Classics 250 - Exam 2 prefixes and suffixes

-plasty

molding, surgically forming (noun)

-tropism

the turning of living organisms toward (positive tropism) or away from (negative tropism) an external stimulus (noun)

-clast

an instrument or device for breaking or crushing (noun)

-stat

a device or agent for stopping the flow of something (noun)

-meter

an instrument for measuring (noun)

-tome

a device for cutting or excising (noun

ab-

away from

ad-

to, toward

ambi-

both

ante-

before, forward

bi- (bin-, bis-)

two, twice, double, both

circum-

around

con-

together, with; thoroughly, very

de-

down, away from, absent

dis-

apart, away

ex-

out of, away from

extra-

on the outside, beyond

in-

in, into; not

infra-

beneath, below

inter-

between

intra-

within

mult-

many, much affecting many parts

non-

not

ob-

against, toward, very, thorougly

per-

through; very, thoroughly

post-

after, following, behind

pre-

before, in front of

pro-

forward, in front of

re-

back, again

retro-

backward, in back, behind

se-

apart, away from

semi-

half

sub-

under

super-

over, above; excess

trans-

across, through

ultra-

beyond, excess

-ad

direction toward a part of the body; adverb; state, quality, condition - noun

-al

adjective

-an

adjective

-ar

adjective

-arium

denotes a place for something; noun

-ary

denotes a place for something; noun… pertaining to - adjective

-ate

having the form of, possessing; adjective

-ia

noun

-ian

noun

-ic

adjective

-id

adjective

-ile

pertaining to, capable of; adjective

-ine

adjective

-ive

adjective

-lent

full of; adjective

-ose

full of; adjective

-ous

full of; adjective

-ty

noun

-y

noun

-cle

noun

-ella

noun

-il

noun

-ola

noun

-ule

noun

-able

adjective

-ation

noun

-ce

noun

-cy

noun

-ible

adjective

-id

adjective

-ile

adjective

-ion

noun

-ive

adjective

-ment

noun

-or

noun

-orium

noun

-ory

adjective or noun

-ure, -ura

noun