AP Lit: Greek and Latin Roots

Wayzata High School, AP English Literature and Composition. Updated every other week (until end of semester). Study "Answer with Definition" in order to prepare for the Roots Quiz.

credo, credere, credidi, creditum

to believe

ad/ac

to, toward

deus

god

facio, facere, feci, factum

to make, to act

divino, divinare, divinavi, divinatum

to foretell

theos

god

apo

away from

cracy/kratos

power

logos

word, study

a

not, without

pan

all

sacer

sacred

ex

from, out of

legere

to gather, to steal

sanct/sanctus

holy

hieros

holy, sacred, supernatural

archos/arkos

ruler

glyph

to carve

pio, piare, piavi, piatum

to appease, to purify

in/im/ig

not

dokein

to appear, to seem, to think

doxa

opinion, judgment

hetero

other, another, different

gignoskein

to know

physio/phusis

nature

gnomon

one who knows

pro

before, for

krinein

to separate, to decide, to judge

hupo/hypo

below, beneath

mnemonikos

mindful

phren, phrenos

heart, mind, midriff

schizo

to split

ratio

reason

reor, reori, ratum

to calculate, to think

sapio, sapere

to taste, to perceive, to be sensible or wise

nosco, noscere, novi, notum

to get to know, to get acquainted with

cum/con/com

with, together

puto, putare, putavi, putatum

to settle, to reckon, to consider

re

back, again

sagio, sagire

to perceive acutely or keenly with the sense or mind

pre

before

scio, scire, scivi, scitum

to know, to understand

plebs

common people

littera

letter

ob

off, against

circum

around

scribo, scribere, scripsi, scriptum

to write

sub

under

trans

across

onoma

name

akros

topmost, extreme

poiein

to make

pseud

to lie

nomen

name

clare

to call

graphein

to scratch, to draw, to write

gramma

picture, letter, piece of writing

epi

on

khoreia/choreia

a dance

lithos

stone

topos

a place

lexis

speech, word, reason

ana

up

eu

good

fateor, fari, fassum

to speak, to confess, to admit

dico, dicere, dixi, dictum

to say, to tell

inter

between

juris/jus

law

malus

bad, evil

bene

good

vale

farewell

glossa, glotta

tongue, language

poly

many

clamo, clamare, clamari, clamatum

to cry out, to shout

de

away from

forum

forum, place out of doors

lingua

speech, language, tongue

loquor, loqui, locutum

to speak

circum

around

verbum

word

gaia

the earth

centric, kentrikos

center

peri

around

terra

earth, land, ground

in

in

cotta

cooked

humus

earth

mons, montis

mountain

para

beyond

pasco, pascere, pavi, pastum

to feed (esp. cattle), to nourish

pastor

shepherd

rus, ruris

open land, country

Anima

Wind, air

Animus

Mind, spirit, soul

Aequus

Equal

Pusillus

Very little

Aether

Upper air, clear sky

Aither

Air

Phainein

To show, appear

Dia

Through