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1. TEM'PORAL: tempor + al = relating to time: hence, not everlasting.
2. TEM'PORARY: tempor + ary = lasting only for a brief time.
3. CONTEM'PORARY: con + tempor + ary = one who lives in the same time with another.
4. TEM'PERANCE: through Fr. n. _temperance_; literal meaning, the state of being _well timed_ as to one's habits: hence, moderation.
5. EXTEMPORA'NEOUS: ex + temporane(us) + ous = produced at the time.
6. TEM'PORIZE: tempor + ize = to do as the times do: hence, to yield to the current of opinion.
EXERCISE.
(1.) Give the opposite of "temporal." _Ans. Eternal._ Ill.u.s.trate these two words by a sentence from the Bible. _Ans._ "The things which are seen are _temporal_; but the things which are not seen are _eternal_."
(2.) Give the opposite of "temporary." _Ans. Permanent._--What is meant by the "_temporary_ government of a city"?--Give a synonym of "temporary."
_Ans. Transitory._--Would you say that man is a "_temporary_ being" or a "_transitory_ being"?
(3.) Compose a sentence ill.u.s.trating the use of the word "contemporary."--What adjective corresponds to this adjective?
(4.) State the distinction between "temperance" and "abstinence."--Write a sentence showing the use of the two words.
(5.) What is meant by an "_extemporaneous_ speech?"
(6.) What is one who _temporizes_ sometimes called? _Ans_. A _time_-server.
DIVISION II.--ABBREVIATED LATIN DERIVATIVES.
NOTE--In Division II, the English derivatives from Latin roots are given in abbreviated form, and are arranged in paragraphs under the particular _radicals_, from which the several groups of derivatives are formed. The radicals are printed at the left in bold-face type--thus., ACR-, ACERB-, etc. Derivatives not obviously connected with the Latin roots are given in the last paragraph of each section. Pupils are required to unite the prefixes and suffixes with the radicals, thus forming the English derivatives, which may be given either orally or in writing. Only difficult definitions are appended: in the case of words not defined, pupils may be required to form the definition by reference to the signification of the radicals and the formative elements, thus, acr + id = acrid, being bitter, acr + id + ity = state of being bitter, bitterness.
1. A'CER, a'cris, _sharp_; Acer'bus, _bitter_; Ac'idus, _sour_; Ace'tum, _vinegar_.
ACR: -id, -idity; ac'rimony (Lat. n. _acrimo'nia_, sharpness of temper); acrimo'nious.
ACERB: -ity; exac'erbate, _to render bitter_; exacerba'tion.
ACID: ac'id; -ify, -ity; acid'ulate (Lat. adj. _acid'ulus_, slightly sour); acid'ulous; subac'id, _slightly acid_.
ACET: -ate, _a certain salt; _-ic, _pertaining to a certain acid; _-ify, -ification, -ose, -ous.
2. AE'DES, _a house_.
ED: ed'ify; edifica'tion; ed'ifice (Lat. n. _edifi'cium_, a large building); e'dile (Lat. n. _aedi'lis_, a Roman magistrate who had charge of buildings).
3. ae'QUUS, _equal_: aequa'lis, _equal, just_.
EQU: -able, -ation, -ator, -atorial, -ity, -itable; ad'equate (Lat. v.
_adequa're_, _adequa'tum_, to make equal); inadequacy; inad'equate; iniq'uity (Lat. n. _iniq'uitas_, want of equal or just dealing); iniq'uitous.
EQUAL: e'qual (n., v., adj.), -ity, -ize; co-e'qual; une'qual.
4. ae'VUM, _an age_; aeter'nitas, _eternal_.
EV: co-e'val; longevity (Lat. adj. _lon'gus_, long); prime'val (Lat. adj.
_pri'mus_, first).
ETERN: -al, -ity, -ize; co-eter'nal.
5. A'GER, a'gri, _a field, land_.
AGRI: agra'rian (Lat. adj. _agrarius_, relating to land); agra'rianism; ag'riculture (Lat. n. _cultu'ra_, cultivation), agricult'ural, agricult'urist.
Per'egrinate (Lat. v. _peregrina'ri_, to travel in foreign lands); peregrina'tion; pil'grim (Fr. n. _pelerin_, a wanderer); pil'grimage.
AGERE, to do. (See p. 23.)
6. AL'ERE: a'lo, al'itum _or_ al'tum, _to nourish_; ALES'CERE: ales'co _to grow up_.
AL: al'iment (Lat. n. _alimen'tum_, nourishment); alimen'tary; al'imony (Lat. n. _alimo'ma_, allowance made to a divorced wife for her support).
ALIT: coali'tion (-ist).
ALESC: coalesce' (-ence, -ent).
ALIENUS. (See p. 25.)
7. AL'TER, _another_; Alter'nus, _one after another_.
ALTER: al'ter, -ation, -ative (a medicine producing a change); unal'tered; alterca'tion (Lat. n. _alterca'tio_, a contention).
ALTERN: -ate, -ation, -ative; subal'tern, _a subordinate officer_.
AMARE; AMICUS. (See p. 25.)
ANIMUS; ANIMA. (See p. 26.)
ANNUS. (See p. 27.)
8. ANTI'QUUS, _old, ancient_.
