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Domus, a house; domestic, domicile. Dormio, I sleep; dormitory, dormant, dormouse.

Duco (ductum), 1 lead; induct, education, duke (F.), produce.

Duo, two; dual, duel, duplex, double (F.) Emo (emptum), I buy; exemption, re

deem.

Gravis, heavy; grave, gravity, grief (F.), aggrieve (F.)

Habeo (habitum), I have; habit, able, exhibit, prohibition.

Hæreo (hæsum), I stick; adhere, adherent, cohesion.

Homo, a man; homicide, homage (F.), human, humane.

Eo (itum), I go; exit, transit, circuit (F.), Ignis, fire; ignite, igneous.

ambition, perish (F.)

Erro, I wander; err, error, aberration. Facies, a face; facial, facet (F.), super. ficial.

Facio (factum), I make; inanufacture, factor, faction, fashion (F.), feature (F.), fact, feat (F.)

Fero (latum), I carry; infer, suffer, reference, difference; relative, correlative. Fido, I trust; confide, diffident, infidel. Filum, a thread; file, defile, profile, fillet (F.)

Finis, the end; finish, finite, infinite, infinitive.

Firmus, firm; infirm, affirm, confirm. Flecto (flexum), I bend; inflect, inflection, flexible.

Flos (floris), a flower; floral, flora, floriculture.

Fluo (fluxum), I flow; fluent, fluid, flux, affluent.

Impero, I command; imperative, imperial, empire, emperor (F.)

Initium, a beginning; initiate, initial. Insula, an island; isle, insular, peninsula. Jacio (jectum), I throw; adjective, project, injection, object, subject.

Judex (judicis), a judge; judgment (F.), judicial.

Jungo (junctum), I join; junction, juncture, conjoin (F.), adjunct.

Jus (juris), right; justice (F.), jury, injury.

Labor (lapsus), I glide; lapse, relapse, collapse.

Lapis (lapidis), a stone; lapidary, dilapidated.

Laus (laudis), praise; laud, laudable, laudation, allow (F.)

Lego (lectum), I gather, read; collect, elector, select; lecture (F.), legend, legible.

Folium, a leaf; foliage, foil (F.), portfolio, Lego (legatum), I send; legate, delegate, trefoil (F.)

legacy.

Forma, a form; form, formal, reform, Levis, light; levity, alleviate, relief (F.), conformity. lever, leaven.

Fortis, strong; fortify, fortitude, fortress, Lex (legis), a law; legal, legislate, legitiforce (F.)

mate.

Frango (fractus), I break; fragile (F.), | Liber, free; liberal, liberty, libertine. fragmentary, infraction, infringe. Liber, a book; library, librarian.

Frater, a brother; fraternal, fratricide, friar (F.)

Ligo, I bind; ligament, religion, oblige (F.), liable (F.)

Frons (frontis), the forehead; front, frontal, Linquo (lictum), I leave; relinquish, relict,

frontier, frontispiece.

Fugio, I flee; fugitive, refugee, subterfuge. Fundo (fusum), I pour; fount (F.), foundry, funnel, fusible, diffusion. Fundus, the bottom; foundation, profound (F.), founder.

Gens (gentis), a race, people; gentile,

genteel (F.), gentle, congenial. Gero (gestum), I bear, carry; gesture, suggestion, indigestion.

Gradus, a step; gradior (gressus), I go; grade, degrade, graduate; progress (F.), gradient.

Gratia, favour, pl. thanks; gratitude, ingratiate, gratis.

relics.

Litera, a letter; literal, literary, literature.

Locus, a place; local, allocate, dislocate, locomotive.

Loquor (locutus), I speak; loquacious, elocution, colloquy.

Ludo (lusum), I play; elude, illusion, interlude, ludicrous.

Lumen, light; illuminate, luminous, luminary.

Luna, the moon; lunar, sublunary, lun

acy.

Luo (lutum), I wash; ablution, dilute, antediluvian.

Lux (lucis), light; lucid, elucidate, pel- | Noceo, I injure; noxious, innocuous, inlucid. nocent.

Magnus, great; magnitude, magnify, mag- Nomen, a name; nominal, cognomen, nonificent, magnanimous.

mination.

Malus, bad; malady, malice (F.), malaria, Novus, new; novel, renovate, novelty, malevolent.

Maneo (mansum), I remain; manse, mansion, permanent.

innovation.

Nox (noctis), night; nocturnal, equinoctial, equinox.

Manus, the hand; manuscript, manual, Nudus, naked; nude, denude, denudation. manufacture, amanuensis.

