Pauper, pauper, poor. Penitentia, penitence, penance. Persecutum, persecute, pursue. Potio (a draught), potion, poison. Providentia, providence, prudence. Pungens, pungent, poignant. Quietus, quiet, coy. Radius, radius, ray. Regalis, regal, royal. Respectus, respect, respite. Securus, secure, sure. Senior, senior, sir. Separatum, separate, sever. Species, species, spices. Status, state, estate. Superficies, superficies, surface. Tractus, tract, trait, treat. Traditio (a giving up), tradition, treason. NOTES.--_Benison_ is the opposite of _malison_. A _caitiff_ was a person who _allowed_ himself to be taken captive. A _feat of arms_ was a _fact_ or _deed of arms_; hence a _feat_ par excellence. The hard guttural _c_ in _fabric_ has become a sibilant _g_ in _forge_, by Nor. Fr. influence. The _g_ in _fragile_ was originally hard. _Major_ is a _greater captain_; a _mayor_ is a _greater alderman_. _Orison_ may be compared with _benison_, _poison_, _reason_, and _treason_. The _p_ in _separate_ has become a _v_ in _sever_; both letters being _labials_. The cutting down of the five syllables in _superficies_ into two in _surface_, is the most remarkable instance of compression in the whole list. Many of the _Book Latin_ words in the above list, such as _captive_, _debit_, _defect_, _fact_, &c., were borrowed _directly_ from the Latin, and not through the medium of French books. 41. =GREEK DOUBLETS.=--The same phenomenon has also taken place with reference to Greek words. It is of course the newer form of these words that was given us by the revival of learning; the older forms may have existed in the language since the coming of Augustine in the end of the sixth century. GREEK. OLDER FORM. NEWER FORM.