To Greek, also, English is indebted for a considerable number of
words, especially in the language of science and medicine; for the
ancient physicians were commonly Greeks. Since the great revival
of Greek studies in England in the 16th Century, Greek literature
and art have exerted an enormous influence upon English thought and
literature.
=Agō=, _I lead_: strat-egy.
=a-dam-as= (= in-dom-itable), _steel_: adamant, diamond (= Fr.
_diamant_).
=aēr=, _air_: air (Fr.), aerial, aerate.
=athlos=, _a contest_: athlete.
=aesthēsis=, _perception_, _feeling_: aesthetic, an-aesthesia.
=akouō=, _I hear_: acoustics.
=akros=, _top_: acro-bat, acropolis.
=allos=, _other_: allo-path, par-allel.
=anemos=, _wind_: anemometer.
=angelos=, _messenger_: angel, ev-angel.
=anthropos=, _man_: anthropoid, anthropology, mis-anthrope.
=arktos=, _a bear_: arctic, antarctic.
=archē=, _beginning_, _rule_; =arch-=, (prefix), _chief_: archetype,
an-archy, archangel.
=aster=, =astron=, _a star_: asterisk, astrology, dis-aster (Fr.),
astral (Lat.).
=autos=, _self_: auto-crat, auto-graph, auto-matic, auto-nomy.
=Ball-o=, _I throw_; =bolē=, _throwing_: dia-bol-ical, hyper-bole.
=bapto=, _dip_: baptise.
=barus=, _heavy_; =baros=, _weight_: barytone, barograph, barometer.
=basis=, _a going_, _foundation_: base (Fr.), basis, basement.
=biblion= (dimin. of =biblos=), _book_; bible, biblio-graphy,
biblio-mania.
=bios=, _life_: amphi-bious, bio-logy.
=botane=, _herbage_, _a plant_: botany.
=bronchos=, _windpipe_: bronchial.
=Character=, _a mark_: character.
=cheir=, _hand_: chiro-graphy, chiro-mancy, chiro-pod-ist,
chir-urgeon.
=chīlio-= (_e.g._ =chilio-pous=), _thousand_: kilo-gramme and
kilo-metre (Fr.).
=chlōros=, _green_: chlorate, chlorine.
=cholē=, _bile_: choler, melancholy.
=choros=, _a dance in a ring_, _chorus_: chorus, choral, choir (Fr.).
=chriō=, _anoint_: Christ, chrism (holy oil).
=chronos=, _time_: chronic, chronicle, chronometer, ana-chronism.
=Daimōn=, _divinity_, _spirit_: demoniac.
=deka=, _ten_: decade, deca-logue.
=demos=, _the people_: demo-crat, dem-agogue, epi-demic.
=derma= (dermat-), _skin_: epi-dermis, hypo-dermic, pachy-dermatous.
=despotēs=, _lord_: despotic, despotism.
=diaita=, _mode of living_: diet (Fr.).
=diskos=, _quoit_: disc, dish and desk.
=dogma=, =doxa=, _opinion_: dogma, dogmatic, heterodox.
=dosis=, _a giving_; =dotos=, _given_: dose, anti-dote, an-ec-dot-al.
=draō=, _I do_: dra-ma, drastic.
=dromos=, _running_: dromedary, hippo-drome, aero-drome.
=dunamis=, _power_, _force_: dynamic.
=Eidos=, _form_; =eidōlon=, _image_; =idea=, _form_, _look_ (all from
=id-=, see): ideograph, idol, kal-eido-scope.
=eikōn=, _image_: icon, iconoclast.
=electron=, _amber_: electric, electrify.
=ergon=, _work_; =en-ergeia=, _energy_: organ-ize, en-ergetic,
metall-urgy.
=ethnos=, _nation_: ethnic, ethnology.
=eu=, _well_; as a prefix: eucharist, euphony, euphemism, ev-angel.
=Gamos=, _marriage_: mono-gamous.
=gaster= (gastr-), _stomach_: gastric.
=gen-=, _beget_--=genos=, _race_; =genesis=, _origin_: genea-logy,
genesis, genetic.
=gē=, _the earth_: ge-o-graphy, ge-o-logy, ge-o-metric.
=glōssa= (=glōtta=), _tongue_: glossary, glottis, epiglottis,
poly-glot.
=gnō-sis=, _knowledge_: gnome, gnostic.
=gōnia=, _angle_: diagonal, pentagon.
=grapho=, _write_; =gramma=, _writing_: graphic, epi-graphy, grammar.
=gumnos=, _naked_; =gumnazo=, _I exercise_: gymnasium, gymnastic.
=gunē= (gunaiko-), _a woman_: gyn-archy, gynaeco-logy, miso-gynist.
=Haima= (haimato-), _blood_: hemal, hematite, hemorrhage, an-aemia.
=hairesis=, _a taking_: heresy (Fr.).
=heteros=, _other_: hetero-dox, hetero-geneous.
=hex=, _six_: hex-agon, hexameter.