Mare, the sea; marine, mariner, maritime. Mater, a mother; maternal, matricide, matron, matriculate.

Maturus, ripe; mature, immature, premature.

Medius, the middle; medium, mediate, immediate, Mediterranean.

Memini, I remember; memor, mindful; memory, memoir (F.), commemorate, immemorial.

Mens (mentis), the mind; mental, demented.

Mergo (mersum), I dip; emerge, immersion, emergency.

Merx (mercis), goods; merchandise (F.), commerce (F.), merchant (F.)

Miles (milites), a soldier; military, militant, militia.

Miror, I admire; admirable, miracle, mirage (F.)

Mitto (missum), I send; commit, missile, mission, remittance.

Modus, a measure; mood, modify, accommodate.

Numerus, a number; numeration, innumerable, enumerate.

Octo, eight; octave, octagon, October. Omnis, all; omnibus, omnipotent, omniscient.

Opus (operis), work; operation, co-operate, opera.

Ordo (ordinis), order; ordinal, ordinary, ordinance.

Oro, I pray; oration, orator, peroration. Pando (pansum or passum), I spread; expand, expanse, compass, pace.

Pareo, I appear; appearance, apparent, apparition.

Paro (paratum), I prepare; repair (F.), apparatus, comparison (F.)

Pars (partis), a part; particle, partition, partner, parcel (F.)

Pasco (pastum), I feed; pastor, repast, pasture.

Pater, a father; paternal, parricide (F.), patrimony.

Patior (passus), I suffer; impatient, pas. sive, passion.

Pax (pacis), peace; pacify, pacific.

Moneo (monitum), I advise; monition, Pello (pulsum), I drive; repel, expel, exmonitor, monument.

Mons (montis), a mountain; amount (F.), dismount (F.), promontory, ultramontane.

Mors (mortis), death; mortify, mortal, immortality.

Moveo (motum), I move; mobile (F.), promote, motor, motive.

Multus, many; multitude, multiple, multiply.

Munus (muneris), a gift; munificent, re

munerate, municipal.

Muto, I change; mutable, transmute. Nascor (natus), to be born; nascent, natal, nativity, nature.

pulsion, impulsive.

Pendeo (pensum), I hang; pendant, depend, suspend, suspense, appendix. Pes (pedis), the foot; pedal, impede, pedestrian, biped.

Peto (petitum), I seek; petition, petulant, compete, appetite.

Planus, level; plan (F.), plane, plain, explain.

Plaudo (plausum), I clap the hands; ap

plaud, plausible (F.), explode.

Pleo (pletum), I fill; complete, completion, supplement.

Plico (plicatum), I fold; complicated, pliable (F.), reply (F.), display (F.), simple.

Navis, a ship; navy, naval, navigate, Poena, punishment; penal, repent, pen

nave.

Necto (nexum), I tie; connect, connec tion, annex.

Nego (negatum), I deny; negative, negation, renegade (Sp.)

alty, penitent, penance.

Pono (positum), I place; deponent, posi

tion, imposition, post.

Pons (pontis), a bridge; pontiff, transpon

tine.

Porto, I carry; export, deportment, report, portmanteau (F.)

Servio, I serve; service (F.), servant, sergeant (F.)

Possum, I am able; potens, able; pos- Signum, a sign; signify, significant, des

sible, potency (F.), impotent. Prehendo (prehensum), (Fr. prendre, pris), I take; prehensile, comprehend, apprise, comprise, apprentice (F.) Primus, first; primary, primitive, prim

rose.

Probo, I try, prove; probe, probable, improve (F.), approve (F.)

ignation, ensign (F.)

Similis, like; similar, similitude, resemble (F.)

Socius, a companion; social, society, as sociation.

Solus, alone; solitude, sole, solo (It.) Solvo (solutum), I loose; dissolve, resolve, absolute, resolution.

Proprius, one's own; proper, property, Specio (spectum), I see; aspect, spectator, appropriation.

Pungo (punctum), I prick; pungent, expunge, punctual, poignant (F.) Puto (putatum), I cut, think; compute, count (F), amputate, reputation. Quatuor, four; quadra, a square; quart, quarter, quarry (F.), quadrant.

Radix, a root; radical, eradicate, radish (F.)

Rapio (raptum), I seize; rapture, rapine, surreptitious.

Rego (rectum), I rule; rex (regis), a king; regal, regulate, regent, rector, interregnum, royal (F.), realm (N.-Fr. réal). Rideo (risum), I laugh; ridicule (F.), deride, ridiculous (F.), risible.

specimen, spectre.

