Page 408 - Third Book of Reading Lessons

REA ING LESSONS. 407 GREEK ROOTS,
Aggelos,* a messenger, angel. Hodm,, a way, Agogos, a leader, ... demagogue. Homos, like, Agon, str e, ... agony. Hydor, water, Anthos, a ower, ... anthology. Hygros, moist, Anthropos, a man, philanthropy. Ichthys, a sh,
Aer, the air, hence, aerial. Holos, the whole, hence, catholic.
Arche, the beginning, government,
... idiomatic.
anarchy.
... cacography.
Argos, wkite,
Aroma, o ur,
Astron, a star,
Autos, one's se ,
Ballo, I throw or give, ball. Bapto, I wash,
... caligraphy.
Biblos, a book,
Bios, l e,
Bolbos, an onion,
Botane, a plant,
Chole, bile,
Christos, anointed, ... Christian. Chroma, a colour, ... chromatics. Chronos, time, ... chronicle. Chrysos, gold, ... chrysalis. Demos, the people, ... democracy.
... argent;
... apocalypse.
... aromatic.
... astronomy.
... canonical.
... autocrat.
.. baptism.
... bible.
... aristocracy.
... biography. ... bulbous. ... botanist. ... choleric.
Kratos, power,
Krino, I discern,
Krypto, I hi ,
Kyklos, a circle,
Laos, the people,
Lego, I speak or read, elegy. Lethe,for,qe nlness, lethargy;
Doxa, glory,
Dromos, a course,
Dunamis, po• er,
Ergon, work,
Ge,* the earth,
Gennao, I produce, ... hydrogen.
Genos, kind,
Gnoo, I know,
Gonia, an angle,
Gramma, a letter, ... grammar.
Grapho, I write,
Gymnos, naked,
Hedra, a seat,
Harmonia, agreement, harmony. Mneme, memory, Hebdomas, a week, hebdomadal. Monos, alone,. Hekaton, a hundred, hecatomb.
Helios, the n,
Hemera, a day,
Hemi, ha
... lithography.
... doxology.
... logic.
... dia rom.
... analysis.
... dynasty.
... monomachy.
... energy.
... maniac.
... eography.
... necromancy..
heterogeneous.
... gnomon.
... trigon.
... graphic.
... gymnasium. Mikros, little, ... cathedral. Misos, hatred,
... microscope.
... aphelion.
Morphe, sh e, Mythos, afable, Naus, a ship, Neos, new, Nesos, an island,
metamorphosis.
... ephemeral. ... hemisphere. ... heptarchy.
... nautica
Peloponnesus. Heteros, dissimilar, heterodox. Neuron, a nerve, _ ... aneurism. Hex, six, ... hexagon. Nomos, a e or law, economy.
Hepta, seven,
Hieros, holy, ... hierarchy. Ode, a poem or song, melody.
* Pronounced, angellos-- hard.
t G, in Greek, always sounds hard, as in get.
Idios, peculiar,
Kakos, bad,
Kalos, beaut ul,
Kalypto, I cover,
Kanon, a rule,•
Kardia, the heart, ... cardiac. Kephale, the head, ... cephalic. Kosmos, the world, cosmography. Kranion, the skull,... cranium.
Lepsis, a taking,
Lithos, a stone,
Logos, a word,
Luo, I dissolve,
Mache, a battle,
Mania, madness,
Mantis, a prophet,
Martyr, a witness, ... martyrdom. Mathesis, learning, mathematics. Mechane, a machine, mechanist. Melan, black, ... melancholy. Metros, a mother, ... metropolis. Metron, a me sure,... metre.
... method.
homogeneous.
... hydrogen.
... hygrometer.
... ichthyology.
... criterion.
... crypt.
... cylinder.
... laity.
... analeptic.
misanthrope.
... mnemonics.
monosyllable.
... mythology.
... neophyte.