Title: Latin and Greek Elements in English
1Latin and Greek Elements in English
- Review of Latin Forms
- 1. God seposed a seventh of our time for his
exterior worship. - se- aside, away
- POSE- place, put
- 2. He never varied his ideas, seldom his
expressions . . . he went on stubbornly
verbigerating in the face of history. (Sheean) - VERBi- word
- GER- carry (on), produce
- -ate v.s.
verb
to set aside, to reserve
verb
to repeat a word or sentence endlessly or
meaninglessly
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- Review of Latin Forms
- 3. Most frequently this moss is subnascent and
found on decaying trees. - sub- under
- NASC- be born
- -ent -ing
- 4. Redient birds in spring also add to the
glorious array of colors on these wetlands. - re(d)- back, again
- I- go
- -ent -ing
adj.
growing underneath
adj.
returning
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- 5. In one type of exorcism, the priest forces the
demon out of its victims lungs through
exsufflation. - ex- out, from
- sub- under
- FLAT- blow
- -ion act of
- 6. Etymologists often find a substantial
difference between the primary and tralatitious
meanings of a word. - tra(ns)- across
- LAT- bear, carry
- -itious t.t.
noun
the action of breathing upon the forcible
removal of a demon by pushing it out with breath
adj.
having a significance derived from something
outside (brought across) metaphorical
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- Review of Latin Forms
- 7. Perpend, my princess, and give ear!
(Shakespeare) - per- through, completely
- PEND- hang, weigh
- 8. Children from the youngest age should be
encouraged to be omnilegent. Even the back of a
cereal box can be instructive. - OMNi- all
- LEG- choose, read
- -ent -ing
verb
to reflect, to consider
adj.
reading everything, eager to read
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- 9. After a roughly sexennial period, the war was
brought to its end with the bombing of Himoshima
and Nagasaki. - SEX- six
- ENNI- year
- -al p.t.
- 10. Fricatives like f and v are sometimes termed
obstruents. - ob- against
- STRU- build
- -ent -ing
- substantive
adj.
lasting six years
speech sound created by the partial or complete
closing (obstruction) of the breathing passage
which through friction produces a grating sound
thus they are also called fricatives