=hēlios=, _sun_: heliacal, peri-helion.
=hēmera=, _day_: ep-hemeral.
=hieros=, _sacred_; =hiereus=, _priest_: hierarchy, hieratic,
hiero-glyph.
=hippos=, _horse_: hippo-drome.
=historeō=, _I enquire_: history (shortened in) story.
=(h)odos=, _way_: ex-odus, epis-ode, met-hod, peri-od.
=homos=, _same_; =homoi-os=, _like_: homo-centric, homo-geneous,
hom-ily (_ilē_, throng), homoeo-pathic.
=(h)orizo=, _define_, _bound_: horizon.
=hudōr=, _water_; hydrant, hydr-aulic, hydro-gen.
=Idios=, _private_, _peculiar_; =idiōtēs=, _private person_: idiom,
idiot.
=ion=, _violet_; =iōdēs=, _dark-colored_: iodide, iodine.
=isos=, _equal_: iso-sceles, iso-thermal.
=Kakos=, _bad_: cacography, cacophony.
=kalos=, _beautiful_: calligraphy, callis-thenics (_sthenos_,
strength).
=kaluptō=, =kruptō=, _I conceal_: apo-calypse, eu-calyptus, crypt.
=kaustos=, _burnt_; =kautērion=, _a branding_: caustic, cautery,
cauterize.
=kīneō=, _I move_; =kīnētikos=, _for moving_: kinetics, kinematics.
=kosmos=, _order_, _ornament_, _universe_: cosmetic, cosmic,
cosmo-gony.
=krateō=, _am strong_, _rule_: auto-crat, demo-cracy, aristo-crat.
=kri-=, _to separate_; =krisis=, _a separating_, _deciding_: crisis,
critic.
=kuklos=, _wheel_: cycle, cyclic, cyclone.
=Lab-=, _take_; =lēpsis=, _a taking_: syl-lable, epi-lepsy,
cataleptic.
=legō=, _I pick out_, _say_; =lexis=, _speech_; =logos=, _discourse_,
_reason_: ec-lectic (_ek_, out of), lexi-con, dialect, logic.
=leipō= (lĭp-), _I leave_: el-lipsis, ec-lipse.
=lithos=, _stone_: lithia, lithograph.
=luō=, _I loose_; =lusis=, _a loosing_: ana-lyze, dia-lysis,
paralytic, (palsy is a contraction of paralysis).
=Mania=, _madness_: mania, maniac, Anglo-mania.
=math-=, _learn_; =mathēma=, _learning_: mathematics, philo-math,
poly-math.
=martus= (martur-), _a witness_: martyr.
=mega= (megal-), _large_; as a prefix: mega-cephalous (_kephalē_,
head), megalithic, megaphone.
=melas= (melan-), _black_: melancholy.
=melos=, _song_: mel-ody (_ōdē_).
=metron=, _a measure_: metre, symmetry, diameter, geometric.
=mēchanē=, Lat. _māchina_: mechanic, mechanism.
=mikros=, _small_: microbe (_bios_), micro-cosm, micro-scope.
=mīseo=, _I hate_: misanthrope.
=mnē-mon-euō=, _I remember_: mnē-monics, a-mnē-sty (_a_ = not).
=monos=, _alone_, _one_: monad, mon-arch, monk (Ang. Sax.),
monastery, monopoly.
=morphē=, _shape_: a-morphous, morph-ology, meta-morphose.
=mousa=, _muse_: music, museum.
=mūthos=, _a tale_, _legend_: myth.
=Naus=, _a ship_: nausea, nautilus, aëro-naut (_nautēs_, sailor.)
=nekros=, _dead_: necro-polis.
=neuron=, _cord_, _nerve_: neural, neur-algia (_algos_, pain),
neuritis.
=nomos=, _a law_: eco-nomy (_oikos_), astro-nomy, anti-nomian.
=Ōdē=, _a song_: ode, hymnody, parody.
=oikos=, =oikia=, _house_; =oikēsis=, _inhabiting_, _dwelling_:
eco-nomy (Lat. _oeconomia_), di-ocese (= _di-oikesis_), parish
(_paroikia_, Fr. _par-oisse_).
=onoma= (=onuma=), _name_: syn-onym.
=op-=, _see_; =optika=, _pertaining to sight_; =oph-thalmos=, _eye_:
op-tics, optician, syn-opsis, synoptic, my-opia.
=organon=, _an instrument_: organic.
=orthos=, _right_, _straight_: ortho-doxy, ortho-graphy.
=osteon=, _a bone_: oste-itis, osteo-pathy.
=oxus=, _sharp_: oxy-gen, oxy-tone, par-oxysm.
=Pais= (paid-), _a child_; =paideia=, _training_, _learning_:
ped-agogue, pedant.
=pan= (pant-, pas-), _all_: pan-acea (_akos_, remedy), pan-oply,
(_hopla_, arms), pan-orama (_(h)oraō_, see).
