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126 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 ac, act | sharp |
| aev, ev | age, era |
| ag, act | do |
| agog | leader |
| agri, agrari | field |
| ali | another |
| alt | high |
| alter | other |
| am | love |
| anim | mind, soul |
| ann, enn | year |
| anthrop | man |
| apt | fit |
| aqua | water |
| arch | ruler, first |
| aster | star |
| aud, audit | hear |
| auto | self |
| belli | war |
| ben, bon | good |
| biblio | book |
| bio | life |
| breve | short |
| cad, cas | to fall |
| cap | to take |
| capit, capt | head |
| carn | flesh |
| ced, cess | to yield, go |
| celer | swift |
| cent | one hundred |
| chron | time |
| cid, cis | to cut/kill |
| cit, citat | to call, to start |
| civi | citizen |
| clam, clamat | cry out |
| claud, claus, clos, clud | to close |
| cognosc, cognit | learn |
| cord | heart |
| corpor | body |
| cred, credit | to believe |
| cur | to care |
| curr, curs | to run |
| deb, debit | to owe |
| dem | people |
| derm | skin |
| di diurn | day |
| dic, dict | to say |
| doc, doct | to teach |
| domin | to rule |
| duc, duct | to lead |
| dynam | power, strength |
| ego | I |
| erg, urg | work |
| err | to wander |
| eu | good, well, beautiful |
| fall, fals | to deceive |
| fer, lat | to bring, to bear |
| fid | belief, faith |
| fin | end, limit |
| flect, flex | bend |
| fort | luck, chance and strong |
| frag, fract | break |
| fug | flee |
| fus | pour |
| gam | marriage |
| gen, gener | class/race |
| grad, gress | go, step |
| omni | all |
| oper | to work |
| pac | peace |
| pass | feel |
| pater, patr | father |
| path | disease, feeling |
| ped, pod | foot |
| ped | child |
| pel, puls | to drive |
| pet, peit | to seek |
| phil | love |
| pon, posit | to place |
| port, portat | to carry |
| poten | able, powerful |
| psych | mind |
| put, putat | to trim , to calculate |
| quer, ques, quir, quis | to ask |
| reg, rect | rule |
| rid, ris | to laugh |
| rog, rogat | to ask |
| rupt | to break |
| sacr | holy |
| sci | to know |
| scop | watch, see |
| scrib, script | to write |
| sect | cut |
| sed, sess | to sit |
| sent, sens | to think, to feel |
| sequi | to follow |
| solv, solut | to loosen |
| somn | sleep |
| soph | wisdom |
| spec, spect | to look at |
| spir | breathe |
| string, strict | bind |
| stru, struct | build |
| tang, tact, ting | to touch |
| tempor | time |
| ten, tent | to hold |
| term | end |
| terr | land |
| therm | heat |
| tors, tort | twist |
| tract | drag, pull |
| trud, trus | push, shove |
| urb | city |
| vac | empty |
| vad, vas | go |
| veni, vent, ven | to come |
| ver | true |
| verb | word |
| vers, vert | turn |
| via | way |
| vid, vis | to see |
| vinc, vict, vanq | to conquer |
| viv, vit | alive |
| voc, vocat | to call |
| vol | wish |
| volv, volut | to roll |
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