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247. Adjectives of various meanings, but signifying in general made of or belonging to, are formed from nouns by means of the suffixes—

-eus, -ius, -āceus, -īcius, -āneus (-neus), -ticus

Note.-- -ius is originally primitive (§ 234. 2.11); -eus corresponds to Greek -eios, eos , and has lost a y-sound (cf. yo-, § 234. 2.11); -īcius and -āceus are formed by adding -ius and -eus to stems in ī-c-, ā-c- (suffix ko-, § 234. 2.12); -neus is no- + -eus (§ 234. 2.4); -āneus is formed by adding -neus to ā-stems; -ticus is a formation with -cus (cf. hosti-cus with silvā-ticus), and has been affected by the analogy of participial stems in to- (nominative -tus).

aur-eus, golden; aurum, gold.
patr-ius, paternal; pater, a father.
uxōr-ius, uxorious; uxor, a wife.
ros-āceus, of roses; rosa, a rose.
later-īcius, of brick; later, a brick.
praesent-āneus, operating instantly; praesēns, present.
extr-āneus, external; extrā, without.
subterr-āneus, subterranean; sub terrā, underground.
salīg-neus, of willow; salix, willow.
volā-ticus, winged (volātus, a flight); volāre, to fly.
domes-ticus, of the house, domestic; domus, a house.
silvā-ticus, sylvan; silva, a wood.

Ginn and Company, 1903.

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