latin- cla201 Flashcards
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-alis or -ilis
A
Adjective suffix
having a connection
(-aris)
in english:-al -ar or -ile
ex.
abdominal or abdominalis: relation to the abdomen.
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-anus or -enus
A
Adjective suffix
place or origin
(-aneus, -(e)stris or -(i)ensis)
ex.
Americanius: american
3
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-arium
A
Noun suffix
place or space
(-orium or -ium)
ex.
aquarium: place for water
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-ate
A
Verbal suffix
to put into action
ex.
insinuate: to imply something
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-eus or -ius
A
Adjective suffix
made of or nature of or like
(-aceus or -aneus)
-ous in english
ex.
aureus: made of gold
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-idus
A
Adjective suffix
in the state of condition
in english seen as -id
ex.
flaccidus or flaccid: to be droopy
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Q
-ilus
A
Adjective suffix
ability, capability or capacity
(-bilis)
in english seen as -bile -ile
capable: the capacity of being able to do something
8
Q
-io, -ura
A
Noun suffix
action or condition resulting from another action
in english it is seen as -ion or -ure
ex.
tension: the result of being tense
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-men, mentum
A
Noun suffix
action or condition resulting from another action
in english it is seen as -ment
ex.
atonement: the condition of atoning?
10
Q
-or
A
Noun suffix
the agent that does
ex.
divisor: the agent that divides
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-osus or -lentus
A
Adjective suffix
full of
in english: -lent or -ous or -ose
ex.
vicarious: full of vicour?
12
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-sc-
A
Verbal suffix
to begin an action
often followed by ence to get -scence or -ent to get -scent.
ex.
deliquesce: to start being a delinquent
13
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-tia
A
Noun suffix
quality, condition or state
(-ia, -itia, -tudo)
often -tude, -ce or -ity in english
ex.
simplicity: the state of being simple
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-um and derivatives,
A
Noun suffix
instrument, means of an action
(-ulum, -ula, -bulum, -bula, -culum, -crum, trum)
ex.
curriculum: means of teaching?
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Q
A- or Ab(s)-
A
prefix:
Definitions: away or off
ex.
Asymmetrical: off symmetry
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Q
Ad-
A
prefix:
Definitions: near, to or towards
(often assimilated towards a consonant)
ex.
Assimilate: towards being similar
Affix: to attach
17
Q
Adjective Suffixes
A
end in -is or -us
latin: -eus, -ius, -ilis, -aris, -osus, -lentus
english: -lent, -ment, -ose, -ous, -al, -ile
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Adverbial Suffixes
A
-ad, in the direction of.
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Q
Ambi-
A
prefix:
Definitions: around or both sides
(can be written as ambo-, amb-, am- or an-)
ex.
Ambidextrous: able to write with both hands
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Angust
A
narrow
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Q
Anima
A
Air, breathe, life
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Ann
A
year
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Q
Annul-
A
ring
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Q
Ante-
A
prefix:
Definitions: before or forward
ex.
Antecedent: similar to precedent, but means comes before
25
Antenna-
sailyard
26
Apert-
to open
27
Append
something hung to or appendage or appendix
28
Barb-
beard
29
Bi-
prefix:
Definitions: twice or twofold
(can be represented as bis- or bin-)
ex.
Binocular: two eyed telescope?
Bilingual: can speak two languages.
30
Bib:
to drink
31
Brev:
short
32
Bull:
to boil
33
Cade-
to fall
34
Caec
blind
35
Caede- or caesum (-cid, cis-)
to cut or kill
36
Cal-
to be warm
ex. Calor: to be warm
37
Calcar
spurn or protusion
38
Call-
hard or thick skin
ex. calluses: hard skin
39
Calv-
hairless or bald
40
Calx or calcis
heel or limestone or lime concretion
ex. Calcium
41
Cambi
exchange
42
Canal
channel or canal
43
Cande
to shine
ex. cadescence: to shine
44
Cap or capt
to take
45
Capill
hair or a minute bodily vessel
ex. Capillary
46
Capsa
box
47
Caput or capitis (cep- , -cip)
head
48
Carbo
carbon dioxide
49
Cari-
decay or rot
ex. Carcas?
50
Caro or carn
flesh or meat
51
Case
cheese
52
Caud
tail
53
Cav
hollow
ex. cavity
54
Cell
room or cell
55
Cer
wax
56
Cerebr
the brain
57
Cernere or cretum (cre-)
to separate
58
Cervic
neck
59
Cili
eyelid or hairlike process
60
Cing
to bind about or gird
61
Circum-
prefix:
Definitions: around
ex.
