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Greek Lesson 8
Greek Roots and Terminology
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| crat, cras | mix |
| cosm | order; world |
| polit, polis | city |
| crit, cris | separate; discern; judge |
| top | place |
| thalass, thalatt | sea |
| naus, nau | ship |
| plut | wealth |
| idio- | individual; one's own |
| ideo-, idea- | idea |
| auto- | self |
| -cracy | rule; government |
| -cratic | pertaining to rule |
| -poly | sale; selling |
| -pole, -polist | one who sells |
| -polistic | pertaining to selling |
| idiosyncrasy | eccentricity; oddity; peculiarity |
| cosmopolitan | sophisticated; world-wise |
| cosmogony | theory regarding creation and origin of the world or universe |
| acropolis | highest protected part of a city |
| polity | an organized society |
| politic | shrewd; cunning |
| toponymy | study of place names in a region |
| topiary | tree or evergreen trimmed in a particular fashion |
| thalassic | pertaining to the sea |
| thalassometer | tide gauge |
| plutocracy | government run by wealth |
| idiom | a weird saying understood in society out of context |
| idiologism | peculiarity of speech |
| idealism | the effort to achieve excellence or perfection |
| aristocracy | ruling class |