- apo: away
- apostasy: desertion of principle
- co: together
- colloquy: conversation
- cred: believe
- gno: know
- hedon: pleasure
- in: in
- in loco parentis: in place of parents
- ism: doctrine
- liqu: flow
- loco: place
- loqu: talk
- manumission: release from slavery
- mis: bad
- miscreant: evil unbeliever
- miss: send
- narcissism: self-infatuation
- on the qui vive: on the alert
- opia: sight
- ous: full of
- patr: father
- patrician: aristocratic
- phys: nature
- physiognomy: facial character
- pro: forward
- prolix: tediously wordy
- sanct: holy
- sanction: authorize
- sententious: full of maxims
- sta: stand
- syn: together
- synopsis: summary
- terr: land
- terra firma: firm land
- viv: life