ROOT DERIVATIVE.
itineris (of a journey) ITINER- _itiner_ant
felicis (nom. _felix_, happy) FELIC- _felic_ity

NOTE.--These explanations of the mode of forming radicals are given by
way of general information; but this book presupposes and requires no
knowledge of Latin, since in every group of English derivatives from
Latin, not only the root-words in their several parts, but the
_radicals 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 _ae_ 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_, _ae_, _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 _ae_ and _oe_ are sounded like _e_: as _caedo_, 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: