Tubus, a pipe-tube, tubular, tubule, tubulated.
Tumeo, I swell; tuber, a swelling-tumour, tumult, protuberant. Turba, a crowd-turbulent, disturb, turbulence.
Ultra, beyond; ultimus, farthest-ulterior, ultimate, ultimity. Umbra, a shadow-umbrageous, umbrella, adumbrate. Unctum, to anoint-unction, unctuous, unctuosity. Unda, a wave-undulate, undulated, undulation. Unus, one-uniform, unicorn, union, unit, unite, unity. Urbs, a city-urbane, suburbs, suburban, urbanity. Uro, I burn; ustus, burnt-combustion, combustible. Utilis, useful-utility, utilitarian.
Utor, I use; usum, to use-abuse, disuse, peruse, usage. Uxor, a wife-uxorious, uxoriously, uxoriousness. Vacca, a cow-vaccination, vaccine, vaccinate. Vaco, I am empty-vacant, vacancy, evacuate, vacuum. Vado, I go-invade, invasion, pervade, evasive. Vagor, I wander-vagrant, vagabond, vague. Valeo, I am strong-prevail, prevalent, valiant, valid. Vanus, vain-vanity, vainly, vain, vainness. Vapor, steam-evaporate, vapour, vaporation, vaporous. Vas, a vessel-vase, vascular, vascularity. Vasto, 1 lay waste-devastation, waste, devastate. Veho, I carry-vehicle, convey, invective. Velo, I cover-develope, reveal, veil, envelope. Vendo, I sell-vendible, vend, vendor, venal.
Venio, I come convene, advent, prevent, event.
Ventus, wind-ventilation, ventilate, ventilator, ventosity. Ver, the spring-vernal, vernant.
Verbum, a word-verbosity, verb, verbal, verbiage, adverb. Vergo, I bend-diverge, verge, convergent.
Vermis, a worm-vermicular, vermicule, vermiparous. Verto, I turn; versus, turned-convert, conversion, averse. Verus, true-verify, verity, aver, verily, veracity. Vestigium, a track or mark—investigate, vestige. Vestis, a garment-vest, invest, vestment, vesture. Vetus, veteris, old-inveterate, veteran.
Via, a way-deviate, obviate, obvious, previous.
Video, I see; visus, seen-visible, visit, vision, provide.
Vigil, watchful-vigilant, vigilance, vigil, vigilantly.
Vigor, strength-invigorate, vigorous, vigorously.
Vinco, I conquer; victus, conquered-invincible, convince, evince, vanquish, victor, victory, victorious.
Vindex, a defender-vindicate, vindictive, vindication.
Vinum, wine-vintage, vine, vinegar, vintner, vinous.
Vir, a man-virile, virility, triumvirate.
Violo, I injure-violate, violence, violation, violator. Vita, life-vital, vitality, vitally, vitals.
Vivo, I live-survive, revive, revival, vivid.
Voco, I call-convoke, vocative, revoke, irrevocable. Volo, I will, I wish-voluntary, benevolent, malevolent. Volo, I fly-volatile, volant, volatilize.
Volvo, I roll-revolve, volume, volubility, voluble. Voro, I devour-voracious, carnivorous, voracity.
Votum, a vow-votary, devote, votive, votarist, devout. Vulgus, the rabble-vulgar, divulge, vogue, vulgate. Vulnus, vulneris, a wound-vulnerable, invulnerable. Vulsum, to pull, to tear up-convulsion, convulse, convulsive.
DERIVATIVES FROM GREEK ROOTS.
Aer, air-aerial, aerolite, aeronaut, aerology, aerostation. Aethlos, a combat-athletic, athlete.
Agogos, a leader-demagogue, mystagogue, pedagogue. Agon, strife-agony, antagonist, agonism.
Akouo, I hear-acoustic, acoustics.
Alpha, the first letter in the Greek alphabet *-alphabet. Aner, andros, a man-monandria, androtomy, androides. Angelos, a messenger-angel, evangelist, evangelize. Anthos, a flower-anthology, anther, polyanthus. Anthropos, a man-philanthropy, misanthropy.
Arche, government-monarchy, anarchy, heptarchy, tetrarch. Argos, inactive-lethargy, lethargic, lethargically. Aristos, best-aristocracy, aristocrat, aristocratic. Arithmos, number-arithmetic, arithmetical, arithmetician. Arktos, a bear, the north-arctic, antarctic.
