IV. DIMINUTIVES.

IV. DIMINUTIVES.

339. Diminutives are formed from adjectives, as from substantives (267).

#-lo-#, N. #-lu-s#: #aureo-lo-#, N. #aureo-lu-s#, _all gold_, _of precious gold_, _of red red gold_, _good as gold_ (#aureo-#); #ebrio-lu-s#, _tipsy_ (#ebrio-#); #parvo-lu-s#, or #parvu-lu-s#, _smallish_ (#parvo-#); #frīgidu-lu-s#, _chilly_ (#frigido-#); #vet-ulus#, _little old_ (#vet-#); #tenellu-lu-s#, _soft and sweet_ (#tenello-#, #tenero-#); #pulchel-lus#, _sweet pretty_ (#pulchro-#); #bel-lu-s#, _bonny_ (#bono-#); #novel-lu-s#, _newborn_ (#*novolo-#, #novo-#). #-culo-#, N. #-culu-s#: #pauper-culo-#, N. #pauper-culu-s#, _poorish_ (#pauper-#); #levi-culu-s#, _somewhat vain_ (#levi-#).

340. A peculiar class of diminutives is formed by adding #-culo-# to the comparative stem #-ius-# (346): as, #nitidius-culo-#, N. #nitidius-culu-s#, _a trifle sleeker_ (#nitidius-#); #longius-culu-s#, _a bit longer_ (#longius-#).

341. Adverbs sometimes have a diminutive form: as, #bellē#, _charmingly_; #paullulum#, _a little bit_; #meliusculē#, _a bit better_ (340).

[Erratum: 339 ... _of red red gold_ text unchanged]