Spero, I hope; despair (F.), desperate. Spiro, I breathe; inspire, aspire, conspiracy.

Statuo, I set up; sto (statum), I stand; statue, statute, stature, institute. Stringo (strictum), I bind; stringent, constrain (F.), district.

Struo (structum), I build; structure, construct, obstruct, construc.

Sumo (sumptum), I take; assume, consume, assumption.

Tango (tactum), I touch; tangible, tangent, contact, contagious.

Tego (tectum), I cover; integument, detect, tile (F.); from Lat. tegula.

Rogo (rogatum), I ask; rogation, interro- Tempus (temporis), time; temporal, congation, derogatory.

Rota, a wheel; rotary, rotation, rotund -contracted into round (F.)

Rumpo (ruptum), I break; rupture, eruption, disruption.

Sacer, sacred; sacrament, sacrilege (F.), sacerdotal, sexton (contracted from sacristan).

Salio (saltum), I leap; sally (F.), assail (F.), salient, salmon.

Sanctus, holy; sanctuary, sanctify, saint (F.)

Scando (scansum), I climb; scala, a ladder; scan, scale, descent, ascension. Scio, I know; science, scientific, conscience, omniscient.

Scribo (scriptum), I write; scribe, scrib

ble, scripture, inscription, postscript. Seco (sectum), I cut; bisect, dissect, insect, section.

Sedeo (sessum), I set, sit; sediment, subside, see (F.), residence (F.), insidious. Sentio, I feel; sense, sentiment, sensual, scent (F.)

Septem, seven; septennial, September. Sequor (secutus), I follow; sequence (F.), sequel, consequent, prosecute.

temporary, extemporé.

Tendo (tensum), I stretch; contend, ex

tend, attend, tense (F.), tendon.

Teneo (tentum), I hold; tenant, tenet, tendril, detain (F.), retentive.

Terminus, an end, boundary; terminate, term, interminable.

Terra, the earth; subterranean, terrestrial, Mediterranean.

Terreo, I frighten; terror, terrify, deter. Texo (textum), I weave; textile, text, texture, context.

Timeo, I fear; timid, timorous. Torqueo (tortum), I twist; torture, torment, contortion, retort.

Traho (tractum), I draw; traction, subtract, contraction, tract.

Tres (tria), three; trefoil, trident, trinity. Tribuo, I give; tribute, tributary, contribution.

Tumeo, I swell; tumulus, a swelling or mound; tumult, tumour, tomb (F.) Unus, one; union, unit, unite, uniform, unique (F.)

Urbs, a city; suburb, urbanity, urbane. Valeo, I am strong; valour, valiant (F.), prevail (F.)

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Vitium, a fault; vice (F.), vitiate, vicious (F.)

Vivo (victum), I live; vivid, revive, viands (F.), survive.

Voco (vocatum), I call; vocal, vowel (F.), vocation, revoke, vociferate.

Volo, I wish; volition, voluntary, benevolence.

Volvo (volutum), I roll; revolve, involve, evolution, volume.

Voveo (votum), I vow; vote, devote, vow (F.)

Vulgus, the common people; vulgar, divulge, vulgate.

GREEK ROOTS.

Agon, a contest; agony, antagonist.
Allos, another; allopathy, allegory.
Angelos, a messenger; angel, evangelist.
Anthropos, a man; misanthrope, philan-
thropy.

Eikon, an image; iconoclast.

Electron, amber; electricity, electrotype. Ergon, a work; surgeon (=chirurgeon), energy, metallurgy.

Eu, well; eucharist, euphony, evangelist.

Archo, I begin, rule; monarch, archaic, Gamos, marriage; bigamy, monogamist,

archbishop, archdeacon.

Arithmos, number; arithmetic.

Aster or astron, a star; astronomy, astro

logy, asteroid, disaster.

Atmos, vapour; atmosphere

Autos, self; autocrat, autograph.

Ballo, I throw; symbol, parable.

Bapto, I dip; baptise, baptist.

Baros, weight; barometer, baritone.

Biblos, a book; Bible, bibliomania.

Bios, life; biography, biology, amphibious.

misogamy.

Ge, the earth; geography, geometry, geo

logy.

Gennao, I produce; genesis, genealogy,

hydrogen, oxygen.

Grapho, I write; gramma, a letter; gra-
phic, grammar, telegraph, biography,
diagram.

Haima, blood; hæmorrhage, hæmorrhoid.
Haireo, I take away; heresy, heretic.
Hecaton, a hundred; hecatomb, hecto-
metre.

