The Greek & Latin Roots of English (49 page)

28. I photographed the object __________so that its exact location could be recorded.

29. I will always look back with fondness on my college years, since my__________ nourished me in many ways.

30. The action of the story began ____________________; only later did the reader find out what had happened before.

31. His way of life was not to my liking, but I realized that each of us finds our own____________________

32. The newspaper carried a__________report of his speech, publishing every word.

33. After the Civil War, the South looked back on its____________________history.

34. I always write the words of the ancient Roman gladiators on the top of my exam paper:______________________________

B. Fill in the blank with an abbreviated Latin phrase:

35. There are many activities I love in the summer,____________, swimming, hiking, and sleeping in the hammock.

36. It is impossible to determine the exact date of the beginning of the Industrial Revolution, so most historians simply write, “_______________ 1760.”

37. He never finished telling a story. He would begin, and then say, “______________ .”

38. Frank, Mary, Susan, Joe, Harry_______________ all came to the party.

Greek Vocabulary

If the stem of a noun is used to form learned borrowings  in English, the genitive case is given.

A
(A)

a- (ἀ-) = lack of

acron (ἄκρον) = topmost

adelphe (ἀδελφή) = sister

adelphos (ἀδελφός) = brother

aden (ἀδήν) = gland

aegis (αἰγίς) = shield

aeon (αἰών) = age; long period of time

aer (ἀήρ) = air

hagion (ἅγιον) = sacred, holy

ago (ἄγω) = do

agon (ἀγών) = contest; struggle

agora (ἀγορά) = marketplace

ether (αἰθήρ) = heaven, sky

hema, hematos (αȋμα) = blood

heresis (αἵρεσις) = choice

esthesis (αἴσθησις) = perception

etia (αἰτία) = cause, reason

ailuros (αἴλυρος) = cat

algos (ἄλγος) = pain

amphi (ἀμφί) = around; on both sides

ancyra (ἀγκύρα) = anchor

ana (ἀνά) = up; backward; again

anemos (ἄνεμος) = wind

aner, andros (ἀνήρ) = man

angelos (ἄγγελος) = messenger

anthos (ἄνθος) = flower

anthropos (ἄνθρωπος) = man

anti (ἀντί) = against

apo (ἀπό) = from, away from

apologia (ἀπολογία) = defense

apostello (ἀποστέλλω) = send out

apostrophe (ἀποστροφή) = turning back

arachne (ἀράχνη) = spider

arche (ἀρχή) = rule; beginning

archeon (ἀρχαι̑ον) = old

archon (ἄρχων) = ruler, chief

arctos (ἄρκτος) = bear

argyros (ἄργυρος) = silver

aristos (ἄριστος) = best

arithmos (ἀριθμός) = number

harmonia (ἁρμονία) =joining together; harmony

arteria (ἀρτηρία) = windpipe

aster (ἀστήρ) = star

astron (ἄστρον) = star

athlos (ἀ̑θλος) = contest

atmos (ἀτμός) = vapor

atomos (ἄτομος) = uncut

auto (aὐτό) = self

axioma (ἀξίωμα) = theorem

B
(B)

bacterion (βακτήριον) = rod, staff

baino (βαίνω) = go

barbaros (βάρβαρος) = foreign

baron (βάρόν) = heavy

basileus (βασιλέυς) = king

biblion (βιβλίον) = book

biblos (βίβλος) = book

bios (βιός) = life

blastos (βλαστός) = seed

botane (βοτάνη) = grass, herb

bous (βου̑ς) = cow

brachy (βραχύ) = short

brady (βραδύ) = slow

bronchos (βρόγχος) = windpipe

bronte (βροντή) = thunder

Γ
(G)

gala (γάλα) = milk

gamete (γαμετή) = wife

gametes (γαμετής) = husband

gamos (γαμός) = marriage

ganglion (γάγγλιον) = tumor

gaster, gastros (γαστήρ) = stomach

ge (γη̑) = earth

genea (γενέα) = family

genos (γένος) = race, family

geron, gerontos (γέρων) = old man

geusis (γευ̑σις) = taste

gigas, gigantos (γίγας) = mighty

glossa
or
glotta (γλω̑σσα) = tongue

glycys (γλυκύς) = sweet

gnosis (γνω̑σις) = knowledge

gone (γονή) = produce, offspring

gonia (γωνία) = angle

gony (γόνυ) = knee

gramma (γράμμα) = letter

grapho (γράφω) = write

gymnazo (γυμνάζω) = exercise

gyne, gynecos (γυνή) = woman

Δ
(D)

