(2.) -tā- (N. -ta), -tāt- (N. -tā-s), -tūt- (N. -tū-s), -tū-din- (N. -tū-dō).
[261]. -tā-, N. -ta: chiefly poetic: iuven-tā-, N. iuven-ta, youth (iuven-); senec-ta, age (sen-ec-).
[262]. -tāt-, N. -tā-s ([202]), is one of the very commonest suffixes.
pie-tāt-, N. pie-tā-s, dutifulness (pio-, [105]); fēlīci-tā-s, happiness (fēlīci-); cīvi-tā-s, citizenship, the community (cīvi-); facili-tā-s, easiness, facul-tā-s, ability (facili-); cāri-tā-s, dearness (cāro-); auctōr-itā-s, authority (auctōr-); līber-tā-s, freedom (lībro-, [111, b]); maies-tā-s, grandeur (maiōs-); volun-tā-s, wish (*volunti-, [179]); venus-tā-s, grace (venusto-, [179]); ae-tā-s, age (aevo-, [111, a]); tempes-tā-s, kind of time, weather (tempes-).
[263]. -tūt-, N. -tū-s, only in iuven-tūt-, N. iuven-tū-s, youth (iuven-), senec-tū-s, age (senec-), servi-tū-s, slavery (servo-), and vir-tū-s, manhood (viro-, [111]).
[264]. -tū-din-, N. -tū-dō, suffixed to adjective stems: magni-tūdin-, N. magni-tūdō, greatness (magno-); forti-túdō, courage (forti-); and to a few participles: cōnsuē-tūdō, custom (cōnsuēto-, [179]); sollici-tūdō, anxiety (sollicito-); analogously valē-tūdō, health (*valēto-, valēre).
[265]. The suffixes -ārio-, -ōn-, -iōn-, -li-, -no-, and some others, are used to denote the Person concerned or occupied with a thing: as,
| Stem. | Nominative. | From. |
|---|---|---|
| sīc-ārio- | sīcārius, assassin | sīcā-, N. sīca, dagger |
| āle-ōn- | āleō, gambler | āleā-, N. ālea, die |
| lūd-iōn- | lūdiō, player | lūdo-, N. lūdus, play |
| aedī-li- | aedīlis, aedile | aedi-, N. aedis, house |
| tribū-no- | tribūnus, tribune | tribu-, N tribus, tribe |