Set: 100 Greek and Latin word roots

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TermDefinition
photoslight
graphto write or draw
teledistant or far away
troposturn
phobosfear
metronmeasure
philialove
synwith or together
thesisto put, place, or position
kinesismovement
phonesound
skopeo (what does a sniper look through?)to see
video, visumto see
sonussound
logosword or study of
verbumword
nomen/nominisname
profor or before
praebefore
adto or toward
jacio, jacumto throw
pono, positumto put, place, or position
cumwith
figo, fixumto attach
jungo, junctumjoin
digitusfingers
caput, capitishead
manushand
pes, pedisfeet
brachiumarm
dens, dentisteeth
corpus, corporisbody
unusone
duotwo
tresthree
quattuorfour
quinquefive
sexsix
septemseven
octoeight
novemnine
decemten
centumhundred
millethousand
pyrofire
ignisfire
vulcanusfire
hydroswater
aquawater
bonusgood
heliossun
solsun
lunamoon
diaacross
transacross
geoearth
terraland
dormio, dormitiumsleep
hypnossleep
annusyearly
lithos stone
petrosstone
astronstar
stellastar
dendrontree
arbor, arboristree
chronostime
tempus, temporistime
parabeside
interbetween
techneart or skill
ars, artisart or skill
bioslife
vivo, victumto live
mikrossmall
megasbig
magnusbig
pater, patrisfather
mater, matrismother
frater, fratrisbrother
demospeople
populuspeople
poliscity
urbs, urbiscity
pathosfeeling or suffering
autosself
thermosheat
curro, cursumto run
zoonanimal
verto, versumto turn
facio, factumto do or make
scribo, scriptumto write
plico, plicatummultiply
dico, dictumto say or speak
biblosbook
liber, librebook
scio, scitumknowledge
discipulusstudent
sauroslizard
amo, amatumlove

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Terms 100
Creator runaway-man
Created April 13, 2007
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Subject english
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Mrs. Payne's English class' Greek and Latin 100 word roots.

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sccrchik9991 : wats up does anyone kno the definition of positum or pono
sccrchik9991 : hello?
sccrchik9991 : i go to pioneer
sccrchik9991 : does anyone else
sccrchik9991 : ?????
runaway-man : Changed pono, positum → put, place, or position to pono, positum → to put, place, or position
runaway-man : Changed verto, versum → turn to verto, versum → to turn
runaway-man : Changed figo, fixum → attach to figo, fixum → to attach
runaway-man : Changed tchne → art or skill to techne → art or skill
runaway-man : Changed skopeo → to see to skopeo (what does a sniper look through?) → to see
runaway-man : Changed petros → rock, stone to petros → stone
runaway-man : Changed terra → land or earth to terra → land
runaway-man : Changed lithos → rock, stone to lithos → stone
sccrchik9991 : yola
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