Classics 250 - Exam 2 Lesson 7 Material

What does the narcotic drug morphine take its name from?

Morpheus, the Greco-Roman god of dreams

Morpheus

Greek god of dreams and son of Sleep. He shaped people’s dreams.

Why does morphine take it’s name from the Greek god of dreams?

Because of the dreams induced by the drug, especially by opium, from which morphine is derived.

How did the prostate gland get its name?

Because of its location in front of the bladder and urethra

Hemostat

An instrument - specifically a type of forceps - used to clamp off blood vessels to stem bleeding

thermostat

Can be set to keep heat at a steady level

Technical term for enlarged prostate

prostatic hyperplasia

prostatic hyperplasia literal meaning

“over-development of the prostate”

Micrognathia

MICR- = small

-o- = connective vowel

GNATH- = jaw

-ia = noun ending

Small jaw

Rhinoplasty

RHIN- = nose

-o- = connecting vowel

PLAST- = form, develop

-y = noun ending

OR

-plasty = suffix indicating a surgically forming procedure

Kleptomania

KLEPT- = steal

-o- = CV

MAN- = madness

-ia = noun ending

(-mania is also a suffix for obsession)

adenoids

ADEN- = gland

-oid = resembling

addition of -s at the end turns an adjectival form into a (plural) noun

Objects resembling glands

Ataxophobic

a- = not

TAX- = order

-o- = CV

PHOB- = fear

-ic = adjective ending

A person terrified by being in a chaotic, non-orderly environment

Epileptic (seizure)

epi- = upon, over

LEP- = attack, seizure

-tic = adjective ending

narcolepsy

NARC- = stupor

-o- = CV

LEP(S)- = attack, seizure

-y = noun ending

phototropism

PHOT- = light

-o- = CV

TROP- = turning

-ism = noun ending

OR

-tropism = suffix for turning toward or away from an external stimulus

What language is English most closely related to?

German

What was the language of ancient Romans?

Latin

In what century did Latin (become) the main language of western Europe?

4th c. CE

Latin language spread main points

1. Latin started small and spread drastically over 1,000 years

   1. It’s descendants (Romance languages) are still spoken across a large part of the globe