CERTUS certain :-certify, to make certain; certificate, a credential. CHORDE, Xopoη=a string of a lute :-chord, union of sounds. CHRONOS, XOÓvos-time :-chronicle, a record of occurring events. CILIUM the eye-lash:-supercilious, haughty. CINGO, CINCTUM to surround, gird:-cincture, a girdle; succinct, girded up, concise; precincts, foremost or outward limits. CIRCUS a ring :-encircle, to enclose; circulate, to disperse. CIT-O, -ĂTUM=to call, to rouse :-cite, to summon; recite, to repeat. CLAM-O, -ATUM to cry out :-clamour, a great outcry; exclaim, to cry out; proclaim, to shout forth; claimant, one who claims. CLARUS clear:-clarify, to make clear; declare, to set forth. CLAUDO, CLAUSUM to shut:-clause, part of a sentence; enclose, to shut in; seclude, to shut apart; recluse, one who shuts himself up. CLIVUS a slope :-acclivity, steepness reckoned upwards; declivity, steepness reckoned downwards. COL-O, -ATUM=to strain :—colander, a strainer. COLO, CULTUM to cultivate:-culture, means employed for improvement; agriculture, the cultivation of the land. COMES a companion :-count, formerly an attendant on the king; county, a division of England. COND-O, -ITUM to hide: - abscond, to hide away; recondite, ab struse. Coavo, coсTUM= to cook, to ripen :-decoction, an extract produced by boiling water. COR=the heart :-concord, agreement; accord, to agree. CORIUM=the skin :-excoriate, to flay; curry, to dress leather. CORNU a horn:-unicorn, an animal having one horn. == COROLLA = a little crown :-corollary, a demonstration formed within, or growing out of another. COSTA side:-accost, to go up to the side of one, to address. CRATERA a goblet :-crater of a volcano, being hollow like a cup. CRED-0, -ITUM to believe :-credible, capable of being believed; credulous, one ready to believe; creditor, one who trusts. CRĚP-O, -ÏTUM= to make a noise :-discrepant, sounding differently, inconsistent with. CRESCO, CRETUM= to increase, grow:-crescent, increasing; accretion, act of growing to; excrescence, that which has grown out. CURA care:-secure, free from care, safe. CURRO, CURSUM to run :-current, a stream; concur, to run together, DAMAO, dãμάw to subdue :-adamant, a stone of impenetrable hardness. DECEM-ten:-December, the tenth month when the year began with March. DÉL-EO, -ĒTUM=to blot out :-indelible, not to be blotted out; deleterious, injurious. DEMOS, duos the people :-demagogue, a leader of the people. DENS tooth-dentist, an operator on the teeth; dental, relating to the teeth; dentition, act of teething. DERMA, Céopathe skin :-epidermis, the cuticle over the skin. DEXTER on the right hand :-dexterity, skilfulness. Dic-o, -TUM to say:―edict, a decree, predict, to tell beforehand; benediction, a blessing; dictionary, a collection of words. DIES a day :-diary, a daily record; diet, a meeting holden from day to day. = DIGITUS the finger :-digits, the first nine numbers; digitalis, a plant. DIGNUS worthy: — dignify, to make worthy; condign, thoroughly deserved. = DILUVIUM deluge :—deluge, a general inundation; diluvial, effected by the deluge. DIs, dis-twice :-dissyllable, a word of two syllables. DIVIDO, DIVISUM to divide :-divisible, capable of division; individual, a single object. Do, DATUM= to give :-addition, putting one thing to another; datum, the thing given; mandate, what is given into a person's hand, a command; edit, to give forth, to prepare for publication. Doc-EO, TUM to teach :-doctrine, the thing taught; doctor, the teacher; indocile, not teachable. DŎL-EO, -ITUM=to grieve :—condole, to sympathise; indolent, without concern, idle. DORSUM=the back :-indorse, to write on the back. Doxa, δόξα = =an opinion: paradoxical, contrary to common opinions. DRAO, dpάw to perform :-drama, a theatrical performance; drastic, acting powerfully. DROMOS, póμos- a running :-dromedary, a swift travelling animal ; hippodrome, horse and chariot course. DUC-O, -TUM to lead :—duct, a pipe; conduce, to lead together, assisting to promote a purpose; conduct, behaviour; deduce, to infer. DUNAMIS, duvajus power :-dynamics, the science of force; dynasty a reigning family. Dro-two-duodecimo, a sheet folded into twelve leaves. DURUS hard-durable, lasting; indurated, made hard. Eсно, xa returned sound :—catechise, to instruct by questioning. EIDOS, eidos resemblance :-spheroid, like a sphere. ĚM-0, -PTUM to buy or take :-irredeemable, not to be bought back. Eo, ITUм to go:-transition, going across; exit, departure; sedition, going apart; circuitous, round about; transit, going across. EPOS, TOS= a word:-orthoepy, the right use of words, pronunciation. ERGON, pyor work:-energy, vigour; metallurgy, the art of working metals. EXPER-IOR, -TUS to try :-expert, skilful. FABER a workman :-fabric, that which is made. FACIES the face :-efface, to blot out; façade, the front of a building. FĂCIO, FACTUM to do:-fact, a thing done; factor, one who does, an agent; defective, imperfect. FALX a reaping hook :- defalcation, the act of cutting off. grains. FELIS a cat-feline, belonging to the cat kind. FENDO to keep off:-fender, a guard before a fire; defend, to guard from injury. FERO, LATUS to bear :-fertile, productive; elated, puffed up. FIDO, FISUS to trust :-confide, to trust with. FIGO, FIXUM to fix :-prefix, to fix before; transfix, to fix through. FILIUS a son :-affiliate, to adopt as a son. FILUM a thread or line :-profile, an cutline; fillet, a band. FINDO, FISSUM to cleave:-fissure, a cleft. FIRMUS firm:--affirm, to assert positively; confirm, to strengthen together; infirmary, a hospital. FLAGR-O, ATUM-to burn:-conflagration, a general fire. FLECTO, FLEXUM to bend :-flexible, capable of being bent; flexor, a muscle for bending; reflector, a mirror. FLIGO, FLICTUM to strike violently:-afflict, to strike to or at, distress; conflict, to strive together; inflict, to strike against. FLOS= a flower: flourish, to thrive as a healthy plant; floriculture, the cultivation of flowers. FLUO, FLUXUM= to flow:-fluent, flowing; affluent, rich. Focus hearth, the place where the fire is made:-focus, the point where the rays of the sun meet together by means of a glass. FOLIUM=a leaf:-foliage, the leaves of a tree; exfoliate, to scale off. FOR, FATUS to speak :-ineffable, unspeakable. FOR-O, -ATUM to bore :-perforate, to bore through. FORTIS strong:-fortify, to make strong; comfort, strength along with (i. e.. to bear) sorrow: enforce, to put in force. FRANGO, FRACTUM = to break :-fracture, a breakage; fragile, liable to be broken; refract, to break back; fringe, broken edge = FRATER a brother :-fraternity, brotherhood; fratricide, the murderer of a brother. FRENUM=rein :-refrain, to pull back the reins, to abstain. FRETUM a strait :-frith, a narrow sea. FRONS forehead :-frontispiece, a picture at the beginning of a book; affront, to insult; confront, to face. FUG-IO, -ÍTUM to flee :-refuge, a place to flee to. FULGEO to shine :-refulgent, reflecting a bright light. FUMUS Smoke :-perfume, that which diffuses odour. FUNDO, FUSUM = to pour :-profuse, lavish; diffuse, to pour in different places. FUNGOR, FUNCTUS to go through or perform a task:-function, an office to be performed; defunct, dead. GE, yn the earth :-apogee, the point in the moon's orbit farthest from the earth. GENOS, Yevos production, offspring :-progeny, offspring. = GERO, GESTUM to bring on :-belligerent, warlike; gesticulation, using gesture. GLOTTA, YATTα=the tongue :-gloss, an interpretation; polyglot, a book of many languages. GNOSIS, yvwσis= knowledge :-prognosticate, to predict from present appearances. GONIA, ywvia = a corner :-diagonal, the line joining two opposite angles of a parallelogram. GRADIOR, GRESSUS= to step :-degree, space from one point to