation (supposed singular of
septem triōnēs
,
the Seven Plough-Oxen
).
In all these cases it is to be observed that
words
, not
stems
, are united.