Derivative Dictionary Flashcards
abyssos
depth or bottom (of sea)
achates
agate
Aeido
to sing
Aerio
to lift, to raise up
Aer
lower air
Agarikon
a kind of tree fungus
Aigyptos
Egypt
Agon
contest, struggle
Ago, eg-
to lead
Aigis
shield
Agora
assembly, public speaking
aion
age
aisthanomal
to feel
aither
ether, clear sky
akademia
academy
akakia
Arabica
ainos
fable, riddle
akme
the highest point of acme
akoniton
monkshood (a plant)
akos
remedy
akros
topmost acrobat
alabastros
alabaster
algos
pain
alkyon
kingfisher
allatto
another allegorical
alpha
first letter of Greek alphabet
allos
another allegorical
alyo
to be besides oneself, hallucination
amarantos
to waste, wither
amethystos
wine
ammon
Ammon, the Libyan Zues
amygdale
almond
amoibo
to change
angekis
messenger angel
angos
a vessel of any kind
anemos
wind
ankos
a bend, anchorage
anison
anise
anthos
blossom, flower anther
ankyra
a hollow anchor
anthropos
man
anthrax
charcoal anthracite
asoaragos
asparagus
archo
to lead, rule
aratto, arak-
to smite
arithmos
number
aristos
best
aroma
aromatic spice
arktos
a bear
askeo
to exercise
arteria
windpipe, artery
asphodelos
asphodel, daffodil asphodel
aspis
shield
aspros
rough
aster
star
asthma
short-drawn breath
astron
star
athlos
contest (in war or sport)
atlas, -antos
Atlas, pillar of heaven
atmos
steam atmosphere
asphaltos
asphalt
auos
dry, exhausted
aura
breeze, soar
aulos
pipe, tube
ballo, ble-, bol-
to throw, devil/devilish
axios
worthy
autos
self
azo
to dry up
bakterion
bacterial, staff
baino, ba-, be-
to walk, step
balsamon
balsam tree, balm
bapto
to dip
barbaros
forgien
bary
heavy
balaustion
flower of wild pomegrante
basileus
king
beryllos
see green gem
basis
to walk
beta
the second letter of the Greek Aphlabet
biblos
bark of papyrus
boubalos
an African antelope buff, buffalo
bolbos
onion
bios
life
bosko, bot-
to feed
bombos
a booming, humming
boubon
groin
bous
bull, ox, cow
boutyron
butter, butterfly
brachion
the arm
bronchos
throat bronchial, windpipe
bromos
a smell
bryo
to swell
brotos
mortal man
bythos, byssos
a depth or bottom (of sea)
byrsa
to hide, disburse
chaino
to yawn
chamai
on the ground
chaos
empty space
chartes
roll of papyrus, sheet of paper
charasmos, charak-
to engrave, mark
chelidon
swallow
chemeia
art of alloying metals
cheir
hand
chillioi
thousand
chloros
light green
chimaira
a fire breathing monster
chondros
cartilage (of the breast)
chorde
gut, string, cord
choreo
to give away
choros
dance, choir
chrio
to rub, anoint
chroma
color
chole
gall, bile
chronos
time
daimon
inferior deity, demon
chrysos
gold
deinos
terrible
damao
to tame
deleomai
to hurt, damage
deka
ten
delta
the fourth letter of the Greek alphabet
delphis, -inos
dolphin
dendron
tree
demos
the people
dero
to skin, flay dermis
deo
to bind, tie
diaita
way of living, diet
despotes
master, lord
didasko, didak-
to teach
diakonos
servant
didomi, do
to give
dike
the right, law
diphthera
skin, hide
drao
to do, act, preform
dis
twice
diploos
twofold
dokeo, dox-
to think, to have an opinion
diskos
disk, dish
dramein, drom-
to run
drakon
dragon, serpent
drassomai, drach-
to grasp
drys
tree, oak
dynamai
to be able to, to be powerful
ebenos
ebony
echo, hek, sche-, och-,
to have, hold
echo
sound
eikon
image
eimi, i-
to go
eron
dissembler
elso
within, inside
ekklesia
to call, summon
elaia
olive tree
elauno,ela-
to drive, propel
elegos
song (of mourning)
elektron
amber
eleos
pity, mercy
elephas, -antos
elephant
elthon, elython
came, went
emeo
to throw up, vomit
endon
inward
epikouros
Epicurus, a Greek philosopher
epos
word
erao
to love
erchomai
came, went
eremos
lonely
ereutho, eryth-
to make red
ergon
work, action
ero, rhe-
(I shall) speak
ethnos
a people, nation
ethos
custom (morals)
etymos
true
eu
well
eune
bed
exo
outside
gala, -aktos
milk
gamos
wedding, marriage
ganglion
tumor
gaster
belly, stomach
ge
earth
genos, gen-
race, offspring
geranos
crane (bird)
Gigas, -antos
Giant (in mythology)
gignosko, gno-
to come to know, to recognize
glotta, glossa
tongue
glykys
sweet
glypho
to carve, engrave
gongros
eel
gonia
corner, angle
grapho, gram-
to draw, write
gryps
griffin
gymnos
naked
gypsos
chalk
Haima
Blood
Haireo
To take, grasp, choose
Halos
Threshing floor, disk (of sun, moon)
Hapto
To fasten, attach
Harmozo
To fit together, join
Harpyiai
The snatchers
Heis, mia, hen
One
Hekaton
A hundred
Hektor
Hector, defender of Troy
Helios
Sun
Helleboros
Hellebore
Helios, -otos
Helot, spartan
Hemera
Day
Hemisys, hemi-
Half
Hepar, -atos
Liver
Herakles
Heracles
Hermes
An early Greek teacher
Heros
Hero
Heteros
The others, different
Hex
Six
Hezomai, hed-
To sit
Hiemi, he-
To let go, send
Hieros
Holy, sacred
Hilaros
Cheerful
Hippos
Horse
Histemi, sta-, ste-
To stand, make stand
Histor
To learn
Hodos
Road, way
Holos
Whole
Homos
One and the same
Hoplon
Implement
Hora
Period of time
Horao
To see
Horizo
Boundary
Horkos
Oath
Horos
Boundary
Hyakinthos
Wild hyacinth