Quiz 6 Flashcards by Lindsey Gallagher

{χλωρ(ο)} = {chlor(o)}

green; greenish-yellow color

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{phyll(o)}

leaf

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{-ine}

ending given to all halogen elements

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{melan(o)}

“black”

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{prot(o)}

“first”

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{kerat-}

horn

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{hal(o)}

salt

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-{gen}

make or produce

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{κυαν(ο)} = {cyan(o)}

blue

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{ἐρυθρ(ο)} = {erythr(o)}

red

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{cyt(o)}

vessel

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{poie}

“produce” “make”

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{blast}

bud or sprout

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{λευκ(ο)} = {leuc(o)/leuk(o)}

white

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{ite}

stone or fossil mineral

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{psych(o)} + {iatr(o)}

doctor

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{neur(o)}

nerve

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{scler(o)}

hardening

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{necr(o)}

corpse

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{somat/soma/some}

body

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“hysteria”

ὑστέρα = womb => {hyster} – The “wandering womb”

– Now a discredited diagnosis

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{luna}

moon

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{schizo}

split

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{phren}

mind, diagram

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{ment}

mind

{via}

path, road, jounrey

{press}

press, push down

{sess}

sit

{ob}

against

Oedipus

-It was predicted that their son would kill his father and marry his mother.

Narcisuss

-The gods punished him by making him fall in love with his own reflection in a pool of water.

{a/an}

without, not

{anti/ant} =

against, opposite

{epi/ep}

upon

{syn/sym} =

with, same, together

{ana}

up, back, again

{cata}

down

{peri}

around, near

{dia}

through, between

{ex/ec}

out

{en/em}

in, within

{hyper}

above, excessive, too much

{hypo}

under

{path}

feeling

{ba}

{drom}

run, swim

{meter}

measure

{therm}

heat

{top}

place

{hydro}

water

{esthes/aesthet}

feeling, sensation

{derm}

skin

{hema/ema}

blood

{ly}

break

{the}

put

{chron/chrono}

time

{kine/cine}

move

{gen}

be born, give birth to

{odent}

tooth

{onym}

name or meaning

{path}

feeling or emotion

{top}

place

πόλις = citadel

city

pόλις

"body of citizens"

πολίτης

citizen

acropolis, acrobat, acrophobia, acronym

Acronyms from the military

oligarchy

a small group of people having control of a country, organization, or institution.

democracy

run by the people

plutocracy

gov. by the wealthy

"circa"

approx.

rex, regis

king

res publica

public matter

senix, senis

old man

consul, consulis

consul

imperium, imperii

power, command, empire

imperator, imperatoris

commander, emperor (emperor)

urbs, urbis

city

civis

citizen

civatis

citizenship, a city

civilis

of a citizen, civil, civic

abduct < ab + ducere / ductus (“to lead”)

to carry off, to kidnap

alias

"at other times"

alibi

"elsewhere"

assault

"a leap"

conspiracy < con + spirare

"to breathe"

culpable < culpare

"to blame"

deterrent < de + terrere

"to frighten"

extortion < ex + torquere, tort-

"to twist"

incarcerate < in + carcer

"prison"

penitentiary (paenitere,

repent

posthumous (< posthumus; alteration [perhaps influenced by Lat. humus

after death

amicus curiae

friend of the court

bona fide

in good faith

caveat emptor

let the buyer beware

caveat scriptor

let the signers beware

compos mentis

of sound mind

modus operandi

manner of working

per annum

per year

per capita,

per head, per person

per se

of, in, or by itself (intrinsically)

persona non grata

an unacceptable person

prima facie

at first sight; self evident

pro forma

for the sake of form; done as a formality

antipasto

before

terra firma

solid/firm land/ground

rara avis

rare strange bird; an oddity/rarity

anno domini (A.D.)

in the year of the lord

vade mecum

come with me; a guide book

sui generis

of his/her/its own kind = unique

Ofrendas [altars]

made in honor of the dead

What is the language of the people of Tenochitlan?

Nahuatl

{prot(o)}

"first"

{zo}

animal

{on}

thing

{meta}

transformed

{mit(o)}

thread

{chondr(o)}

“granule” (In medicine, this morpheme usually means “cartilage”)

{ion}

"little thing"

{meio/mio}

less(en)

{-sis}

process

{pharmac(o)}

drug, poison

{tox(o)}

bow

toxicum pharmacum

bow poison

conspiracy < con + spirare

"to breathe"

culpable < culpare

"to blame"

deterrent < de + terrere

"to frighten"

extortion < ex + torquere, tort-

"to twist"

incarcerate < in + carcer

"prison"

per annum

per year

persona non grata

an unacceptable person

prima facie

at first sight; self evident

pro forma

for the sake of form; done as a formality

``` Crescit Eundo (Latin) New Mexico symbol ```

"it grows as it goes"

North Carolina's Motto

Virtute enim ipsa non tam multi praediti esse quam videri volunt. -"On friendship" Not nearly so many people want actually to be possessed of virtue as want to appear to be possessed of it."

esse quam videri bonus | malebat" (North Carolina)

(He preferred to be good | rather than to seem so).

Quis separabit? (South Carolina)

Who shall separate us?

California's motto

Eureka! "I have found it"

{aev/ev}

age

{gen}

birth, come to be

{firm}

steady, stable

{laps}

slip, fall

{di}

away

{lu/luv/lut}

wash

{gon(o)}

seed, sexual generation

titanic

(something awesome and powerful like the Titans)

{hypo}

too little

{re}

backwards, back, again

{ab/abs}

from, before

{ad/ac/af/ag/al/an/ap/as/at

to, towards,

{ex,e,ef}

out

{in/im/il/ir}

in, into

{en/em} (< Greek)

in, into

{di/dis/dif}

away, away from

{pro}

forward

{ad}

assimilates

{trans}

across

{ante}

before

{con/com/co/col}

together, with

{inter}

between}

{pre}

before

{se}

away, apart

{de}

away from, off, down wholly, reverse the action of

{therm}

heat

{puls/pulse/pel}

push

{duce/duct}

lead, take

{err}

wander

{hes, her}

stick

{it}

{ject}

throw

{tract}

pull, draw

{tain}

hold

{bibe}

drink

{fus}

pour, gush

{viscer}

intestines

{mit/miss}

send, let go

{apt}

fit, fassen

{similat}

{ced/cede/ceed/cess}

go, come

{flu}

flow

{gress}

step, move

{loc}

place

{nounce}

proclaim

{petit}

seek, desire

{sume}

take

{mens}

table

{labor}

work

{pose/pone/posit}

put, place

{linqu}

leave

{rupt}

break

{cure}

care

-{ia)

makes nouns

-{ion}

makes nouns

-{ive}

sometimes used as nouns | : makes adjectives, which are

{fer}

carry, transfer

{mur}

wall

{litera}

letter (literature)

{lumin}

light

{ambula}

walk

{col}

strain

recidivist

relapsed criminal

influenza

borrowed during an outbreak of a disease in Europe, originally visitation (influence of the stars)

jingoism

an attitude of belligerent nationalism ; when war fever was aroused in England

nickname

"additional name", increase

ostracize

small piece of pottery or tile

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