Cheir, the hand; surgeon [older form, Helios, the sun; heliograph, heliotype.

chirurgeon].

Chole, bile; melancholy, choler.

Chrio, I anoint; Christ, chrism.

Chronos, time; chronology, chronic, chronicle, chronometer.

Hemi, half; hemisphere.

Hïeros, sacred; hierarchy, hieroglyphic. Hippos, a horse; hippopotamus, hippodrome.

Hodos, a way; method, period, exodus.

Daktulos, a finger; dactyl, pterodactyl, Homos, the same; homoeopathy, homo

date (the fruit).

Deka, ten; decagon, decalogue, decade.
Dēmos, the people; democrat, endemic,
epidemic.

Dokeo, I think; doxa and dogma, an
opinion; doxology, orthodox, hetero-
dox, dogma, dogmatic.
Drao, I do; drama, dramatic.
Dunamis, power; dynamics, dynamite.
Eidos, form; kaleidoscope, spheroid.

geneous.

Hudor, water; hydraulic, hydrophobia, hydrogen.

Ichthus, a fish; ichthyology.

Idios, one's own; idiom, idiot, idiosyncrasy.

Isos, equal; isochronous, isobaric (of equal
weight), isosceles.

Kalos, beautiful; caligraphy, kaleidoscope.
Kephale, the head; hydrocephalus.

Klino, I bend; clinical, climax, climate. Kosmos, order; cosmogony, cosmography, cosmetic.

Krino, I judge; critic, criterion, hypocrite.

Kuklos, a circle; cycle, cycloid, cyclone. Kuon (kun-os), a dog; cynic, cynicism. Lego, I say, choose; eclectic, lexicon. Lithos, a stone lithograph, aerolite. Logos, a word, speech; logic, dialogue, geology.

Luo, I loosen; dialysis, analysis, paralysis. Mētēr, a mother; metropolis, metropolitan.

Metron, a measure; metre, metronome,

diameter, thermometer, barometer. Monos, alone; monastery, monogram, monosyllable, monopoly, monarch. Morphe, shape; amorphous, dimorphous, metamorphic.

Naus, a ship; nautical, nausea.

Nekros, a dead body; necropolis, necromancy.

Phileo, I love; philosophy, Philadelphia, philharmonic.

Phōnē, a sound; phonic, phonetic, euphony, symphony.

Phōs (phōt-os), light; photometer, photograph.

Phusis, nature; physics, physiology, physician.

Poieo, I make; poet, poetic, pharmacopoeia. Polis, a city; Constantinople, metropolis. Polus, many; polytheist, Polynesia, polyanthus, polygamy.

Pous (põd-os), a foot; antipodes, tripod. Protos, first prototype, protoplasm. Pur, fire; pyrotechnic, pyre.

Rheo, I flow; rhetoric, catarrh, rheumatic.

Skopeo, I see microscope, telescope, spectroscope, bishop [from episkopos, an overseer].

Sophia, wisdom; sophist, philosophy.
Stello, I send; apostle, epistle.

Stratos, an army; strategy, strategic.

Nomos, a law; autonomous, astronomy, Strěpho, I turn; catastrophe, apostrophe.

Deuteronomy.

Oikos, a house; economy, economical. Onoma, a name; anonymous, synony. mous, patronymic.

Optomai, I see; optics, synoptical.
Orthos, right; orthodoxy, orthography.
Pais (paid-os), a boy; pedagogue [lit. a
boy-leader].

Pan, all pantheist, panoply, pantomime.
Pathos, feeling; pathetic, sympathy.
Pente, five, pentagon, pentateuch, Pente-
cost.

Petra, a rock; petrify, petrel, Peter. Phainomai, I appear; phenomenon, phantasy, phantom, fantastic, fancy. Phero, I bear; periphery, phosphorus [= the light-bearer].

Techne, an art; technical.

Tělë, distant; telegraph, telescope, telephone, telegram.

Temno, I cut; anatomy, lithotomy.
Tetra, four; tetrachord, tetrarch.
Theãomai, I see; theatre, theory.
Theos, a god: theist, enthusiast, theology.
Therme, heat; thermal, thermometer,
isotherm.

Tithēmi, I place; thēsis, a placing; synthesis, hypothesis.

Treis, three; triangle, trigonometry, tripod, trinity, trichord.

Trěpo, I turn; trophy, tropic, heliotrope. Tupos, the impress of a seal; type, stereotype.

Zōon, an animal; zoology, zodiac.

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