12 greek vocab

techne

skill, art

episteme

knowledge

physis

nature

bios

life

symbiosis

living together

genos

type, kind, family, race, class

phylon

race, tribe, class

zoon

living thing

ornis, ornithos

bird

pteron

wing

entomon

notched, cut into pieces

tomos

cutting

ichthys

fish

oceanos

greek god ruling the waters

herpo

creep, crawl

dracon

large serpent, dragon

sauros

lizard

dinon

fearsome, terrible

botane

grass, herb

dendron

tree

anthos

flower, blossom

genea

family, race

typos

mark, image, model, outline

clon

offshoot, twig

helix

spiral

aster, astron

star

planetes

wandering, planet

helios

sun

gala, galactos

milk

cosmos

order, decoration, universe

chaos

chaos, infinite space

ether

heaven, sky

chemia

alloying of metals

ge

earth

aer

air

hydor, hydros

water

pyr, pyros

fire

stereon

solid, firm

lysis

untying, loosening

catalysis

dissolving

zyme

leaven, yeast 

glycy

sweet

oxy

sharp

physis

nature

ergon

work

atomon

uncut

electron

amber

proton

first

mechane

machine, contrivance

kinesis

movement

opteuo

see

phos, photos

light

chroma, chromatos

color

leucon

white, leuco

melan

black, melano

erythron

red, erythro-

cynanous

blue, cyano-

chloron

green, chloro-

thermon

hot, warm, thermo-

dynamis

power, force, dynamo-

chronos

time, chrono-

ge or gaia

earth, geo-

lithos

stone, litho-

petros

stone, rock, petro-

methy

wine

paleon

old, paleo-

on, ontos

being, onto-

dinon

terrible, fearsome

sauros

lizard

oros, oreos

mountain, oreo-

limne

lake, pool, marsh, limno-

potamos

river

meteoron

raised from the ground, high in the air

clima, climatos

region, zone

atmos

air

sphera

ball

baros

weight

anemos

wind

Boreas

north wind

zephyros

west wind

notos

south wind

auster, austri

south wind

euros

east wind

manthano

learn

mathematica

the things that have been learned, mathematics

arithmos

number

gonia

angle

axioma

honor, decision, a self-evident theorem

pi

circumference

cybernetes

governor, pilot

nanos

a dwarf

gigas, gigantos

mighty

mega

very large