Classics 101 Quiz 1

-archy/ -arch

rule by/ ruler

-cracy/ -crat

ruling body/ supporter of rule by

-graphy/ -graph

method of writing/ something written

-logy

subject of study ("study of")

-mania

madness, excessive enthusiasm

-metry

art or measurement

-nomy

law of, science of

-pathy

feeling

-philia/ -phile

love of/ lover of

-phobe

one who fears

-skopy/ -skop

observation of or by/ instrument for observing

acr-

high, topmost

all-

other

arist-

best

aut-

oneself

cac-

bad

heter-

different, other

hier-

holy, divine

hol-

whole

hom-

same

home-

similar, same

idi-

own, personal

macr-

large scale

mega-/ megal-

great, large, powerful

mes-

middle

micr-

small

mon-

single, alone, one

neo-

new

olig-

few

orth-

straight, correct

pale-

old

pan-/ pant-

all

poly-

many

pseud-

fake, false

scler-

hard

therm-

hot

agog-

lead

acou-

hear, listen

ball-/ bol-

throw

cri-

judge

do-

give

gen

become, be born

gno-

to know

graph-/ gram-

to write

id-

to see

log-/ lect-

to say

ora-

to see

opt-

to see

path-

to suffer

phen-/ phan-/ pha-

to show

pher-/ phor-

to carry

prag-/ prac-

to do

rheu-/ rh-

to flow

skept-

to look at

skop-

to look at

sta-

to set up, to stand up

tom-

to cut

the-

to place

trop-

to turn

treph-

to nourish

Loan Word

fully adopted, little change in spelling (ex: data)

Hybrid Word

word that is a combo of 2+ languages (socio= latin, logy= greek)

Base

part of a word derived from Greek or Latin with constant meaning and form

Prefix

element added to beginning of word (PREfix)

Suffix

element added to ending of word (titanIC)

Combining Form

base and suffix combo (log-y)

Combining Vowel

vowel (usually i or o) used to link base with subsequent elements

Eu-

well, favorable

a-, an-

not, without

amphi-

both, around

ana-

back, again

apo-

from, away from, off

cata-

down, against

dia-, di-

through, across

dys-

bad

ec-, ex-

out, from

en-, em-

in

epi-

on, over, above

exo-, ecto-

outside

hyper-

over, beyond

hypo-, hyp-

under, below

meta-

behind, beyond

para-

beside

peri-

around

pro-

earlier

syn-, sym-

together, with

-ac

general function

-ic

general function

-ite

general function

-oid

general function

-ot

general function

-ics

abstract function

-is

abstract function

-ism

abstract function

-y

abstract function

-ist

agent function

-ac

adjective forming suffixes

-ic

adjective forming suffixes

-oid

adjective forming suffixes

-ize

verb forming suffix