Ter-ere, tritum, to rub: contrite, detriment. Terminus, a limit, boundary: term, determine, determination. Terra, the earth: Mediterranean (medius), subterranean, terrestrial, territory. Terre-re, territum, to frighten: terror, terrible, terrify. Testis, a witness: test, contest, testimony, testament. Torque-re, tortum, to twist: contortion, torture, distort, tortuous, torment, retort. Trad-ere, traditum, to put across, to hand over: tradition, treason, traitor. Trah-ere, tractum, to draw (tractare, to draw up and down, to handle): tract, attract, contract, extract, trace, retrace, entreat, portrait, train, treatment. Trem-ere, to tremble: tremor, tremble, tremendous. Tribu-ere, tributum, to assign: tribe, attribute, contribute, distribute. Turba, a crowd, confusion: disturb, disturbance, turbulent, turbid. Unda, a ware: abundance, undulate, abound. Unus, one: unit, unite, unity, union, universal, uniform (forma), unanimous (animus). Uti, usus, to use: use, utility, usage, useful, utilization, unusual, abuse. Veh-ere, vectum, to carry: convey, conveyance, vehement. Velle (volo, I am willing), to be willing: volunteer, benevolent, voluntary. Veni-re, ventum, to come: event, invent, advent, prevent, adventure, inventory, invention, venture, venturesome, convenient, revenue, avenue. Vert-ere, versum, to turn: convert, converse, verse, divert, inadvertent, traverse, version, vertical. Via, a way: viaduct (ducere), obvious, previous, envoy, trivial. Vide-re, visum, to see: vision, evidence, providence, prudence, provision, providential, view, visit, survey, envy. Vinc-ere, victum, to conquer: victim, convince. Viv-ere, to live, and vita, life: vital, survive, revive, victuals. Voca-re, vocatum, to call: vocal, provoke, equivocate (æquus), advocate, vowel. Volv-ere, volutum, to roll, to fold: revolve, revolution, volume, revolt, vault. Vove-re, votum, to vow: devote, devotion, devout, avow. II. DERIVATIVES FROM THE GREEK. Angelos, a messenger: angel, evangel, evangelist, evangelical. Anthropos, a man: philanthropist. Archein, to rule: monarch, anarchy, patriarch. Arctos, a bear: arctic, antarctic (anti). Ballein, to throw: parable, problem, emblem, symbol. Bios, life: biography (graphein), autobiography (auto), amphibious (amphi). Chronos, time: chronic, anachronism, chronicle. Cratos, rule: aristocracy. Ergon, a work: energy, liturgy (leitos, public). Ge, the earth: geography, geology. Graphein, to write, gramma, a writing: graphic, autograph (auto), biography (bios), paragraph, grammar, photograph (phos, light). Hieros, sacred: hieroglyphic. Hodos, a way: method, exodus, period, episode. Legein, to speak (logos, discourse): dialect, dialogue, catalogue. Phanai, to say (phemi, I say): blaspheme (blaptein, to hurt), blame, prophecy, prophesy. Philos, a friend: philosophy (sophia, wisdom), philanthropist (anthropos). Polis, a city: politics, polite, metropolis (meter, a mother). Strophos, a turning: catastrophe. Tropos, a turning: tropic, trophy. |