| 释义 |
-lent
suffix, occurring in adjs. from Latin. The L. ending -lentus (which in some words has an alternative form -lens) has approximately the sense of the Eng. -ful. It is believed to have been orig. a compound, formed by the addition of the suffix -ento-, -ent- (cf. cruentus gory) to derivative stems in -lo- or -li-; these stems, however, have not been preserved (exc. in the case of gracilis slender, whence gracilentus † gracilent), and in classical times -lentus was a productive suffix. Normally it is preceded by u, as in turbulentus turbulent, pulverulentus pulverulent (see -ulent); but there are a few cases in which the stem-vowel of the primary n. appears, as pestilentus (-lens) pestilent, f. pestis plague, and some which have an unexplained o, as violentus (-lens) violent, f. vi-s force (cf. violāre to violate), sanguinolentus bloody, f. sanguin-, sanguis blood. |