Circumference: Distance around
62
Cirr
lock or curl or ringlet
ex. curl
63
Claud
to close or shut
64
Clav
key or collarbone or structure thickened at the end
65
Co-
prefix:
Definitions: with, together or completely
(col-, com- , con-)
ex.
Cohesion: to stick together
66
Coll
neck
ex. collarbone
67
Colum
column
68
Contra-
prefix:
Definitions: against or opposite
(counter- in front of vowels)
ex.
contradiction: the opposite of a statement
69
Copul
a bond or union
70
Coqu
to cook
71
Cor
heart
72
Corp
body
73
Cost
rib
74
Crep
to rattle
75
Cresc
to increase or grow
76
Cub
to lie down; Cubit
77
Curr
to run
78
Cut
to strike or skin
79
De-
prefix:
Definitions: down from, decrease, undoing
ex.
Dementia: Undoing the mind
Deactivate: undoing activation
80
Deglut
to swallow
81
Demi-
prefix
Definitions: half
ex.
Demigod: half god
82
Dent
tooth
83
Dexter
right (hand or side)
84
Digit
finger or toe
85
Dilat
expanded
86
Dis-
prefix
Definitions:separation, removal
(dif- or di-)
ex.
discrete: a separate quantity
87
Dol
to feel pain or give pain
88
Dorm
to sleep
89
Dors
the back or upper part
90
Duc
to lead or draw
91
Dur
hard
ex. dura
92
e-
Prefix:
Definitions: out, away
(ef- or ex-)
ex.
eject: to throw out
effort: an exertion of energy
93
Ed
to eat
94
Ego
I or the self
95
Err
to wander or deviate
96
Exter
on the outside or outermost
97
extra-
Prefix
Definitions: outside, beyond
(extro-)
Ex.
extraordinary: beyond the ordinary
98
Fac
to do or make or cause
99
Faci
to do
100
Fatig
to grow weary
101
Febr
fever
ex. febrile
102
Femur
thigh or thighbone
103
Fenestr
window or opening
104
Fer
to bear or carry or produce
105
Ferr
iron
106
Ferv
to boil or be hot or glow
107
Fibr
fiber or filament
108
Fig
to fix or fasten or pierce
109
Fistul
reed or pipe or pipelike ulcer
110
Flacc
flabby or hanging down
111
Flagell
whip or scourge or whiplike appendage
112
Flect
to bend or turn
ex. reflect (bend light)
113
Flor
flower or blossom
114
Flu
to flow
115
Form
shape or form
116
Foss
something dug or ditch or depression
ex. fossil
117
Frang
to break
118
Fulg
to shine or flash or glitter
119
Fulmin
to flash like lightning or develop suddenly
120
Fund
to pour or melt
121
Fung
mushroom or fungus
122
Gem
twins or paired or gem
123
Ger
to carry or bear
124
Germ
sprout or germ
125
Gingiv
gum
126
Glob
ball or sphere
127
Glut
to swallow
128
Grad
to step or walk or go
129
Gran
grain or seed
130
Gust
to taste
131
Gutt
throat
132
Hab
to have or hold
133
Habit
condition or state or habit or physique
134
Hal
to breathe
135
Hallucin
to wander in mind
136
Haur
to draw out or drink
137
Hiat
an opening or gap or fissure
ex. hiatus: a gap or break
138
Hom
man or human being
139
Hor
hour
140
Hort
garden
ex. horticulture
141
Humer
shoulder or upper arm
142
Humor
liquid or moisture
ex. humidity
143
Ict
stroke or blow
144
in-
Prefix
Definitions: not, into
(il-, im-, or ir-)
Ex.
Imm
invisible: not visible
145
infra-
prefix
Definitions: below, beneath
(no variations)
Ex.:
infrastructure: the basic physical and organizational structures beneath society
146
inter-
prefix
Definitions: between
(no variations)
Ex.
intermediate: something that lies between two things
147
Intestin
internal or intestine
148
intra-
Prefix: intra-
Definitions: within
(no variations)
Ex.
intracellular: occurring within a cell
149
intro-
Prefix: intro-
Definitions: within, into
(no variations)
Ex.
introduce: to bring something into consideration
150
intus-
Prefix: intus-
Definitions: within
(no variations)
Ex.
intussusception: the act of one part of the body being inserted into another
151
Ire
to go
152
Irrit
to excite or stir up
153
Jac
to lie or be recumbent
154
Jact
to cause to lie or throw
155
juxta-
Prefix: juxta-
Definitions: near, next to
(no variations)
Ex.
