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Labein; Labe; Lepsis |
To take, grasp, seize; handle; seizure |
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Labryinthos |
Maze or inner ear |
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Lalein |
To talk, chat, speak |
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Lampein; Lampros |
To shine, flash; clear, bright |
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Larynx, Laryngos |
Voice organ (upper part of trachea) |
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Leichen, Leichenos |
Tree-moss, eruptive skin disease |
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Leios |
Smooth |
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Leipein (lip) |
To leave, abandon, fail, neglect |
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Lemma |
Something peeled off, husk |
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Leon, Leontos |
Lion |
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Lepis, Lepidos |
Scale, rind, flake |
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Lepros; Lepra, Leprosis |
Scaly; leprosy |
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Leptynein; Lepein; Leptos |
To thin; peel; peeled, thin, delicate |
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Lethe; Lethargos |
Oblivion, forgetfulness; drowsiness |
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Leukos |
White |
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Lexis (Legein) |
Speech, word, phrase |
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Limos |
Hunger, famine |
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Lipos, Liparos |
Fat, oily fat |
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Lithos |
Stone |
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Lobos |
Pod, Lobe |
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Logos |
Word, speech, reason or science of (logy) |
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Lyein; Paralysis |
To loosen, break; loss of motion or sensory functions |
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Lympha |
Body containing white cells |
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Makros |
Long, large |
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Malakos; Malaxis |
Soft; softening |
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Mania |
Madness, frenzy, enthusiasm |
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Manos |
Thin, rare, tension, pressure, density |
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Magnesia |
City in Asia Minor - Source of magnetite (lodestone) and magnesium compounds |
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Massein; Masesis; Masseter |
To knead, massage; chewing; chewer |
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Mastos, Mazos; Mastoeides |
Breast; Like a breast |
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Megas, Megalou |
Large |
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Meion |
Smaller |
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Melas, Melanos |
Black, dark |
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Meli, Melitos; Melissa |
Honey; bee |
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Men, Menos; Meniskos |
Month; semi-lunar/crescent |
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Meninx, Meningos |
Membrane enveloping the spine & brain |
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Meros, Mereos; Merismos; Meristes |
Part, segment; partition; divider |
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Mesos |
Middle, intermediate |
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Metra |
Womb, uterus |
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Metron |
Measure |
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Mikros |
Small |
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Mimesis, Mimia |
Imitation |
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Misos |
Hate |
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Mitos |
Thread |
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Mnaesthai; Mneme; Mnemonikos |
To remember; memory; for remembering |
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Monos |
Alone, single |
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Moros |
Dull, sluggish, stupid |
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Morphe |
Form, shape, figure |
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Myein |
To close, shut |
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Myelos |
Spinal cord |
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Mykes, Myketos |
Mushroom, fungus, mold |
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Mys, Myos |
Mouse, muscle |
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Nanos (Nannos) |
Dwarf |
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Narcissus |
Self-love |
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Narke |
Numbness, stupor |
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Naus; Nautes; Nausia |
Ship; Sailor; seasickness |
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Nekros |
Dead body |
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Nema, Nematos |
Thread |
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Neos |
New, young |
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Nephros |
Kidney |
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Neuron |
Sinew, tendon, nerve |
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Nomos |
Law, order |
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Noos (nous); Noema, Noematos |
Mind; thought |
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Nosos |
Sickness, disease |
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Nymphe |
Bride, female, chrsyalis of moths |
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Nyx, Nyktos |
Night |
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Odous, odontos |
Tooth |
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Odyne |
Pain |
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Oidema/tos; oideein |
To swell |
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Oikos |
House, dwelling |
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Oistros |
Gadfly; sexual desire, breeding period |
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Oisophagos |
Esophagus, the gullet |
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Oligos |
Few, small, scanty |
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Omma/tos |
Eye |
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Omphalos |
Navel |
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Onkos |
Bulk, Mass, tumour |
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Onoma/tos, onyma/tos |
Name |
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Onyx, onychos |
Nail of finger/toe; claw; hoof |
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Oon; oophoron |
Egg, ovum; ovary |
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Op-; opsis; ops, opos; prosopon; metopon; opthalamos |
To see; look/appearance; eye, face; face; forehead; eye |
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Opion |
Poppy juice, opium |
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Opisthen; opisthios |
Behind, backwards; hinder, hinder part |
