arcus, -ūs [4/m] pluvius: rainbow
tonitrus, -ūs [4/m]: thunder
The first thing to note is
that, in “percentage” terms, there are far fewer nouns in the 4th and 5th
declension than in the other three; you can see that just by looking at the
weather vocabulary in the two previous posts.
The fourth declension was
covered in detail in recent posts, and so now we come to a milestone: the fifth
declension - and the last one.
glaciēs, -ēī [5/f]: ice
Also:
dīluviēs, -ēī [5/f]: flood;
deluge; English derivative: ante-diluvian (Biblical) before the (Genesis)
flood; also used to describe extremely old-fashioned ideas
intemperiēs, -ēī [5/f]:
immoderate rains; tempest; storm; English derivative: intemperate language i.e.
language that lacks moderation; intemperate weather i.e. severe
temperiēs, -ēī [5/f]:
moderate temperature; English derivative: temperate climate i.e. one without
extremes
There are very few 5th
declension nouns. I’ve listed the ones that I think are most common. All 5th
declension nouns are feminine apart from [i] diēs (day) which, depending on
context, may also be masculine, and [ii] meridiēs [masculine]
diēs, -ēi [5/m or f]: day
mēridiēs, -ēi [5/m]: midday;
noon; south
aciēs, -ēī [5/f]: keenness;
edge; line of battle
faciēs, -ēī [5/f]: shape;
form; figure; face
effigiēs, -ēī [5/f]: image;
likeness; effigy
glaciēs, -ēī [5/f]: ice
perniciēs, -ēī [5/f]:
disaster; ruin
plānitiēs, -ēī [5/f]: plain;
plateau
rabiēs, -ēī [5/f]: rage;
madness
speciēs, -ēī [5/f]: sight;
look(s); appearance
superficiēs, -ēī [5/f]:
surface
fidēs, -eī [5/f]: pledge;
trust; faith
rēs, -eī [5/f]: thing;
matter; event
spēs, -eī [5/f]: hope
bona fide: genuine, without
deception < Latin bonā fidē: in good faith
prima facie: (Law) enough to
establish a fact unless disproved < Latin prīmā faciē: at first sight
The images posted show the
common feature of derivatives; the original Latin words can have a range of
related meanings whereas the derivatives tend to be very specific.
PS: I just realised that one
of the images posted looks a bit like Meghan Markle: it isn't
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