Astron, a star-astronomy, asterisk, asteroid, astral.
Atmos, vapour-atmosphere, atmospheric.
Autos, self-autocrat, autograph, automaton, autarchy.
Bapto, I dip-baptise, baptism, anabaptist, pedobaptism. Baros, weight-barometer, barometrical.
Biblos, a book-bible, biblical, bibliography.
* The following are the letters of the Greek alphabet, with their names and powers:
Bios, life-biography, biology, amphibious.
Botane, a plant-botany, botanic, botanist, botanize. Cheir, the hand-chirography, chirology, chiroplast. Chole, bile-choleric, choler, cholera.
Christos, anointed-Christ, Christian, christen, chrism. Chroma, colour—achromatic, chrome, chromatics.
Chronos, time-chronometer, chronicle, chronology, chronic. Chrusos, gold-chrysolite, chrysography.
Deka, ten-decalogue, decade, decagon, decachord. Demos, the people-demagogue, democracy, epidemic. Doxa, glory, opinion-doxology, heterodox, orthodox. Dromos, a course-dromedary, hippodrome, orthodromy Dunamis, power-dynamics, dynasty, dynamometer. Eidos, a form or kind-kaleidoscope, eidouranion. Epos, a word or sound-epic, orthoepy.
Eremos, a desert-eremite, hermit, eremitical. Ergon, work-energetic, energy, metallurgy. Ethos, manners, custom-ethical, ethics, ethically. Eu, well-eulogy, eulogize, eupathy, euphony. Gamos, a marriage-bigamy, agamist, polygamy. Gaster, the stomach-gastric, gastronomy.
Ge, the earth-geography, geology, geocentric, apogee. Gennao, I produce-oxygen, hydrogen, nitrogen. Genos, kind, sort-heterogeneous, homogeneous.
Glossa, glotta, the tongue-glossary, polyglot, glossographer. Gonia, a corner or angle-pentagon, hexagon, polygon. Gramma, a letter-grammar, anagram, programme. Grapho, I write-autograph, biography, calligraphy, epigraph. Harmonia, agreement-harmony, harmonious, harmonize. Hedra, a seat, an assembly-Sanhedrim, cathedral. Helios, the sun-aphelion, helioscope, heliocentric. Hemera, a day ephemeral, ephemera, ephemeris. Hepta, seven-heptarchy, heptagon, heptarchist. Heteros, dissimilar-heterodox, heterogeneous. Hex, six-hexagon, hexameter, hexapod, hexastich. Hieros, sacred, holy-hierarchy, hierography, hieroglyphic. Hippos, a horse-hippopotamus, hippodrome, hippocamp. Hodos, a way-method, exodus, episode, period.
Holos, the whole-holocaust, holograph, catholic.
Homos, like, similar-homogeneous, homologous, homotonous. Hudor, water-hydrostatics, hydraulics, hydrographer.
Horos, a boundary-horizon, horizontal.
Idios, peculiar-idiom, idiot, idiotism, idiotize. Isos, equal-isosceles, isothermal, isochronous.
Kakos, bad-cacophony, cacography, cachectical. Kalypto, I cover-apocalyptic, apocalypse.
Kardia, the heart-cardiac, cardialgia, pericardium.
Kele, a tumour-hydrocele, bronchocele, enterocele.
Kephale, the head-cephalic, cephalalgia, hydrocephalus.
Kosmos, the world, order-cosmogony, cosmography, microcosm. Kratos, power, dominion-theocracy, democracy, stratocracy
Krites, a judge-criterion, critic, criticism, critical. Krupto, I hide-cryptic, crypt, cryptology, Apocrypha.
Kuklos, a circle-cycle, cycloid, cylinder, cyclopædia. Laos, the people-laity, laic, lay.
