Greek Nouns/Adj. 1 Flashcards
-archia or -archos
-archy or -arch N rule by (monarchy) or ruler (monarch)
-kratia or -kratēs
-cracy or -crat N
rule by/ruling body (democracy) or member of ruling body (democrat)
-graphia or -graphos
-graphy or -graph N
act/method of writing/descriptive science (geography) or something written/instrument that writes (polygraph)
-logia
-logy N
subject of study (theology)
-mania
-mania N
madness/enthusiasm (bibliomania)
-metria
-metry N
art/process of science or measuring (geometry)
-nomia
-nomy N
law of, arrangement of, science of (antinomy)
-patheia
-pathy N
feeling (telepathy)
-philia or -philos
-philia or -phile N
love of or lover of (pedophile)
-phobos
-phobe N
one who fears (xenophobe)
-skopia or -skopos
-scopy or -scope N
observation/examination of or instrument for observing/examining (telescope)
akros
acr-
high/topmost (acropolis)
allos
all-
other (allergy)
aristos
arist-
best (aristocracy)
autos
aut-
self/one’s own/by oneself (autonomy)
kakos
cac-
bad (cacophony)
heteros
heter-
other (heterosexual)
hieros
hier-
holy (hieroglyphics)
holos
hol-
whole (holocaust)
homos
hom-
same (homosexual)
homoios
home-
similar/same (homeopath)
idios
idi-
own/personal (idiom)
makros
macr-
long, large, large-scale (macroeconomics)
megas or megale
mega-, megal-, or mega-
great, large, powerful, one million (megaphone/megabyte)
mesos
mes-
middle (Mesopotamia)
mikros
micr-
small/one millionth (microscope/microgram)
monos
mon-
single/one (monotonous)
neos
neo-
new (neolithic)
oligos
olig-
few (oligarchy)
orthos
orth-
straight/correct (orthodontist)
palaios
pale-
pad (paleography)
pas/pan
pan- or pant-
all (pantheist)
polys or poly
poly
many (polychrome)
pseudes
pseud-
false (pseudonym)
skleros
scler-
hard (sclerosis)
thermos
therm-
hot (thermostat)
eu
eu-
well/favorable (eulogy)