Greek nouns (8-11) Flashcards
greek word, meaning
adelph-
adelphe OR aldelphos
sister OR brother
brother hitler
aeti-, eti-
aitia
cause
andr-
aner, andros
man, husband
anthrop-
anthropos
man, mankind
barbar-
barbaros
not greek
dem-
demos
the people
democracy=rule of the people
despot- *
despotes
master, lord
empori-
emporion
market
mr. magorians emporium
eros-, erot-
eros, erotos
love
eros and apollo
ethn-
ethnos
nation, people
gamet-
gamete OR gametes
wife OR husband
egg and sperm are wife and husband
gam-
gamos
marriage
close to gamete/gametes
gene-, gen-
genea, genos
family
you get genes from your family
gyn- gynaec-, gynec-,
gyne, gynaikos
woman, wife
ide-
idea
form, class, kind
idiot-
idiotes
private citizen
does not come to ecclessia
chol-
khloe
yellow bile
cholesterol
man-
mania
madness
melanchol-
melankholia
black bile
chol = bile, malan= dark
metr-
meter, metros
mother
demeter
ec-
oikos
house,household
economics
organ-
organon
instrument, tool, work, project
paradigm- paradigmat-
paradeigma, paradeigmatos
pattern
proof
patr-
pater, patros
father
phaenomen-, phemomen-
phainomenon
A thing come to light, appearance, shining
phlegm- phlegmat-
phlegma, phlegmatos
phlegm
phob-
phobos
fear
polem- *
polemos
war
don’t confuse with state, polis (pol-)
pol-
polis
city, city state
(don’t confuse with polem-, from polemos, state)
pseud-
pseudos
lie
pseudoscience = fakenews
psych-
psykhe
spirit, mind, soul
schem- schemat-
skhema, shkematos
form, shape, figure
schematic diagrams are used for electrical circuts
system-
systema
the whole, composition
theor-
theoria
viewing, speculation, contemplation
top-
topos
place, topic
topography
tyrann-
tyrannos
absolute ruler
tyrannosaurus rex