Latin A-Level
Declension-based suffixes -ē and -iter
What Declension-based suffixes -ē and -iter means in Latin A-Level, as defined for OCR.
Definition of Declension-based suffixes -ē and -iter
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First/second-declension adjectives add -ē to the stem, while third-declension adjectives commonly add -iter.
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