=păthos=, _suffering_, _feeling_: pathology, pathetic, sympathy.
=pauo=, _I stop_; =pausis=, _cessation_ (Lat. _pausa_): pause and
pose.
=pente=, _five_: pent-agon, pentameter, penta-teuch (_teuchos_,
book), Pente-cost [_pentecostē_ = fiftieth (day)].
=petra=, _a rock_; =petros=, _a stone_: petrify and pier (Fr.),
Peter, petrology, petroleum, petrescent.
=plassō=, _I mould_, _fashion_: plastic, plasm, proto-plasm
(_prōtos_, first).
=pleura=, _a rib_: pleurisy, pleuritic.
=plēgē=, =plēxis=, _a blow_, _stroke_: plague (Lat. _plāga_),
apoplexy, pleximeter.
=pneuma=, _air_; =pneumon=, _lungs_: pneumatic, pneumonia,
pneumatomer.
=poieō=, _I make_: poet (Lat. _poēta_).
=polis=, _a city_; =polītēs=, _citizen_; =politeia=, _government_:
metro-polis, polity, politic, police.
=polus=, _many_, poly-gon.
=pous= (pod-), _a foot_: poly-pus, polyp, antipodes.
=praktos=, _done_: practice.
=prōtōs=, _first_: prot-agonist, protomartyr, prototype, protoplasm.
=pur=, _fire_: pyre, pyrites, pyro-latry (= worship), pyrotechnics.
=pōleō=, _I sell_: biblio-pole, mono-poly.
=phagein=, _to eat_: sarcophagus (_sarx_, flesh).
=phainō= (phan-, phēn-, phas-), _I show_: phan-tom, phan-tasm,
phant-asy = fancy (Fr.), phen-omenon, phase.
=pherō=, _I bear_; =phora=, _a carrying_: peri-pher-y, meta-phor,
phos-phorus (_phōs_), sema-phore, (_sēma_, sign).
=phēmi=, _I say_: eu-phem-ism, blas-pheme (_blapsis_, injury),
pro-phet.
=philos=, _dear_, _friend_: phil-tre, philo-sophy.
=phōnē=, _a sound_: phonic, phonetic, phono-graph, eu-phony,
caco-phony, sym-phony.
=phōs= (phōt-), _light_: phos-phor, photo-graph, photometer.
=phrasis=, _speech_: phrase, peri-phrasis, para-phrase, phraseology.
=phrēn=, _the midriff_, _mind_: frenzy and frantic (Fr.), phrenology.
=phusis=, _nature_; =phuton=, _a plant_: physi-cal, physics,
physi-o-logy, meta-physics, neo-phyte.
=Rheō=, _flow_; =rheuma=, _a flow_; =rhuthmos=, _regular motion_:
cata-rrh, rheumatic, rhythm.
=rhētor=, _orator_: rhetoric, rhetorician.
=Sarx= (sark-), _flesh_: sarcasm.
=sitos=, _food_: para-site.
=skopeo=, =skept-omai=, _look at_, _consider_; =skop-os=, _watcher_,
_mark_, _aim_: scep-tical, scope, hor-o-scope (_hōrā_, season),
epi-scop-al, bishop [_epi-scop-os_].
=sophos=, _wise_: sophist, philosophy.
=stă-=, _stand_; =sta-sis=, _a placing_; =statos=, _placed_:
ec-sta-sy, sy-ste-m (_sun_, together), static, hydro-statics,
apo-state.
=stellō= (stol-), _I send_: apo-stle (= _apostolos_; _apo_, away),
epi-stle.
=stichos=, _a line_: di-stich, hemi-stich.
=stratos=, _army_: stratagem, strategy.
=strophē=, _a turning_: strophic, anti-strophe, apo-strophe,
catastrophe.
=sphaira=, _a ball_: sphere, atmo-sphere.
=schizō=, _split_: schism, schist.
=schole=, _leisure_, _school_: scholastic.
=Tax-is=, _arrangement_; =tak-tos=, _ordered_: syn-tax, taxi-dermist.
=taphos=, _a tomb_: epi-taph (_epi_, upon).
=temno=, _I cut_; =tomē-=, =tom-os=, _a cutting_: ana-tomy, tome
(Fr.), a-tom.
=technē=, _art_: tech-nic, technology.
=tele=, _afar_: tele-phone.
=theos=, _God_: theism, theo-cracy.
=thermos=, _hot_: thermal, isothermal, thermo-meter, thermo-dynamics.
=the-=, _place_; =thesis=, _a placing_; =thema=, _proposition_;
=thē-kē=, _case_, _chest_: thesis, theme, hypo-thesis, epi-thet,
ana-thema.
=topos=, _a place_: topic, topography, u-topia, (u = _ou_,
not--_i.e._, land of No-place).
=toxicon=, _poison_: toxin, anti-toxin, intoxicate.
=Zēlos=, _emulation_: through Fr., zeal.
=zōon=, _animal_: zo-diac (_zōdion_, dimin.), zo-ology.