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Singular ending: -on
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Plural ending: -a
ex. Criterion --> Criteria |
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Singular ending: -is
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Plural ending: -es
ex. Analysis --> Analyses |
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Singular ending: -ma
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Plural ending: -mata
ex. Carcinoma --> Carinomata |
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Singular ending: -um
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Plural ending: -a
ex. Gymnasium --> Gymnasia |
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Singular ending: -us
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Plural ending: -i
ex. Calculus --> Calculi |
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Singular ending: -a
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Plural ending; -ae
ex. Larve --> Larvae |
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Singular ending: -ex, -ix
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Plural ending: -ices
ex. Vertex --> Vertices |
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Singular ending: -yx, -x
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Plural ending: -yces, -ces
ex. Calyx --> Calyces |
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Singular ending: -us, -ies
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Plural ending: -era/-ora, -ies
ex. Species --> Species Corpus --> Corpora Genus --> Genera Opus --> opera |
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Roman letters: ae
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ai, ae, e
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Roman letters: au
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au
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Roman letters: ei
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ei, i, e
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Roman letters: eu
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eu
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Roman letters: oe
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oi, oe, e, i
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Roman letters: ou
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ou, u
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Greek: ai
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Latinized: ae, e
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Greek: ei
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Latinized: i, e
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Greek: k
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Latinized: c
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Greek: kh
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Latinized: ch
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Greek: ou
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Latinized: u
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Greek: u
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Latinized: y
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Greek: -os
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Latinized: -us, -os
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Greek: -on
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Latinized: -um, o
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Greek: -oi
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Latinized: -i
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Cardinal #: hen
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One, hen-
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Cardinal #: duo
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Two, dy-
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Cardinal #: treis
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Three; tri-
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Cardinal #: tettares
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Four, tetra-
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Cardinal #: pente
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Five; pent-
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Cardinal #: hex
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Six; hex-
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Cardinal #: hepta
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Seven; hept-
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Cardinal #: okto, octo
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Eight; oct-
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Cardinal #: ennea
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Nine; ennea-
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Cardinal #: deka, deca
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Ten; dec-
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Cardinal #: hekaton, hecaton
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Hundred; hect-
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Cardinal #: chilioi, khilioi
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Thousand; kil-
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Cardinal #: unus, una, unum
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One; un-
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Cardinal #: duo, duae, duo
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Two; du-
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Cardinal #: tres, tria
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Three; tri-
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Cardinal #: quattuor
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Four; quat-
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Cardinal #: quinque
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Five; quin-
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Cardinal #: sex
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Six; sex-
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Cardinal #: septem
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Seven; sept-
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Cardinal #: otcto
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Eight; oct-
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Cardinal #: novem
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Nine; novem-
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Cardinal #: decem
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Ten; Dece-
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Cardinal #: centum
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One hundred; cent-
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Cardinal #: mille
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One thousand; mill-
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metry-
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art or process of the science of measuring
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-nomy
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law of, arrangement of, science of
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-pathy
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feeling
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-scopy, -scope
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observation or examination of or by; instrument for observing or examining
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acr-
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high, topmost
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all-
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other
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aut-
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Self, one's own
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heter-
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other
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hier-
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holy
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hol-
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Whole
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hom-
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same
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home-
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same, similar
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idi-
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own, personal
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mega-, megal
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great, large, powerful; one million
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mes-
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middle
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olig-
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few
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orth-
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straight, correct
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pan-, pant-
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all
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scler-
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hard
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eu-
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well, favorable
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agog-
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lead
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acou-
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hear
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ball-, bol-
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throw
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cri-
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judge
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do-
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give
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gen-
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become, be born
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gno-
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know
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graph-, gram-
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write
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id-
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see
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log-, lect-
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say
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ora-
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see
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opt-
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see
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path-
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suffer
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phen-, phan-, pha-
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show
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pher-, phor-
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carry
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prag-, prac-
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do
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rheu-, rh-
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flow
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skept-
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look at
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skop-
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look at
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sta-
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set up, cause to stand, stand
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tom-
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cut
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the-
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place
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trop-
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turn
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treph- (troph-)
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nourish
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amphi-
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both, on both sides, around
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ana-
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up, back, again
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anti-, ant-
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instead of, against, in opposition to, opposite
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apo-
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from, out of, away, away from, off, utterly, completely
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cata-, cat-
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down, against, completely, wrongly
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dia-, di-
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through, across, over, apart
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dys-
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bad
