NOTE.—The suffix -tor is occasionally appended to noun stems; as,—
gladiātor, gladiator (from gladius).
2. The suffix -or (originally -ōs) denotes an activity or a condition; as,—
| amor, love; | timor, fear; | dolor, pain. |
3. The suffixes -tiō (-siō), Gen. -ōnis, and -tus (-sus), Gen. -ūs, denote an action as in process; as,—
vēnātiō, hunting; obsessiō, blockade; gemitus, sighing; cursus, running.
NOTE.—Rarer endings with the same force are:—
a) -tūra, -sūra; as,—
sepultūra, burial; mēnsūra, measuring.
b) -ium; as,—