juxtapose: to place things side by side for comparison
156
Jung
to join
157
Lac
milk
ex. lactose
158
Lacer
to tear to pieces or mangle
ex. lacerate
159
Laed
to hurt or strike or injure
160
Laev
left
161
Lan
wool
162
Laps
a slip or a falling
ex. lapse: a fall usually in judgment
163
Lav
to wash
164
Let
death
165
Lev
to lighten or raise
166
Lib
it pleases
167
Lig
to bind or tie
168
Ling
tongue
ex. linguistics
169
Liqu
to melt
170
Loc
place
171
Long
long
172
Lor
leather used to guide an animal
173
Loric
a bunch of leather used to guide an animal
174
Luc
to shine
175
Lucid
clear or lucid
176
Lum
light or space between walls of a tubular organ
177
Lumb
back
178
Luna
moon
179
Lut
orange-yellow
180
Lux
light
181
Lux
to dislocate
182
Magn
large or great
183
Mal
bad or cheek
184
Malle
hammer or club or one of the small bones of the ear
ex. mallet
185
Mamm
breast or the mammary gland or pap
186
Man
hand
187
Mandib
jaw or bone of lower jaw
188
Manubr
handle
189
Marg
edge or border
190
Matr
mother
191
Matur
to make ripe
192
Maxill
jaw or upper jawbone
193
Meat
to go or pass
194
Medi
middle
195
Medull
marrow or marrow-like or pith
196
Mel
honey
197
Membran
membrane
198
Mens
mind
199
Mens
table
200
Mens
month
201
Ment
chin
202
Mil
millet-seed or white nodule resembling millet seed
203
Misc
to mix
204
Mitt
to let go or send
205
Mol
millstone
206
Molar
adapted for grinding
207
Moles
mass
208
Moll
soft
209
Monstr
a divine portent or omen or malformed fetus
210
Mor
to die
211
Morb
disease
212
Mov
to move
213
Muc
mucus
214
Mult
many
215
Mus
mouse
216
Muscul
little mouse or muscle
217
Mut
to change
218
Naev
birthmark or mole
219
Nar
nostril
220
Nas
to be born or nose
221
Nect
to bind or join
222
Nerv
sinew or nerve
223
Nid
nest or the point of origin or development
224
Nigr
black
225
Noc
to harm or hurt
226
Noct
night
227
Nod
knot
228
Nom
name or means of knowing
229
non-
Prefix: non-
Definitions: not
(no variations)
Ex.
nonprofit: not conducted for the purpose of making a profit
230
Norm
a measure or standard or pattern or regular or normal
231
Noun Suffixes
-or
-io, -ura
-men, mentum
-um and derivatives,
-tia, -tias, -tudo
-arium, -orium,
-ulus and derivatives
232
Nuc
nut
233
Nud
naked or uncovered
234
Nutr
to nourish or feed
235
ob-
Prefix: ob-
Definitions: against, toward
(o-,oc-,op-)
Ex.
obstacle: something that stands in the way
236
Ocul
eye or bud
237
Odor
a smell
238
Ol
to emit a smell
239
Ole
oil
240
Omn
all or every
241
Or
mouth or opening
242
Orb
circle or wheel
243
Orbit
path or track
244
Ord
order or arrangement
245
Ori
to rise or be born
246
Orig
beginning
247
Os
bone
248
Ov
egg or female reproductive cell
249
Palat
roof of the mouth or palate
250
Palli
covering or mantle
251
Palm
palm of the hand
252
Palp
to stroke or touch
253
Palpebr
eyelid
254
Pap
pimple or small elevation
255
Papill
nipple
256
Par
to bring forth or give birth to
257
Part
to divide
258
Pat
to spread open
259
Pector
breast or chest
260
Pell
skin
261
Pelv
basin or basin-shaped cavity
262
Pen
tail or the male organ of copulation
263
Penn
feather or plume or wing or fin
264
per-
Prefix: per-
Definitions: through or acid
(pel-)
Ex.
