The following examples of this suffix represent a very small number of those that exist in other parts of this lexicon.
Shaped like an olive.
Produced by or involving sedimentation as affected by living organisms.
1. A receptacle for the bones of the dead; a bone-vault, charnel-house; a bone-urn.
2. A bone-cave, or deposit formed largely of bones, belonging to late geological times.
3. Of or for the deposit of the bones of the dead.
1. Of or pertaining to money: "He had pecuniary problems and couldn't pay for his debts."
2. Consisting of or given or exacted in money or monetary payments.
3. With reference to a crime, violation, etc.: involving a money penalty or fine.
4. From Latin
pecuniarius, "of, or pertaining to money"; derivative of
pecunia, "property, money" (from
pecu(s), "cattle"; derivative of
pecu, "flock" or "herd").
In the nomadic period of Indo-European civilization, before money in precious metal or other compact symbols was thought of, a man's wealth was reckoned in flocks and herds.
The Latin pecus means "cattle", and the derivative pecunia originally meant, "property in cattle". As civilization advanced and wealth was represented by many things other than cattle, the old word was kept with the broader new meaning.
When "money" was invented and adopted as a measurement of wealth, the word pecunia took on the new meaning of "money". Derived from this was the adjective pecuniarius, "relating to or consisting of money", from which English gives us pecuniary.
—Based on information from
Picturesque Word Origins, published by G. & C. Merriam Company,
Springfield, Massachusetts, U.S.A.; 1933.
Of or pertaining to the feet or walking.
1. Of or pertaining to penance; administering, or undergoing, penance.
2. Intended for or relating to the penal and reformatory treatment of criminals.
3. A reformatory prison; a house of correction.
4. In the U.S., the place of punishment in which convicts sentenced to confinement and hard labor are confined by the authority of the law.
Around the axilla.
1. Around a capillary.
2. Surrounding capillaries.
Around a leaf margin.
A fondness for wealth.