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AP Lit roots 25/26
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Credo, creyere, credidi, creditum | to believe |
| ad/ac | to, toward |
| deus | god |
| facil, facere, feci, factum | to make, to act |
| divino, divinare, divinavi, divinatum | to fortell |
| theos | god |
| apo | away from |
| Cracy/kratos | power |
| logos | word, study |
| a | not, without |
| pan | all |
| sacer | sacred |
| ex | from, out of |
| legere | to gather, to steal |
| sanct/sanctus | holy |
| hieros | holy, sacred, supernatural |
| archos/arkos | ruler |
| glyph | to carve |
| pio, piare, piavi, piatus | to appease, to purify |
| in/im/ig | not |
| Dokein | to appear, to seem, to think |
| doxa | opinion, judgement |
| hetero | other, another, different |
| gignoskein | to know |
| physio/phusis | nature |
| gnomon | One who knows |
| Pro | before, for |
| krinien | To separate, to decide, to judge |
| hupo/hypo | below, beneath |
| mnemonikos | mindful |
| phren, phrenos | heart, mind, midriff |
| schizo | to split |
| ratio | reason |
| reor, reori, ratum | To calculate, to think |
| sapio, sapere | to taste, to perceive, to be sensible or wise |
| nosco, noscere, novi, notum | to get to know, to get acquainted with |
| Cum/con/cum | with, together |
| puto, putare, putavi, putatum | to settle, to reckon, to consider |
| re | back, again |
| sagio, sagire | to perceive acutely or keenly with sense or mind |
| pre | before |
| scio, scire, scivi, scitum | to know, to understand |
| Plebs | common people |
| littera | letter |
| ob | off, against |
| circum | around |
| scribe, scribere, scripsi, scriptum | To write |
| Sub | under |
| trans | Across |
| Onoma | name |
| akros | topmost, extreme |
| poiein | to make |
| pseud | to lie |
| nomen | name |
| clare | to call |
| graphein | to scratch, to draw, to write |
| gramma | picture, letter, piece of writing |
| epi | on |
| khoreia/choreia | a dance |
| lithos | stone |
| topos | a place |
| lexis | speech, word, reason |
| ana | up |
| Eu | Good |
| fateor, fari, fassum | To speak, to confess, to admit |
| Dico, dicere, dixi, dictura | to say, to tell |
| inter | between |
| Juris/jus | law |
| malus | bad, evil |
| bene | Good |
| Vale | Farewell |
| Glossa, glotta | Tongue, language |
| poly | many |
| clamo, clamare, clamari, clamatum | to cry out, to shout |
| de | away from |
| forum | forum, a place out of doors |
| lingua | speech, language, tongue |
| loquor, loqui, loctum | to speak |
| verbum | word |
| gaia | the earth |
| centric, kentrikos | Center |
| peri | around |
| terra | earth, land, ground |
| in | in |
| cotta | cooked |
| humus | earth |
| Monas, montis | Mountain |
| para | beyond |
| pasco, [apscere, pavo, pastum | to feed (especially cattle), to nourish |
| pastor | shepherd |
| rus, ruris | open land, country |
| anima | wind, air |
| animus | mind, spirit, soul |
| aequus | equal |
| pusillius | very little |
| aether | upper air, clear sky |
| aither | air |
| phainein | to show, to appear |
| dia | through |
| spiritus | breath |
| spiro, spirare, spiravi, spiratum | to blow gently |
| dis | apart |
| huper/hyper | over, above |
| boreios | northern |
| ventus | wind |
| fervo, fervere, fervi | to be boiling hot |
| flago, flagare, flagravi, flagratum | to glow, to burn, to blaze |
| Flamma | flame |
| Incendo, incendere, indendi, incensum | to set on fire |
| kaiein | to burn |
| caustos | Burning |
| pur/pyr | fire |
| techne | Working with hands, a craft |
| mania | excessive desire for something |
| Scintilla | spark |
| sol | sun |
| fluo, fluere, fluxi, fluxum | to flow |
| hudor/hydro | water |
| mar/maris | sea |
| cor/corvus | raven |
| naus | ship |
| navis | ship |
| nautes | sailor |
| nauta | sailor |
| pons, pontis | bridge |
| unda | wave |
| ordo, ordinis | order, series, row, line |
| stellein | to put, to place |
| Rego, regere, rexi, rectum | to guide, to govern |
| stella | star |
| aster | star |
| kosmos/cosmos | universe |
| polis | city |
| Muto, mutare, mutavi, mutatum | to change |
| per | through |
| termeritas | rashness, thoughtlessness |
| turbo, turbare, turbavi, turbatum | to disturb, to throw into disorder |
| spargo, spargere, sparsi, sparsum | to scatter, to cast, to sprinkle |
| tempero, temperare, temperavi, temperatum | to combine in proportion |
| ultimo, ultimare | to come to the end, to be last |
| ultra | Beyond |
| pen/paena | beyond |
| tempus, temporis | time |
| khronos/cronos | time |
| sun/syn | same |
| annus | year |
| bi | two |
| mille | Thousand |
| Super | Above |
| dies | day |
| MedÃ/medius | mid, middle |
| nox, noctis | night |
| Equi | Equal |
| Novus | New |
| neos | new |
| classicus | of the first rank |
| phutos/pytos | grown |
| duro, durare, duravi, duratum | to make hard, to endure |
| memoria | Remembrance, memory |
| Moror, morari, moratum | to delay, to loiter, to tarry |
| senex, senis | old, an elder |
| senesco, senescare, senui | to grow old |