L2 Nouns of Third Declension: prefixes Flashcards
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Nouns of the third declension
are somewhat different from those of the first and second declensions in that this class of nouns usually has two combining forms: one formed from the nominative singular, the dictionary form, and the other from a case other than the nominative. For this reason, Greek dictionaries and vocabularies cite the genitive singular, which usually ends in -os, along with the nominative case of these nouns. The combining form is found by dropping the ending -os. Sometimes the base of the genitive case is the same as the nominative case: cheir, cheiros (hand), and there is only one combining form. But usually they differ: see pg 17
amphi-, ampho-
on both sides, around, both:
amphi-bious
ampho-cyte
ana-
back, up, against
ana-tomy
ana-gen
apo-
away from
apo-crine
apo-ptosis
cata-
(cat- before a vowel or h)
downward, disordered
cata-bolism
cat-hode
dia-
(di- before a vowel)
through, across, apart
dia-clasis
di-optometer
eso-
within, inner, inward
eso-gastritis
eso-phoria
eso-tropia
eso-sphenoiditis
eu-
good, normal, healthy
eu-thyroid
eu-phoria
eu-pepsia
eu-thanasia
heter-, hetero-
different, other, relationship to another
hetero-chromia
hetero-sexual
hetero-metropia
heter-esthesia
homo-, homeo
same, likeness
homo-topic
homo-genize
homeo-stasis
homeo-pathic
meta-
(met- before a vowel or h)
change, transformation, after, behind
meta-bolism
meta-morphosis
met-encephalon
met-hemoglobin
para-
(often par- before a vowel)
alongside, around, abnormal, beyond
para-thyroid
para-metrium
par-acusia
par-onychia
pro-
before
pro-dromal
pro-gnosis
pro-gnathous
pro-phylaxis
pros-, prosth-
in place of
pros-thesis
prosth-odontics
