Greek nouns (8-11) Flashcards by Haley Rutten | Brainscape

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adelph-

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adelphe OR aldelphos

sister OR brother

brother hitler

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aeti-, eti-

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aitia

cause

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andr-

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aner, andros

man, husband

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anthrop-

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anthropos

man, mankind

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barbar-

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barbaros

not greek

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dem-

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demos
the people

democracy=rule of the people

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despot- *

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despotes

master, lord

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empori-

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emporion
market

mr. magorians emporium

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eros-, erot-

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eros, erotos
love

eros and apollo

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ethn-

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ethnos

nation, people

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gamet-

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gamete OR gametes
wife OR husband

egg and sperm are wife and husband

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gam-

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gamos
marriage

close to gamete/gametes

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gene-, gen-

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genea, genos
family

you get genes from your family

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gyn- gynaec-, gynec-,

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gyne, gynaikos

woman, wife

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ide-

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idea

form, class, kind

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idiot-

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idiotes
private citizen

does not come to ecclessia

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chol-

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khloe
yellow bile

cholesterol

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man-

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mania

madness

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melanchol-

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melankholia
black bile

chol = bile, malan= dark

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metr-

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meter, metros
mother

demeter

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ec-

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oikos
house,household

economics

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organ-

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organon

instrument, tool, work, project

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paradigm- paradigmat-

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paradeigma, paradeigmatos
pattern
proof

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patr-

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pater, patros

father

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phaenomen-, phemomen-

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phainomenon

A thing come to light, appearance, shining

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phlegm- phlegmat-

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phlegma, phlegmatos

phlegm

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phob-

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phobos

fear

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polem- *

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polemos
war

don’t confuse with state, polis (pol-)

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pol-

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polis
city, city state

(don’t confuse with polem-, from polemos, state)

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pseud-

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pseudos
lie

pseudoscience = fakenews

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psych-

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psykhe

spirit, mind, soul

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schem- schemat-

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skhema, shkematos
form, shape, figure

schematic diagrams are used for electrical circuts

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system-

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systema

the whole, composition

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theor-

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theoria

viewing, speculation, contemplation

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top-

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topos
place, topic

topography

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tyrann-

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tyrannos
absolute ruler

tyrannosaurus rex