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Optikos; optos |
Pertaining to vision or eye; seen, visible |
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Orchis, orchidos |
Testis, testicle; a plant |
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Orexis |
A reaching after; desire; appetite |
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Organon |
Sth that does work, instrument/tool, organ of body |
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Ornis, ornithos |
Bird |
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Orthos |
Straight; correct, normal |
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Osme, osphresis; oze |
Smell, sense of smell; bad smell |
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Osmos |
Thrusting, pushing |
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Osteon |
Bone |
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Ostrakon |
Shell |
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Ouranos; ouraniskos |
Sky, heaven, palate; palate or roof of mouth |
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Ouron; oureter; ourethra |
Urine; ureter; urethra |
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Ous, otos |
Ear |
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Oxys |
Sharp, swift, quick; sour, acid (ox- and oxy- often refer to oxygen) |
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Pachys, pahylos; pachynsis |
THICCCC ; thickening |
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Pais, paidos |
Child |
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Palaios |
Old, ancient |
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Palin |
Back, again |
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Parthenos |
Virgin |
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Pas, pantos, pan |
Entire, all |
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Pathein; pathos, patheos; -pathy |
To experience, suffer; feeling, suffering; suffering, disease |
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Peg-, pag-; -pexis, -pexy; pagos |
To make fast, fix, fasten; fixation; sth firm set, united |
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Pella; pelyx, pelykos |
Bowel, pelvis |
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Penia; peina |
Poverty, need, deficiency; hunger |
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Peptein |
To make soft, cook, digest |
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Petalon |
Leaf |
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Petra; petros |
Rock, crag; stone |
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Phagein |
To devour, eat |
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Phainein (phan-, pha-); phaneros; phasis; phasma; phantasma |
To show, appear, shine; evident; appearance, aspect; ghost; illusion |
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Phakos |
A lentil, lens |
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Phalanx, phalangos |
Line of soldiers, bone between joints of fingers and toes |
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Phallos |
Phallus |
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Phanai; -phasis; pheme; phone |
To speak; speech; voice; voice, sound |
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Pharmakon |
Drug, medicine, remedy, poison |
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Pherein; phoros |
To bear, carry; bearing, carrying, bringing |
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Philein; philia |
To love; love, affinity for |
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Phlegein; phlegma/tos; phlegmasia; phlox, phlagos; phlogosis |
To burn, become hot; flame/heat, phlegm; heat, inflammation; flame; inflammation |
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Phleps, phlebos |
Vein |
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Phobos |
Fear, flight |
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Phos, photos |
Light |
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Phrasis |
Speech, expression |
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Phrassein (phrag/k/x-); diaphragma |
To fence in, block up; a partition |
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Phroneein; phronesis; phren/os |
To think, understand; good sense; diaphragm, mind, phrenic nerve |
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Phyein; physis; phyton, phyma |
To be by nature, grow, arise; growth, nature; a growth, plant, tumour |
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Phylassein (phylak/x-) |
To guard, protect, make immune |
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Phyllon |
Leaf |
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Phylon |
Rice, tribe; primary division of animal or plant kingdom |
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Planos, planktos |
Wandering |
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Plassein; plastos; -plast; plasma |
To form/mold; formed/molded; primitive living cell; sth formed, fluid portion of blood |
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Platys; plax, plakos |
Broad, flat; flat or broad plate |
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Pleion, pleon |
More, increased |
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Plessein (pleg/k/x-); plege |
To strike, hit, smite; a strike, blow |
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Pleura |
Rib, side |
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-ploos; diploos; haploos |
Fold; double; single |
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Pneein (pneu-) ; pnoia, pnoe; pneuma/tos |
To blow, breathe; breath, breathing; a blowing, wind air, gas |
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Pneumon |
Lung |
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Poieein |
To make, produce |
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Polis |
City, country |
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Polios |
Gray |
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Polos |
Pivot, hinge, axis |
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Polys; pollakis |
Much, many, more than usual; often |
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Poros |
Passage, pore |
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Pous, podos |
Foot, stalk |
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Pragma/tos; praxis; praktikos |
A thing done, deed, fact; a doing; fit for doing, practical |
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Proktos |
The anus |
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Protos; proteios; proteros |
First, primitive, simple; first, primary, protein; earlier |
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Pseudes, pseudeos |
False, imaginary |
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Psyche; psychosis |
Breath of life, spirit, soul, mind; mental activity, disorder of mental activity |
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Pteron |
Wing |
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Ptosis; ptoma |
A falling; fallen body, corpse |
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Pyle |
Gate |
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Pyons |
Pus |
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Pyr/os; pyretos |
Fire, fever |