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Emily Greek & Latin
English From the Roots Up Volumes I & II
| Root | Meaning |
|---|---|
| photos | light |
| graph | to write or draw |
| tele | far away, distant |
| metron | measure |
| tropos | turning |
| philia | love, friendship |
| phobos | fear |
| syn | with, together |
| thesis | put, place, position |
| kinesis | movement |
| phone | sound |
| sonus | sound |
| skopeo | look at, inspect, consider, examine |
| video, visum | see |
| logos | word, study |
| verbum | word |
| nomen, nominis | name |
| pro | for, before, forward, in place of |
| prae | before, in front of |
| ad | to, toward; near, next to |
| jacio, jactum | throw |
| pono, positum | lay, put, place |
| cum | with, together |
| figo, fixum | fix, fasten, attach |
| jungo, junctum | join, unite, connect |
| digitus | finger, toes, inch |
| captut, capitus | head |
| manus | hand |
| pes, pedis | foot |
| bracchium | arm |
| den, dentis | tooth |
| corpus, corporis | body |
| unus | one |
| duo | two |
| tres | three |
| quattuor | four |
| quinque | five |
| sex | six |
| septem | seven |
| octo | eight |
| novem | nine |
| decem | ten |
| centum | hundred |
| mille | thousand |
| pyro | fire |
| ignis | fire |
| Vulcanus | Vulcan-Roman god of fire |
| hyrdros | water |
| aqua | water |
| bonus | good |
| helios | sun |
| sol | sun |
| luna | moon |
| dia | through, between, across, apart |
| trans | across, over, beyond, through |
| geo | earth |
| terra | land |
| dormio, dormitum | sleep |
| hypnos | sleep |
| annus | year |
| lithos | stone |
| petros | rock, stone |
| astron | star |
| stella | star |
| dendron | tree |
| arbor, arboris | tree |
| chronos | time |
| tempus, temporis | time |
| para | beside, along with |
| inter | between, among, amid |
| techne | art, skill |
| ars, artis | art, skill |
| bios | life |
| vivo, victum | live |
| mikros | small |
| megas | great, large, big |
| magnus | big, large, great |
| pater, pateris | father |
| mater, materis | mother |
| frater, frateris | brother |
| demos | the people, the citizens |
| populus | people |
| polis | city |
| urb, urbis | city |
| pathos | feeling, suffering |
| autos | self |
| thermos | heat |
| curro, cursum | run |
| zoon | animal |
| verto, versum | turn |
| facio, factum | do, make |
| scribo, scriptum | write |
| plico, plicatum | fold |
| dico, dictum | speak, say |
| biblos | book |
| liber, libri | book |
| scio, scitum | know |
| discipulus | student |
| sauros | lizard |
| amo, amatum | love |
| canis | dog |
| feles | cat |
| leon | lion |
| equus | horse |
| caballus | horse |
| hippos | horse |
| porcus | pig, hog, swine |
| ornis, ornithos | bird |
| avis | bird |
| grex, gregis | flock , herd, drove, group, troop, company |
| omnis | each, every, all |
| amphi | both |
| ambi | on both sides, around, suround |
| eu | well, good, pleasant |
| malus | bad, ugly, evil, il |
| e, ex | out of; beyond;from;former |
| archos | chief, principal, primative |
| arcus | bow, arc |
| curcum | around, abour |
| kyklos | ring, circle, wheel |
| peri | around |
| theos | god |
| deus | god |
| divinus | god-like |
| homo, hominis | man, human being |
| anthropos | man, mankind, humankind |
| vir | man, manly, masculine |
| femina | woman |
| infans, infantis | inability to speak |
| pais, paidos | child |
| schole | leisure, free time |
| ludo, lusus | play, mock |
| iatros | doctor, physician, comforter |
| medicus | physician |
| sanus | healthy, not diseased or injured |
| holos | whole, entire, complete |
| rhinos | nose;snout |
| cornu | horn |
| derma | skin, hide, shell |
| cutis | skin, hide |
| cor, cordis | heart |
| dorsum | back |
| athlon | prize, award |
| agon | contest, struggle, trial |
| romos | race course, runway, running |
| mons, montis | mountain |
| humus | earth, soil |
| folium | leaf |
| sal, salis | salt |
| mare | sea, ocean |
| naus | ship, boat |
| navis | ship, boat |
| homos | same, common, joint |
| heteros | other, different |
| cardo, cardinis | hinge |
| porta | door, gate, entry |
| porta, portatum | to carry |
| novus | new |
| ordo, ordinis | row, array, command |
| saeculum | age, century |
| primus | first |
| secondus | second |
| tertius | third |
| quartus | fourth |
| quintus | fith |
| sextus | sixth |
| septimus | seventh |
| octavus | eighth |
| nonus | ninth |
| decimus | tenth |
| elektron | amber |
| gradus | step, degree |
| plus, pluris | more, many |
| akros | topmost;high point;extreme |
| kata | down, against |
| ana | up, back again, along, through |
| duco, ductum | draw, attract, lead |
| ago, actum | do, act, drive, perform |
| pendo, pensum | hang down, weigh, consider, judge |
| hyper | above,overly, beyond |
| hypo | under, below |
| super | on top, above, over |
| sub | under, below, beneath |
| rumpo, ruptum | break, burst, split |
| pax, pacis | peace |
| specto, spectatum | to look at, see |
| vox, vocis | voice |
| loquor | speak |
| felix, felicis | happy |
| fides | faith, trust |
| solus | alone, only |
| monos | alone, solitary |
| rideo, risum | laugh, make fun of |
| laboro, laboratum | work |
| ergon | work |
| durus | hard to the touch, strong, difficult |
| bellum | war, combat, fight |
| barbaros | foreign |
| orthos | straight;correct |
| dokein | think, have an opinion, suppose |
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