permeate: to spread throughout
265
Pes
foot
266
Pet
to seek
267
Pigment
paint or pigment
268
Ping
to paint
269
Pinna
feather or wing or fin
270
Pisc
fish
271
Pistill
small club or pestle or seed-bearing organ of a flower
272
Pituit
phlegm or mucus
273
Plan
flat or level
274
Plant
a sprout or cutting or sole of the foot
275
Plic
to fold
276
Plum
feather
277
Plumb
lead
278
Plur
more
279
Pollen
fine flour or the mass of microspores in seed plants
280
Pollic
thumb
281
Pom
fruit or apple
282
Pon
to place or put
283
Pont
bridge or a slip of tissue connecting two parts of an organ
284
Popl
the hollow of the knee
285
Port
to carry
286
post-
Prefix: post-
Definitions: after
(no variations)
Ex.
postpone: to delay or put off
287
Pot
to drink
288
Potent
having power or potent
289
Potion
drink or potion
290
prae- (pre-)
Prefix: prae- (pre-)
Definitions: before
(pre-)
Ex.
prepare: to make ready before
291
Prand
luncheon or meal
292
Prem
to press
293
Proles
offspring
294
Pron
inclined or bending forward
295
Propri
its own or proper
296
pro-
Prefix: pro-
Definitions: before, infront or front part
(no variations)
Ex.
prolabium: front part of lips
297
Prur
to itch
298
Pub
adult or pubic bone
299
Pulm
lung
300
Punct
a point
301
Pung
to prick
302
Pup
doll or child or stage after larva of insects
303
Pupill
pupil of the eye
304
Pus
pus
305
Pustul
blister or pimple
306
Putr
to be rotten
307
Quadr
to make four-cornered or to square
308
Quat
to shake or strike
309
Rab
to rage or be mad
310
Rac
bunch or cluster
311
Rad
to scrape or scratch
312
Radi
rod or spoke or ray or beam or bone on outer side of forearm
313
re-
Prefix: re-
Definitions: again, back
(red-)
reactivate: to activate again
314
Rect
right or straight
315
Reg
to keep straight
316
Ren
kidney
317
Rep
to crawl or creep
318
Ret
net or network
319
Retin
the innermost coat of the posterior part of the eyeball
320
retro-
Prefix: retro-
Definitions: backward
(no variations)
Ex.
retroactive: applying to the past
321
Rigor
stiffness or cold
322
Rim
crack or chink or fissure
323
Rod
to gnaw
324
Ros
a rose or red skin eruption or rash
325
Rostr
beak or snout
326
Rot
wheel
327
Rubig
rust
328
Rug
wrinkle or crease or fold
329
Sacc
bag or sac or pouch
330
Sacr
sacred or holy or bone forming the back of the pelvis
331
Sal
salt
332
Sal
to leap or jump
333
Saliv
saliva
334
Salubr
healthful or wholesome
335
Salut
health or safety
336
San
to heal or cure
337
Sanguin
blood
338
Sap
soap
339
Sax
rock or stone
340
Sc
to know
341
Scab
roughness or scurf or itch
342
Scalp
knife
343
Scand
to climb
344
Scapul
shoulder or shoulder blade
345
Scind
to cut or split
346
Scop
twigs or broom of twigs or brush
347
Scr
to write or draw
348
Scrob
ditch or furrowed or pitted
349
Scrot
bag or pouch of skin containing male sex glands
350
Scut
shield or plate or scale or flake
351
se-
Prefix: se-
Definitions: apart
(no variations)
Ex.
separate: to set apart or divide
352
Seb
grease or fatty secretion
353
Sec
to cut
354
Sed
to sit
355
Sem
seed
356
semi-
Prefix: semi-
Definitions: half
(no variations)
Ex.
semicircle: half of a circle
357
Semper
always
358
Sent
to sense or feel or perceive
359
Sequ
to follow
360
Ser
to join or connect
361
Sex
sex
362
Sicc
dry
363
Sign
mark or sign or indication
364
Sil
flint or dust containing silicon dioxide
365
Sinister
left or on the left
366
Sinus
curve or bent surface or cavity or recess
367
Sol
sun
368
Solv
to loosen or dissolve
369
Somn
sleep
370
Son
to make a sound
371
Sopor
deep sleep
372
Sorb
to suck in
373
Sparg
to scatter
374
Spat
space
375
Spec
to see or look at
376
Spin
thorn or spine
377
Spir
to breathe or blow
378
Sput
spit
379
Squam
scale or flake or thin plate
380
Stam
thread or fiber or male part of flower
381
Stell
star
382
Stern
to spread out or lay out
383
Still
a drop
384
Stimul
goad or prick
385
Stip
log or stem or branch or stalk
386
String
to draw tight or press together
387
Stru
to arrange or construct or build up
388
Strum
something heaped up or tumor or goiter
389
sub-
Prefix: sub-
Definitions: under, below
(suc-, suf-, sup-, sus-)
Ex.
