Classics 22: Etymology

LESSON 10
Verbs, Part deux
acou-
 hear
calyp-
 cover
cathar-
 clean
cau-
 burn
cha(s), chaen-
 gape
cla-
 break
cop-
 cut
cosme-
 arrange
cra-
 mix
cryph-, crypt-
 hide
de-
 bind
doc-
 seem, think
glyp(h)-
 carve
(h)ap-
 touch
herp-
 creep
idio-
 make private
mach-
 fight
mime-
 imitate
mis-
 hate
narc(o)-
 make numb
neme-
 distribute
ont-
 being
pha-, phen-, phan-
 show
phantas-
 make appear
phone-
 speak
phrag-
 fence in
phrone-
 think
phylac-
 guard
pleg-, plec-
 strike
pne-
 breathe
pol-
 sell
prac-, prag-
 do, act
pye-
 suppurate
(r)rhag-, (r)rheg-
 burst
(r)rhaph-, (r)rhaps-
 sew, suture
(r)rhe-, (r)rheu-
 flow
sphing-
 squeeze, contract
sphyg-
 throb
tac-
 put in place, arrange
ten-, ton-
 stretch
theore-
 look down at
troch-
 run
typ-
 stamp


Reconstructing the Xi!
Three Troublesome Verbs
 troublesome because they are so short, which makes them hard to detect
Stem in English
 Greek meaning
 example derivative
-i-
 "to go"
 anion, ion
-e-
-he-
 "to send"
 paresis, catheter
-sta-
-ste-
 "to stand," "to set upright"
 systemic, static

  1. Fill in the right-hand columns above as you work on these exercises.
  2. Which of the verbs above have variants at the end of their stems such that their stems change to -g-or -c- or -ch-, which can change to x or c as in -x-is or -ct-ic)
  3. Analyze the following:
    caustic clastic cosmic
    cryptic doxic glyphic
    haptic  herpetic mimetic
    mimic ontic phonics
    phragmoid phrenic phylactic
    plegia praxis rhexis
    rhaphe rheism sphigmic
    tonic theoric trochal
    typical

  4. Analyze the following:
    acousma katharometer holocaust
    kaumographer causalgia chasmophyte
    cosmopolitan cosmogony pancosmism
    eucrasia krypton trichodesmium
    desmolysis glyptolith coelanaglyphic
    xyloglyphy naumachia sciamachy
    parasympathomimetic misoneism misanthrope
    ontology biont phantasmagoria
    francophone phrenemphraxis cataphract
    phrontistery schizophrenia phylacobiosis
    anaphylaxis eupnea dipnoous
    rhagadiform tarsorrhaphy rheoplankton
    syntagm taxonomy monotonous
    neoteny hypotenuse protasis

  5. Why is the old world turkey vulture called cathartes?
  6. Analyze the following:
    histology metastasis apostasy
    synesis enema histamine
    iontophoresis epistemic diesis

  7.  Analyze the following, which have roots found in this lesson but hidden from view.
    grotto
    		 caddis (cloth)
    		 hypocaust
    meme fonduk
    		 chaos
    caliber
    		 idiosyncrasy
    		 diadem
    catarrh
    		 truck
    		 chimarrogale
    type
    		 calm
    		 comma
    frenzy
    		 crater
    		 katharevusa/katharevousa
    taurokathapsia anthem
    		 quemadero
    pant
    		 economy fancy
    ink

  8.  Identify and analyze these:
    plagioclase
    		 orthoclase
    		 iconoclast
    cladistics
    		 anorthoclase
    		 clinoclase
    diaclase
    		 euclase
    		 leptoclase
    lithoclase
    		 loxoclase
    		 oligoclase
    periclase
    		 rhomboclase
    		 cataclasmic
    claosaurus
    		 clasmatocyte
    		 clast
    biblioclast
    		 synclastic
    		 anticlastic
  9.  Think of any examples of apocope in your own speech or Modern English. Can you think of an English example of crasis?
  10.  Distinguish between the following in meaning and etymology.
    1. idiosyncratic and syncretic
    2. idiogram and ideogram
    3. idiolect and idioglossia
    4. phenomenon and epiphenomenon.
  11. Give English words whose etymological meaning is:
    pain in the butt
    going down
    a mixing of gods
    rule by/government of gods
    secret writer
    against thought
    pertaining to doing with hands
    bursting of the nose
    arrange together
    a deep stretch