Greek Nouns/Adjectives – pp. 19-25

You will be asked to define these bases when given an English word

-archy (gynarchy)

rule by

-arch (monarch)

ruler

-cracy (democracy)

rule by, ruling body of

-crat (democrat)

supporter or rule by, member of ruling body

-graphy (calligraphy, bibliography)

art or method of writing

-graph (photograph, polygraph)

something written, instrument that writes

-logy (theology, eulogy)

subject of study, discourse (theology/ or eulogy)

-mania (kleptomania)

excessive enthusiasm

-metry (geometry)

art or process of the science of measuring

-nomy (antinomy)

law of, science of

-pathy (telepathy)

feeling

-philia (pedophila)

love of

-phile (bibliophile)

lover

-phobe (xeneophobe)

one who fears

-scopy

observation or examination of or by

-scope (instrument for observing or examining)

instrument for observing or examining

acr- ( topmost)

high

all- (allergy)

other

arist- (aristocracy)

best

aut- (autonomy, automobile)

self, one’s own

cac- (cacophony)

bad

heter- (heterosexual)

other

hier- (hieroglyphics)

holy

hol- (holocaust)

whole

hom- (homosexual)

same

home- (homeopath)

similar, same

idi- (idiom)

own, personal

macr- (macroeconomics)

long, large, large-scale

mega-, megal- (megaphone,megabite)

great, large, powerful

mes- (mesopotamia)

middle

micro- (microscope)

small

mon- (monotonous)

single, one, alone

neo- (neolithic)

new

olig- (oligarchy)

few

orth- (orthodontist)

straight, correct

pale- (paleography)

old

pan- (pantheist)

all

pant- (pantomime)

all

poly- (polychrome)

many

pseud- (pseudonym)

false

scler- (sclerosis)

hard

therm- (thermostat)

hot

eu- (eulogy, eugenic, euphony)

well, favorable