CLA 201: Greek Terminology- Letters A-Z

Achille

A Greek hero, heel tendon, plant

Adelpho

Brother, twin, twin fetal monster

*Aden, aden

Gland

*Aer

Air, gas

*Agog

Leading, promoting the flow, expelling

Agoni

Anguish, struggle, intense suffering, struggle preceding death

Agor

Bringing together, assembly

Paregorik

Consoling, soothing

*Agr

A taking, catching, painful seizure

*Aisthes

Feeling, sensation, perception

Aisthet

Perceptible

Aither

The upper air, ether

*Aiti

Cause

Akantha

Thorn, spine, prickle

*Ak, ake

Relief, remedy, cure

Akest

Healed

*Akou

To hear

*Akr

At the end, summit, extremties

Akt, aktin

Ray, light rays for chemical effects, raylike, radiating

Alex

To ward off, defend

*Algos, alge

Pain

*Alges

Sense of pain

Allas, allant

Sausage

Allanto

An embryonic organ of reptiles

*All

Other, different, external, foreign

Allel

Of each other

Allotri

Strange

Allach

Elsewhere

Alopeki

Fox-mange, loss of hair, baldness

Amauros

Darkness, condition of dimness, blindness

*Ambly

Dulled, blunt

*Amni

The innermost membrane enclosing the fetus

*Amiob

Change

*Amygdal

Almond, tonsil

*Amyl

Starch

Anem

Wind

*Aner, andr

A man, male, stamen of flower

*Angei

Vessel, a case

Ank

Something bend, the elbow

Ankylos

State of being crooked or hooked, claws, adhesion of parts

*Anth

To blossom, break out erupt

Anthos, Anthe

Flower, rash

Anthrax, anthrak

Coal, carbuncle

*Anthrop

Man, a human being

*Antr

Cave, cavity, sinus

Aphrodite

Greek goddess of love

Aphrodisiak

Sexual

Aracn

Spider or spider’s web, a brain membrane

*Archai

Ancient

Arch

Beginning, origin, primitive

Arch

The anus

*Argyr

Silver

*Arteri

Windpipe, vessel, artery

*Arthr

Joint, juncture of bones, sound in speech

Arytain

Pitcher, cup, ladle, cartilage of larynx

Askaris, Askarid

Thread, worm, intestinal worm

*Ask

A leather bag, bladder, spore envelope

Aspis, aspid

Shield, asp

*Aster, astr

Star

Asthma, asthmat

Panting, short breath, gasping

*Astragal

Anklebone, ball of ankle joint

Ather

Porridge, cereal, mush

*Atlas, atlant

First neck vertebra, mythological demigod who supported the world

Atm

Air, breath, vapor, steam

*Aut

Self, by itself

*Aux

To increase

Auxan

To grow

*Ba- be-

To go walk

Bas

A walking, foundation, base

*Bakteri

A little staff, rod, bacteria

Balan

Acorn barnacle, Balanus, the glans penis

*Ball

To throw, toss, put

*Bol, bol

A throw

*Metabol

Change

*Baros, bare

Weight, pressure

*Bathy

Deep, inner

*Bathos, bathe

Depth

Benthos, benthe

Depth of sea

*Bi

Life

*Bios

A living, way of living

*Blast

Bud, shoot, sprout, embryonic cell

Blenn

Mucus

*Blep

To see

*Blephar

Eyelid

Bol

Rounded mass, lump, clod

Bothr

Trench, pit, trough

Bothri

A little trench, socket

Botry

Cluster of grapes

Boubon, boubon

Groin, bubo, a swelling of a lymph gland

*Bole

Will, wish

Bous, bo

Ox

*Brachi

Arm, upper arm, armlike process

*Brachy

Short

*Brady

Slow

*Branchi

Gills

Bregma, Bregmat

Front part of the skull

Bro

To eat

Broma, bromat

Food

Brom

Stench

*Bronch

Windpipe, trachea