Lesson 6: Building Greek Vocabulary III

Combining Forms from Lesson 6

Anēr, Andros/ ANDR-

Man, male

Ankylos/ ANKYL-, ANCYL-

Fused, stiffened, hooked, crooked

Aphrodisisos/ APHRODIS-

Sexual desire (pertaining to the Greek goddess of love, Aphrodite)

Brachys/ BRACHY-

Short

Kyrptos/ CRYPT-

Hidden, latent

Dēmos/ DEM-

People, population

Dolichos/ DOLICH-

Long, narrow, slender

Dromos/ DROM-

A running

Erōs, Erōtos/ ER-, EROT-

Sexual desire

Gynē, Gynaikos/ GYN(EC)-

Woman, female

Helmins, Helminthos/ HELMINT(H)-

(Intestinal) worm

Nēma, Nēmatos/ NEMAT-

Thread (worm)

Nosos/ NOS-

Disease, illness

Odous, Odontos/ ODONT-

Tooth

Palin/ PALI(N)-

Back, again

Pas, Pantos/ PAN(T)-

All, entire, every

Phoros/ PHOR-

Bearing, carrying

Phōs, Phōtos/ PHOS-, PHOT-

Light, daylight

Plēssein/ PLEC-, PLEG-

Strike, paralyze

Rhachis/ R(H)ACHI-

Spine

Schizein/ SCHIZ-, SCHIST-, -SCHISIS

Split, cleft, fissure

Spondylos/ SPONDYL-

Vertebra

Staxis/ -STAXIS, -STAXIA

Dripping, oozing (of blood)

Thanatos/ THAN(AT)-

Death

Tithenai/ THE-

Place, put

Thrix, Trichos/ TRICH-

Hair

Trophē/ TROPH-

Nourishment