Greek/Latin Words
phobia--fear of
photos--light
graph--to write or draw
tele--far away, distant
metron--to measure
tropos--turning
philia--love, friendship
syn--with, together
thesis--put, place
kinesis--movement
jungo, junctum--join, unite, connect
digitus--finger, toe, inch
caput, capitus--head
manus--hand
pes, pedis--foot
bracchium--arm
phone--sound
sonus--sound
skopeo--look at
video, visum--see
logos--study, word
verbum--word
nomen, nominis--name
pro--for, before, forward, in place of
prae--before, in front of
ad--to, toward, near, next to
jacio, jactum--throw
pono, positum--lay, put, place
cum--with, together
tempus, temporis--time
para--beside, along with
inter--between, among, amid
techne--art,skill
ars, artis--art, skill
pater, patris--father
mater, matris--mother
frater, fratris--brother
demos--the people, citizens
populus--people
curro, cursum--run
zoon--animal
verto, versum--turn
facio, factum--do, make
scribo, scriptum--write
amo, amatum--love
con--with, together
mania--madness
contra--against
pre--before
dis--seperate, or parting from
dynamo--power
a--not
anti--against
pseudo--false
possum--I am able
























oculus--eye
lux--light
laud--praise
et cetera--and the rest
mare--sea
liber--book
fortis--strong, brave
anthropos--man
homo--man, same
ego--I
genus--kind, race
mori--to die
oratum--to speak
carnis--flesh
flexum--to bend
unus--one
duo--two
tres--three
pyro--fire
ignis--fire
hydros--water
aqua--water
bonus--good--Week #17
helios--sun
sol--sun
luna--moon
geo--earth
terra--land
hypnos--sleep
annus--year
lithos--stone
astron--star
stella--star
dendron--tree
arbor--tree
chronos--time
bios--life




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morph--occurs in two or more forms
psyche--the soul
scio--know
dens, dentis--tooth
centum--hundred
figo, fixum--fix, fasten, attach
corpus, corporis--body
mille--thousand
dormio, dormitum--sleep
credo--I believe
primo--first class
per--through
teneo--to hold or keep
ab--away from
super--above
tactum--touch
circum--around
rota--wheel
dia--through, between, across, apart
trans--across, over, beyond, through
-ous--full of
de--down, away from
meta--"after," "along with," "beyond," "among," "behind,"
sub--under
ex--out, away
per--through
extra--outside
vivo, victum--live
mikros--small
megas--great, large, big
magnus--great, large, big
polis--city
urbs, urbis--city
pathos--feeling, suffering
autos--self
thermos--heat
plico, plicatum--fold
dico, dictum--speech, say
biblos--book
petros--stone, rock
scio, scitum--know
disciplus--student
post-after
in-in, into, not
re--again, back
e.g. = exempli gratia = for the sake of example
i.e. = illud est = that is to say