daphne (δάφνη) = laurel tree

deca (δέκα) = ten

decaton (δέκατον) = tenth

demos (δη̑μος) = people

dendron (δένδρον) = tree

derma, dermatos (δέρμα) = skin

despotes (δεσποτής) = master, lord

deuteron (δεύτερον) = second

dia (διά) = through; on account of

diaphragma (διάφραγμα) = partition

diatribe (διατριβή) = a way of spending time; criticism

didacton (διδακτόν) = taught

dieta (δίαιτα) = way of life

dinon (δεινόν) = terrible

dioecesis (διοίκησις) management; government

dis (δίς) = twice

discos (δίσκος) = plate

dogma (δόγμα) = teaching; decree

dracon (δράκων) = snake, dragon

drama (δρα̑μα) = deed, act

dromos (δρόμος) = running

drys, dryos (δρυ̑ς) = oak tree

dynamis (δύναμις) = force, power

dyo (δύο-) = two

dys- (δύσ-) = bad, difficult

E
(E)

hebdomon (ἕβδομον) = seventh

ec, ex (ἐκ, ἐξ) = out of

hecaton (ἑκατόν) = one hundred

embryon (ἕμβρυον) = young

embryon (ἕμβρυον) = young

emphasis (ἕμφασις) = impression; meaning

empiron (ἕμπέιρον) = experienced

emporion (ἐμπόριον) = market

en (ἐν) = in

enaton (ἕνατον) = ninth

encephalos (ἐγκέφαλος) = brain

encomion (ἐγκώμιον) = praise

encyclion (ἐγκυκλιον) = encircling

endon (ἕνδον) = within

ennea (ἐννέα) = nine

enteron (ἕντερον) = inside, gut

entomon (ἕντομον) = notched

epi (ἐπί) or eph' (ἐφ-) = on, upon; for; in addition to

episcopos (ἐπίσκοπος) = overseer; guardian

episteme (ἐπιστήμη) = knowledge

ergon (ἕργον) = work

eros (ἕρως) = desire

erythron (ἐρυθρόν) = red

ethnos (ἕθνος) = nation, people

eu (εὐ̑) = well

hen (ἕν) = one

hepta (ἑπτά) = seven

herpo (ἕρπω) = creep, crawl

heteron (ἕτερον) = other

hex (ἕξ) = six

Z
(Z)

zoon (ζω̑ον) = living being

zyme (ζύμη) = leaven

H
(E)

hedone (ἡδονή) = pleasure

electron (ἤλεκτρον) = amber

helios (ἥλιος) = sun

helix (ἥλιξ) = spiral

hemera (ἡμέρα) = day

hemi- (ἡμι-) = half

hepar, hepatos (ἡ̑παρ) = liver

ethos (ἡ̑θος) = custom; behavior

Θ
(TH)

thanatos (θἀνατος) = death

theatron (θέατρον) = place of seeing

theoria (θΕωρία) = spectacle; contemplation

theos (θέος) = god

therapia (θεραπεία) = service

thermos (θερμός) = warm

thesauros (θησαυρός) = treasury

thrix, trichos (θρίξ) = hair

thronos (θρόνος) = seat, chair

thyreos (θυρεός) = shield

I
(I)

iatros (ἰατρός) = doctor

ichthys (ἰχθύς) = fish

icon (εἰκών) = image, likeness

idea (ἰδέα) = form, class, kind

idion (ἴδιον) = one's own; private

idiotes (ἰδιώτης) = private citizen

hieron (ἱερόν) = sacred, holy

ion (ἴον) = going

hippos (ἵππος) = horse

ison (ἴσον) = equal

histemi (ἵστημι) = make stand

historia (ἱστορία) = inquiry

histos (ἱστός) = web

K
(K, C)

cacon (κακόν) = bad

canon (κανών) = rule; standard

cardia (καρδία) = heart

cata (κατά) or cath- (καθ-) = down, away; against; concerning

catharsis (κάθαρσις) = cleansing; purification

cephale (κεφαλή) = head

ceramia (κεραμεία) = pottery

kineo (κινέω) = move

kinesis (κίνησις) = movement

cithara (κιθάρα) = lyre, lute