Lithos, a stone-chrysolite, lithography, aerolite, monolith Logos, a word, a description-logic, apology, dialogue. Luo, I dissolve; lusis, loosening-analysis, paralysis. Mache, a fight-naumachy, monomachy, logomachy. Mania, madness-maniac, maniacal, bibliomania. Martur, a witness-martyr, martyrdom, martyrology. Mathema, learning, science-mathematics, philomath. Mechane, a contrivance-machine, mechanic, mechanism. Melan, black-melancholy, melancholiness. Melos, a song-melody, melodious, melodiously. Meter, a mother—metropolis, metropolitan, metropolite. Metron, a measure-metre, barometer, diameter, perimeter. Mikros, little-microscope, microcosm, microscopic. Mimos, imitator-mimic, mime, mimicry, pantomime. Miseo, I hate-misanthropist, misogynist, misogamist. Mneme, memory-mnemonics, amnesty, amnesia. Monos, alone, one-monosyllable, monarch, monopoly. Morphe, a shape-metamorphose, amorphous, polymorphous. Naus, a ship-nautical, nautilus, naumachy, nausea. Noos, new-neology, neogamist, neoteric. Nesos, an island-Peloponnesus, Polynesia. Nomos, a law-astronomy, economy, Deuteronomy. Nosos, disease-nosology, nosopoetic.
Ode, a poem, a song-monody, psalmody, epode. Oikos, a house-parochial, antoci, periœci. Onoma, a name-anonymous, patronymic, metonymy. Optomai, I see-optics, myopy, ophthalmia, optical. Orama, a view-cosmorama, diorama, panorama. Ornis, ornithos, a bird-ornithology, ornithologist. Organon, an instrument-organ, organist, organic. Orthos, correct, right-orthography, orthodox, orthoepy. Osteon, a bone-osteology, periosteum, osteocope. Oxus, sharp, acid-oxalic, oxygen, oxycrate, oxide. Pais, paidos, a boy-pedagogue, pedagogy. Pan, pantos, all-pantheon, pantheism, panacea. Pathos, feeling-sympathy, pathetic, apathy, eupathy. Pente, five-pentagon, pentameter, pentateuch. Petalon, a leaf-petals, petalism, monopetalous. Petros, a stone-petrify, petrescent, saltpetre, Peter. Phago, I eat-anthropophagi, ichthyophagi.
Phaino, I appear or show-phenomenon, phantom, epiphany. Phasis, an appearance-phase, phasis, prophasis..
Phemi, I say; phasis, a saying-blaspheme, emphasis, prophecy. Phero, I bear-metaphor, periphery, phosphorus.
Phileo, I love; philos, a friend-philosophy, philanthropy. Phone, voice, sound-euphony, phonetic, symphony, aphony. Phrasis, a phrase-phraseology, paraphrase, metaphrase. Phren, phrenos, the mind-frenzy, phrenology, phrenitis. Phthongos, sound-diphthong, monophthong. Phusis, nature-physiology, physics, metaphysics. Plasso, I form-plastic, plaster, protoplastic.
Poleo, I sell-monopoly, bibliopolist, pharmacopolist. Polis, a city-metropolis, Heliopolis, Decapolis, Naples. Polus, many-polyanthus, polyglot, polygon, polysyllable. Potamos, a river-hippopotamus, Mesopotamia. Pous, podos, a foot-tripod, antipodes, polypus. Protos, first-protocol, protoplast, prototype. Pur, fire-pyrometer, pyre, pyrolatry, pyrotechnics. Rheo, I flow-rheum, Rhine, rhetoric, catarrh. Skopeo, I look-telescope, microscope, microscopic. Sophos, wise-sophist, philosophy, sophical. Spao, I draw-spasm, spasmodic.
Sphaira, a ball-sphere, spherical, atmosphere, Stello, I send-apostle, epistle, peristaltic. Stichos, a verse-acrostic, hemistich, distich. Stratos, an army-stratagem, stratagemical. Strophe, a turning-apostrophe, catastrophe. Tautos, the same tautology, tautological. Taxis, arrangement-syntax, tactics. Techne, art-technical, technicality, technology. Tele, far-telescope, telegraph, telescopic. Tetras, four-tetrarch, tetragon, tetrameter, tetrad. Theos, God-atheist, theology, theocracy.
Therme, heat-thermometer, thermoscope.
Thesis, position, placing—antithesis, synthesis, parenthesis. Topos, a place topography, topic, topographic. Trope, a turning-tropic, trope, tropical.
Tupos, a stamp or figure-type, antitype, typography. Zoon, an animal-zoography, zoology, zoographer.
GLOSSARY OF WORDS AND ROOTS,
THAT OCCUR IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF NAMES OF PLACES, TOWNS, AND RIVERS, IN GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND.
Aber, the mouth of a river.
Ac, Ach, Ack, an oak, water.
Alb, Alp, high.
Ald (from eald), old. