Greek defined derivaties

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I'll make a seperate one for the non-defined ones but these are js defined rn. Also, forgive me if any of these are wrong lmao I tried my bestest

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Calliope

The Muse of Epic Poetry; An instrument/small pipe organ

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To Kalon

The Ideal good

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Callipygian

A beautiful buttocks

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Macroscopic

Visible to the human eye

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Macrocosm

Visible Universe

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Micrometer

An instrument/unit for measurement

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Micron

A millionth of a meter

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Aphelion

The greatest distance from the sun point

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Perihelion

Point of greatest proximity to the sun

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Diachronic

Changing through time

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Autodidact

Self taught person

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Adiabatic

Occuring without any loss or gain of heat

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Anabasis

A military advance; book by xenophon

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Catabasis

Downward journey into the underworld

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Stylobate

A continuous base supporting a row of columns

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Ecclesiastes

The speaker to the assembly

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Kalends

The first day of the month

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Doula

A female slave; A woman that aids with childbirth

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Hoi Polloi

The common people

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Polyglot

speaking many languages

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Polymath

Good at a lot of fields

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Prosody

Patterns of sounds in poetry

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Ex Cathedra

With the full force of authority

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The Decalogue

The 10 commandments

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Dialectics

Practice of logical discussion in forming ideas/theories

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Eclogue

A pastoral poem often in dialogue form

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Logophile

A lover of words

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Logorrhea

A communication disorder tha causes excissive wordiness

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Logos

Diving word; Reason incarnate in Jesus Christ

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Philology

The study of classical literature and language

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Prolegmemnon

A prologue

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Pedagogy

The study of teaching instructional methods

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Pedagogue

A teacher

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Pedent

A person who makes an excessive display of learning; to overemphasize rules or minor details

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Agon

Greek contest for a prize

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Blepharoplasty

surgical reconstruction of the eyelid

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Prolepsis

Attributation of some characteristic to a person or thing before it is logically appropriate

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Boustrophedon

Turning of oxen; back and forth writing

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Buccphalus

Alexander’s horse

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Bucolic

Pastoral

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Dendrochronology

The scientific study of tree rings for dating in archaelogy

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Despot

An autocratic ruler

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Bradycardia

Condition of having a slow heart rate

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Anchorite

A hermit/nun

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Aphasia

Medical condition of the inability to produce or understand speech

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Coprolite

Fossilized poop

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Lithophane

Transluscent stone which light shines through

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Litholatry

Worship of rock or rocks

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Protolith

Pre-metamorphosized rock

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Etiology

Causes of disease

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The Charities

The 3 graces

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Anthropoid

Resembling a human being

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Phi Beta Kappa

Some honors society??? (i think mr kennedys apart of it u said)