another; transgress, to do wrong. = = GRAPHO, yoάow to write :-geography, a description of the earth. GRATUS grateful:-gratify, to make grateful; gratification, that which pleases; grace, favour. GRAVIS heavy :--gravity, seriousness; gravitate, to tend to the centre of attraction; grief, heaviness, sorrow. GREX =a flock :-congregate, to flock together; egregious, remarkable. GUMNOS, yuμvós-naked :-gymnasium, a place for athletic exercises. HAIRESIS, aipeois=a taking or choosing :-diæresis, taking vowels separately. HAB-EO, ITUM=to have :—inhabit, to dwell in; exhibit, to display. HÆREO, HESUM = to stick to :-adhere, to stick to; coherent, that which sticks together; hesitate, to stick at or pause. HEDRA, dpa=a seat:--tetrahedron, a solid figure comprehended under four equilateral and equal triangles. HELIOS, os=the sun :-heliopolis, city of the sun; heliotrope, a plant. HEMERA, μέpa= a day :-ephemeris, a daily account of celestial changes. HEMI, ui= half:-hemisphere, half a sphere. HEN, Ev=one:--hendecagon, a figure having eleven angles. HÆRES=an heir :-heritage, that which belongs to an heir; hereditary, descending by inheritance. = HISTEMI, OTηu to stand, to place :—system, an arrangement of particulars. HOLOS, öλos=all :-catholic, universal. HONESTUS= honorable: - honorary, conferring honour without gain; dishonour, to deprive of honour. HORTUS a garden :-horticulture, cultivation of a garden. HUDOR, vdwo=water :-hydraulic, relating to the drawing of water through pipes. ICHTHUS, ix@ús=a fish: -ichthyology, that part of zoology which treats of fishes. INTIMUS = innermost :--intimate, familiar; intimate, to suggest. JAC-10, -TUM to throw :-adjective, added to; eject, to cast out. JUDIC-O, ATUS=to judge :—judicial, pertaining to legal judgment. JUNGO, JUNCTUS to join :-joiner, one who joins. JUR-O, -ATUS= to swear: -- abjure, to swear off, reject; adjure, to charge by oath; conjure, to entreat under an oath, to entreat earnestly. JUSTUS just :-justify, to make just; justice, accordant with right. JUVO, JŪTUM=to help :--coadjutor, a fellow helper. KAIO, KAUSO, кaiw, кavow to burn :-caustic, burning; holocaust, a whole burnt-offering. KALUPTO, KaλÚπтш=to reveal :-apocalypse, revelation. KLUDSO, KλUw=to wash :-cataclysm, a deluge. KRISIS, Kpiois a judgment :-critic, a judge of literary merit; crisis, a decisive period. KRUPTO, KOUπTw to hide :- crypt, a subterranean cell, especially for interments, under a church. KUKLOS, KUKλos=a circle :-cyclopædia, a book of universal knowledge. LEDO, LESUM to strike :-elision, a cutting off, particularly of a syllable or vowel at the end of a word. LAPIS = a stone:-lapidary, one who polishes precious stones. LARGUS large:-enlarge, to make bigger; largeness, size. LATREIA, λarpeía-service :-Mariolatry, the worship of the Virgin. = LAXUS loose--laxity, looseness; relax, to unbend; prolix, lengthy. LEG-0, -ATUM=to send as an ambassador :—legate, one sent on an embassy. 1 LEMMA, λñμμа an assumption :-dilemma, a double assumption. LEX=law :-legislation, the making of laws; illegal, contrary to law. LIG-O, -ATUS to bind :-ligament, any thing that ties one thing to another; league, a confederacy; oblige, to bind a man, force. LIMEN a threshold:-preliminary, introductory. LINEA a line:- delineate, to portray; rectilineal, right lined. LINQUO, LICTUS to leave :--relic, a thing left; delinquent, one who neglects duty. LITERA= a letter:-alliteration, frequent repetition of the same letter. LOGOS, λóyos discourse, science :-geology, the science that treats of the earth. = I ONGUS long:-elongate, to make longer; oblong, longer than broad. LOQUOR, LOCUTUS to speak :--colloquy, a speaking together; eloquent, speaking out; soliloquy, speaking to oneself. LUDO, LUSUM = to play :- ludicrous, laughable; elude, to escape notice. LUNA the moon :-sublunary, pertaining to the earth. |