The Odyssey Vocabulary

Question 1

annus

Answer 1

Definition: year
Derivatives: anniversary, perennial, millennial, annual, año(Sp.)

Question 2

capere/captus

Answer 2

Definition: to take
Derivatives: captivity, captivated, inception, deceptive, intercept

Question 3

decem

Answer 3

Definition: ten
Derivatives: December, decimal, decimate

Question 4

gredi/gressus

Answer 4

Definition: to go
Derivatives: progress, regression, congressional, ingredients, egressed

Question 5

insula

Answer 5

Definition: island
Derivatives: insulation, insularity, isla(Sp.), île(Fr.)

Question 6

mare

Answer 6

Definition: sea
Derivatives: marine, mer(Fr.), mar(Sp.), Mariners, submarine

Question 7

periculum

Answer 7

Definition: danger
Derivatives: perilously, peligro(Sp.), pericolo(It.), peril(Fr.)

Question 8

terra

Answer 8

Definition: land
Derivatives: terrarium, extraterrestrial, Mediterranean, terracotta, tierra(Sp.)

Question 9

δεινός

Answer 9

Transliteration: deinos
Definition: strange
Derivatives: dinosaur

Question 10

μάκρος

Answer 10

Transliteration: makros
Definition: big
Derivatives: macroeconomics, macronutrients, macromolecule, macron

Question 11

μικρός

Answer 11

Transliteration: mikros
Definition: small
Derivatives: microphone, micromanagement, microwave, microbial, microelectronics

Question 12

πάθος

Answer 12

Transliteration: pathos
Definition: suffer
Derivatives: pathetic, empathy, sympathy, pathological, pathogenic

Question 13

year

Answer 13

annus

Question 14

to take

Answer 14

capere/captus

Question 15

ten

Answer 15

decem

Question 16

to go

Answer 16

gredi/gressus

Question 17

island

Answer 17

insula

Question 18

sea

Answer 18

mare

Question 19

danger

Answer 19

periculum

Question 20

land

Answer 20

terra

Question 21

strange

Answer 21

δεινός/deinos

Question 22

big

Answer 22

μάκρος/makros

Question 23

small

Answer 23

μικρός/mikros