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Latin and Greek Elements in English

Review of Latin Forms

• 1. The fern offers perhaps the best example in nature of the

supradecompound leaf.

supra- above, further de- down com- with, together POUND- put, place

• 2. Beekeepers assist in keeping their hives active and vital

through the supersedure of an old queen with a new one.

super- above, over SED- sit, settle

• ure act of

having many divisions that are themselves replicated multiples of the same design replacement adj. noun

Latin and Greek Elements in English

Review of Latin Forms

• 3. . . . but when he reached out to his dead wife, his hands

passed through the disincarnate being.

dis- apart in- in CARN- flesh

• 4. So spiteful an old man, he pretermitted all his children in

his will and left everything to the Friends of Acid Rain.

preter- beyond MITT- send, let go disembodied to allow to pass without mention adj. verb

• ate possessing

Latin and Greek Elements in English

Review of Latin Forms

• 5. With a modicum of ancient Greek, a dictionary and a good

interlineary anyone can read the New Testament in the

• riginal.

inter- between LINE- line

• ary p.t.
• 6. After the funds had been embezzled, it was very difficult to

convince the council to reappropriate them.

re- back, again ad- to PROPRI- (make) one’s own foreign language text with translation provided every other line “to make one’s own again”; to reallocate for some purpose substantive

• ate v.s.

verb

Latin and Greek Elements in English

Review of Latin Forms

• 7. Rodolpho was saved only the incoincidence of his wife’s

and his girlfriend’s arrivals at the party.

in- not co(n)- with, together in- in CID- fall

• 8. Despite his popularity at the time of his re-election,

Nixon’s malversation ultimately undermined him.

MAL- bad VERS- turn at(e)- v.s. noun noun

• ence quality of -ing
• ion act of

misbehavior, corruption a chance failure to meet (“fall in together”)

Latin and Greek Elements in English

Review of Latin Forms

• 9. Levi-Strauss’ work on myth is grounded in contrapletal

concepts: old-young, nature-nurture, inside-outside.

contra- against PLET- fill, full

• al p.t.
• 10. A manager’s prelation

adj. p.t. a pair of polar opposites which complement each other

• f certain employees will motivate

some to do better but will engender resentment in others.

pre- before, in front of LAT- bear, carry

• ion act of

noun “preferment,” favoritism