submarine: a vessel that operates below the surface of the water
390
super-
Prefix: super-
Definitions: above, over
(sur-)
Ex.
superhuman: beyond normal human abilities
391
supra-
Prefix: supra-
Definitions: above, over
(no variations)
Ex.
supreme: highest in rank or power
392
Sutur
a sewing or suture or seam
393
Tard
slow
394
Temp
time
395
Temper
to mix or moderate
396
Tempor
the temples
397
Ten
to hold or keep
398
Tend
to stretch
399
Tent
to try or test or feel or touch
400
Ter
to rub off or chafe or cleanse
401
Termin
boundary or end or limit
402
Terr
earth
403
Test
witness or testicle
404
Tibi
pipe or flute or the shinbone or the inner and larger bone of the lower leg
405
Tonsill
tonsil
406
Torp
to be stiff or numb
407
Tort
to twist or turn
408
Torus
swelling or protuberance
409
Tot
all or entire
410
trans-
Prefix: trans-
Definitions: across, beyond
(tra- before s)
Ex.
transport: to carry across
411
Trem
to tremble or shake or quiver
412
Trud
to thrust or push
413
Tub
tube or pipe
414
Tuber
hump or knob or swelling or projection
415
Tum
to swell
416
Tund
to beat or strike
417
Tunic
blouse or tunic or covering
418
Turb
to stir or disturb
419
Turbid
muddy
420
Turbin
whirlwind or whirling or top-like bone of the nose or spiral
421
Turg
to swell out
422
Turr
tower
423
Tuss
cough
424
Ulcer
open sore or ulcer
425
ultra-
Prefix: ultra-
Definitions: beyond, excessive
(ultro-)
Ex.
ultrastellar: beyond the stars?
426
ulus and derivatives
Noun suffix
small
(-olus, -culus, illus, -unculus)
ex.
flagellum: small whip/tail
427
Umbilic
the navel
428
Umbr
shade or shadow
429
Und
wave
430
Urin
urine
431
Uter
womb
432
Uv
grape
433
Vac
empty
434
Vacc
relating to a cow
435
Vag
wandering
436
Vagin
sheath or sheath-like structure or vagina
437
Val
to be strong or be well
438
Var
crooked or bent inward
439
Varix
enlarged and tortuous vein
440
Vas
vessel
441
Veh
to carry
442
Ven
to come
443
Venen
poison
444
Verbal Suffixes
end in -ate or have -sc-
-sc- is often seen as -scence in deliquesce
445
Vert
to turn
446
Vertebr
a joint of the spine
447
Vertex
summit or top or crown of head
448
Via
way or path or passage
449
Vibr
to shake or vibrate
450
Vir
man
451
Virid
green
452
Virt
manliness or virtue or strength
453
Virus
a potent juice or poison
454
Vit
life
455
Viv
living
456
Viv
to live
457
Voc
voice
458
Vol
to fly
459
Volv
to roll or roll up
460
Vom
to throw up or vomit
461
Vor
to eat or devour
462
Vortex
a whirl or spiral arrangement
463
Abdomen, abdominis
body cavity, paunch
ex. abdomen – the part of the body containing the digestive organs
464
Acet-
vinegar, acetic acid
465
Acid-
sour; acid
466
Ac-, Acu-
needle, needlelike process
ex.acupuncture – a medical practice using needles to relieve pain
467
Adep-, adip-
fat
ex. adipose – relating to or composed of fat
468
Adolsc-, Adult
to grow up
ex. adolescent – a young person developing into an adult
469
Aequ-
equal, even
ex. equilibrium – a state of balance
470
Aestiv-
pertaining to summer
471
Ager-, agri-
field, land
ex.agriculture – the practice of farming
472
Angul-
angle
## Footnote
angle – the space between two intersecting lines or surfaces
473
Anim-
air, breath, life
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animal – a living organism that moves and consumes organic material
474
Apex, apici-
tip, summit, end
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apex – the top or highest part of something
475
Apis-
bee
476
Apta-, aptat-
to fit, fasten
## Footnote
aptitude – a natural ability to do something
477
Aqu-
water
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aquatic – relating to water
478
Arbor, arboris
tree
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arboretum – a place where trees are grown for study
479
Arc-
bow, arch
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arcade – a series of arches supported by columns
480
Are-
space
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area – a region or section of space
481
Aren-
sand
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arena – a place used for sports or performances
482
Argent-
silver
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argent – relating to silver