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ex-, ex-
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out, from, off
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en-, em-
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in
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epi-, ep-
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on, upon, above, over, at, near, in addition
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exo-, ecto-
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outside
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meta-, met-
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behind, beyond
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para-, par-
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beside, beyond, near, incorrectly
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peri-
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around, about
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pro-
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earlier, in front of, instead of
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syn-, sym, syl-, sy-
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together, with
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Suffix: -ac
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noun
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Suffix: -ic
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noun
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Suffix: -ite
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noun
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Suffix: -oid
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noun
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Suffix: -ot
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noun
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gener-
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race, kind
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grad-
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step
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jur-
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right, law
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patr-
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father
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sen-
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old man
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serv-
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slave
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tempor-
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time
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verb-
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word
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vir-
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man
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ag-, act-, ig-
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do, act, drive
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capt-, cept-, -ceive
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take
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-ced, -ceed, cess-
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go
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-cid, cis-
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cut, kill
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dat-, dit-
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give
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fac-, fact-, fect-
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make, do
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leg-, lect-
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read
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-mit, mitt-, miss-
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Send
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pon-, pos-, posi-
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place, put
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ven-, vent-
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come
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ab-, a-, abs-
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away, from
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ad-, a-, ac-, af-
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to, toward
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ambi-
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both, on both sides
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ante-
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before
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contra-
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against
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de-
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down, away from
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dis-, di-, dif-
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apart, not
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ex-, e-, ef-
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out of, from, away from
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extra-
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outside, beyond
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in-, il-, im-, ir-
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in, into, on
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infra-
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below
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inter-
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between, among
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intra-
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inside, within
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non-
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not
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ob-, oc-, of-, op-
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toward, against, across
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per-
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through, by, completely, to the bad
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re-, red-
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back, again
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se-, sed-
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apart, without, aside
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semi-
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half
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sub-, suc-, suf-, sug-, sup-, sus-
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under, beneath, secret
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trans-, tra-, tran-
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across, over
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Zeus (Jupiter)
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King of the Gods; god of lightening and thunder
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Hera (Juno)
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Wife of king of the gods, goddess of marriage and the home
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Poseidon (Neptune)
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God of the sea and of earthquake
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Aphrodite (Venus)
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Goddess of love and sexuality
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Eros (Cupid)
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Son of Aphrodite, child-god responsible for making people fall in love
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Ares (Mars)
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God of war, strife, and dissension
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Athena/Athene (Minerva)
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Goddess of wisdom, skill, especially skill at warfare, handwork, and artistry
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Hephaestus/Hephaistos (Vulcan)
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God of metalwork: smith-god
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Artemis (Diana)
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Goddess of hunting and chastity; sister of apollo
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Apollo
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God of music, prophecy, intellect, and archery; brother of Artemis
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Muses
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Nine minor goddesses associated with Apollo in bringing inspiration to poets
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Hermes (Mercury)
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Messenger god, god of travelers, and of thieves; god of merchants and traders; noted for quick-wittedness and eloquence
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Iris
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Messenger of the gods; also the rainbow
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Demeter (eres)
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Goddess of agriculture, especially grain crops
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Dionysus/Dionysos (Bacchus)
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God of wine; also represents the power of nature
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Hades (Pluto)
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God of the underworld, Hades is also the place inhabited by the dead
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-osis
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diseased condition of, act of, process of
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cirrh-
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yellow, tawny
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enter-
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intestine
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myc-, mycet-
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fungus, mould
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ot-
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ear
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phleb-
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vein
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sthen-
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strength
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tachy-, tach-
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swift; speed
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xanth-
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yellow
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Herodotus
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Focused on the Persian Wars when Persian kings tired to invade and conquer Greece and Greeks finally band together to fight.
First famous Greek historian. |
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Thucydides
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Greeks turn on each other, Athens and Sparta (Peloponnesian War)
Does not describe gods or omens, omits mythology. Interested in the psychological reasons for why things happen. Skeptical (Father of political realism), points out unreliable sources in his work. His work stops mid-sentence, 8 books in. |
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Xenophon
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General and a writer. His works include political and military studies, works about life and the teachings of Socrates and a history of Greece. Piicks up where Thucydides "History" breaks off and covers the end of the Peloponnesian War and aftermath
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Polybius
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Wealthy Greek aristocrat and politician.
Banished from Greece and lived in Rome as a slave, worked as a tutor. Wrote an "apology", his statement in Greek for Greeks about history of Rome and why they deserved to conquer Greeks. |
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Flavius Josephus
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Jew who was educated in the Rabbinical tradition and sent to Rome as an ambassador. Captured by the Romans.
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Caesar
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Very successful general and Roman politician. Wrote of himself in third person to glorify his achievements and justify his actions to make him acceptable to the Roman people.
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Sallust
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Roman senator and supporter of Caesar. Wrote about moral and ethical decline of Rome.
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Livy
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First full time historian, not involved in military or political life. 142 books.
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Tacitus
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Senator and lawyer; books on civil war
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