Lesson 8: Greek Noun-Forming Suffixes II

Question 1

-ia, -y

Answer 1

state of, condition of, quality of (e.g. hysteria, philosophy)

Question 2

-ism, -ismus

Answer 2

condition of (belief in) (e.g. alcoholism)

Question 3

-sis, -sia, -sy, -se

Answer 3

act of, process of (sometimes ‘result of the act of’) (e.g. synthesis, amnesia, ecstasy, dose) [NOTE: the adjectival form of this suffix is: -tic, -stic = pertaining to the act or process of)

Question 4

-ma, -m, -me

Answer 4

result of the act of (e.g. stigma)

Question 5

BLEP-

Answer 5

to see (e.g. ablepsia)

Question 6

COR(E)-

Answer 6

pupil of the ete (e.g. corelysis)

Question 7

CRA-

Answer 7

to mix (e.g. crater)

Question 8

CYAN-

Answer 8

blue (e.g. cyanopia)

Question 9

CYE-

Answer 9

to be pregnant (e.g. chophoria)

Question 10

GALACT-, GALA-

Answer 10

milk (e.g. galactase)

Question 11

GEU-

Answer 11

to taste (e.g. dysgeusia)

Question 12

GLOSS-, GLOT(T)-

Answer 12

tongue, language (e.g. epiglottis)

Question 13

IDI-

Answer 13

ones own, peculiar, distinct (e.g. idiotype)

Question 14

IS-

Answer 14

equal, same (e.g. isometric)

Question 15

LAL-

Answer 15

to talk (e.g. barylalia)

Question 16

MEGA- MEGAL-

Answer 16

large, one million (e.g. megaphone)

Question 17

MOGI-

Answer 17

difficult (e.g. mogilalia)

Question 18

NE-

Answer 18

new, new and different from (e.g. neon)

Question 19

ODYN-

Answer 19

pain (e.g. glossodynia)

Question 20

ONYCH-

Answer 20

finger or toenail, claw (e.g. acronychous)

Question 21

PATH-

Answer 21

disease, suffering, feeling (e.g. pathetic)

Question 22

PEP(S)-, PEPT-

Answer 22

to digest (e.g. pepsin)

Question 23

PSEUD-

Answer 23

false (e.g. pseudocyst)

Question 24

TELE-

Answer 24

afar, operating at a distance (e.g. teleopsia)