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in the mind; speculation, mental view, or a mental scheme not reduced to practice.

A-spect, circum-spect, con-spicuous, de-spise, ex-pect, in-spect, pro-spect, re-spect, su-spect.

SPIRO, I breathe.

Spirit, spiritual.-A-spire, con-spire, con-spiracy, expire, in-spire, per-spire, re-spire, tran-spire.

SPONDEO, I promise, betroth.—SPONSUS, pro

mised.

Sponsor, one who makes a promise for another, one who answers for a child at the time of baptism, a godfather.-Spouse, from sponsus, a man betrothed.De-spond, re-sponse, cor-re-spond.--Spontaneous, from spons, spontis, one who promises willingly.

STINO, I fix.

De-stine, de-stination, pre-de-stination, ob-stinate.

STRUES, a pile.—STRUO, I form a pile, I build. STRUCTUS, piled.

Structure.-Con-struct, con-strue, de-stroy, in-struct, in-strument, ob-struct.-Super-structure.

Industry, industrious, from industrius, one who is ever active in building up, or doing something.

SUM, I am.-ESSE, to be.-ENS, ENTIS, being. FUTURUS, about to be.

Entity, a real being.-Non-entity, (non, not,) a thing not existing.-Abs-ent, abs-ence.-Inter-est.

Pre-s-ent, pre-s-ence, re-pre-s-ent, representation.-Potent, for potens, (potes, able, ens, being,) being able, powerful.-Essence.-Future, futurity.

SUMO, I take.~SUMPTUS, taken.

Sumptuous, from sumptuosos, taken to excess, costly, ex

pensive.-As-sume, con-sume, con-sumption, presume, pre-sumptuous, re-sume.

T.

TANGO, I touch.-TACTUS, touched. [Tango is changed into Tingo, when compounded.] CON-TACT, Con-tiguous, con-tingent, con-tagion, from contages, the touch of a disease.-Contaminate, from contagmen, an impure touch.

In-teger, in-tegral, entire, from integer, untouched, undimished.

In-tegrity, from integritas, soundness or purity of manners, as being untouched or unstained.

TENDO, I stretch, bend, direct.-TENSUS or TENTUS, bent.

Tend, tension.-At-tend, at-tention, con-tend, con-tention, dis-tend, dis-tention, ex-tend, ex-tension, intend, intention, pre-tend, pre-tension, por-tend.

TENEO, I hold.-TENTUS, held.

[Teneo is changed into Tineo when compounded.] Tenacious, tenacity.-Tenant, one who holds of another; tenement, any thing held by a tenant; tenure, the act of holding; tenet, a principle which one holds.— Tenor or tenour, denotes continuity of state, as "the general tenor of his conduct;" or the sense contained, as "the tenor of his speech."

Abs-tain, abs-tinence, at-tain, con-tain, con-tinual, continuity, con-tinue, de-tain.-Ob-tain, per-tain, pertinent, re-tain, sus-tain.

TESTES, a witness, a giver of evidence.-TESTOR, I bear witness.

Test, that with which a thing is compared in order to prove its genuineness.-Testimony, the evidence

given; testimonial, a writing produced by any one as an evidence for himself; testament, the name given to each of the volumes of the Holy Scriptures, because they give evidence of the will of God; testament is also applied to a writing, which gives evidence of the will of a person as to the disposal of his property after death; testator, a man who makes a testament; testatrix, a woman who makes a testament; testify, (see FACIO, p. 11.)-At-test, con-test, de-test, pro-test.

TORQUEO, I twist.-TORTUS

twisted.

or TORSUS,

Torture, torment.-Con-tortion, dis-tort, ex-tort, re-tort

TRAHO, I draw.-TRACTUS, drawn. Tract, tractable.-At-tract, abstract, con-tract, de-tract, dis-traction, ex-tract, pro-tract, re-tract, sub-tract.

TRIBUS, a distinct generation of people.

Tribe.-Tribunal, a judgment seat, or seat for the tribune, (the chief or governor of a tribe.)

Tribute, from tributum, money levied upon the tribes in order to defray the public expenses.

Tribuo, I separate into tribes, also, I give tribute; hence at-tribute, con-tribute, dis-tribute, re-tribution, tributary.

TRUDO, I thrust.—TRUSUS, thrust.

Abs-truse, in-trude, in-trusion, ob-trude.

V.

VADO, I march, go.-VASUS, marched. WADE.--E-vade, e-vasion, in-vade, in-vasion, per-vade.

VENIO, I come.-VENTUS, come.

Ad-vent, circum-vent, con-vene, con-venient, e-vent, in-vent, inter-vene, pre-vent, super-vene.

VERTO, I turn.-VERSUS, turned.

Verse, version.-A-verse, a-vert, ad-versary, ad-vert. Anim-ad vert, from animadverto, (anima, the mind,) I turn or direct my mind to.

Con-vert, con- version, di-vert, di-version, in-vert, inversion, per-vert, per-version, per-verse, re-vert, reversion, sub-vert, sub-version.

Tergi-versation, from tergiversor, (tergum, the back,) I turn the back, I shuffle.-Trans-verse.

VIDEO, I see.--VISUS, seen.

Vision, de-vise, di-vide, e-vidence, e-vident, in-vidious, pro-vide, pro-vident, pro-vidence.--Prudent, from prudens, (for providens.) Prudence being the result of seeing before hand.-Visit, re-visit.-Super-visor.

UNDA, a wave.-UNDO, I rise in waves. Ab-ound, ab-undant, ab-undance, in-undation, red-ound, (for re-undo,) re-d-undant, re-d-undance. VOX, VOCIS, a voice, a word.—VOCO, I use the voice.-VOCATUS, called.

Voice, vocal, vocabulary.-Vocation.

A-vocation, ad-vocate, con-voke, con-vocation, in-voke, in-vocation, pro-voke, re-voke.-Vociferate, vociferation, from vociferor, I cry aloud.

VOLO, I wish.

Volition.-Bene-volent, bene-volence, (see BENE, p. 3.) -Male-volent, male-volence, (see MALE, p. 23.)— Voluntary.

VOLVO, I roll, I fold.-VOLUTUS, rolled. Voluble, for volubilis, disposed to roll; volume, for volumen, a thing folded.

Circum-volution, con-volution, de- volve, e-vole, e-volution, in-volve, in-volution, re-volve, re-volution.

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