Classics 30 Unit 2 Terms
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 criterion (ie: syntactical criterion) | tests |
| head | main subject of sentence |
| intransitive verb | verbs that do not take an object |
| modifier | word that modifies the head (or main subject) |
| modify | limit, describe, restrict |
| morphological criterion | what class of word the word is |
| noun marker | function words that precede nouns |
| noun modifier | noun in a modifier slot |
| slots | positions in a sentence |
| syntactical criterion | word order |
| transitive verb | verbs that have an object following them |
| alchemists | Greek origin ("art of transmuting materials"); those who practice the medieval forerunner of chemistry, which was based on the supposed transformation of matter |
| pandemonium | Greek origin ("place of demons"); wild and noisy disorder or confusion; uproar |
| lunatic | Latin origin ("luna" = "moon" belief that changes in the moon caused periodic insanity); mentally ill person (not technical) |
| punch | Sanskrit origin ("five" or "five kinds of"); drink with juice, soda, spice and sometimes liquor |
| decimated | Latin origin ("taken as a tenth" or Old English "kill one of every ten"); drastically reduce the strength of something |
| rout | disorderly retreat |
| pro tempore | for the time being, temporarily |
| ex officio | by virtue of an office or position |
| magnum opus | a great work of art or literature |
| persona non grata | an unwelcome person; used to describe recalled diplomatic officials |
| ex cathedra | with authority |
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