DE English Composition Vocab Roots 9-16

GAIA

the earth

TERRA

earth, land, ground

HUMUS

earth

MONS, MONTIS

mountain

PASCO, PASCERE, PAVI, PASTUM

to feed, to nourish

PASTOR

shepherd

RUS, RURIS

open land, country

ANIMA

wind, air

ANIMUS

mind, soul

AETHER

upper air, clear sky

AITHER

air

PHAINEIN

to show, to appear

SPIRITUS

breath

SPIRO,SPIRARE, SPIRAVI, SPIRATUM

to blow gently

HUPER

over, above

VENTUS

wind

FERVO, FERVERE, FERVI

to be boiling hot

FLAGRO, FLAGRARE, FLAGRAVI, FLAGRATUM

to glow, to burn, to blaze

FLAMMA

flame

INCENDO, INCENDERE, INCENDI, INCENSUM

to set on fire

KAIEIN

to burn

PUR

fire

SCINTILLA

spark

FLUO, FLUERE, FLUXI, FLUCTUM

to flow

HUDOR

water

MAR, MARIS

sea

MARINUS

marine

NAUS, NAVIS

ship

NAUTES, NAUTA

sailor

PONS, PONTIS

bridge

UNDA

wave (lit. “a wave of the sea”)

ORDO, ORDINIS

order, series, row, line

STELLEIN

to put, to place

REGO, REGERE, REXI, RECTUM

to guide, to govern

STELLA

star

ASTER

star

KOSMOS

universe

MUTO, MUTARE, MUTAVI, MUTATUM

to change

TEMERITAS

rashness, thoughtlessness

TURBO, TURBARE, TURBAVI, TURBATUM

to disturb, to throw into disorder

SPARGO, SPARGERE, SPARSI, SPARSUM

to scatter, to cast, to sprinkle

TEMPERO, TEMPERARE, TEMPERAVI, TEMPERATUM

to combine in proportion

ULTIMO, ULTIMARE

to come to the end

ULTRA

beyond

TEMPUS, TEMPORIS

time

KHRONOS

time

ANNUS

year

DIES

day

NOX, NOCTIS

night

NOVUS

new

NEOS

new

DURO, DURARE, DURAVI, DURATUM

to make hard, to endure

MEMORIA

remembrance, memory

MOROR, MORARI, MORATUM

to delay, to loiter, to tarry

SENEX, SENIS

old, an elder

SENESCO, SENESCERE, SENUI

to grow old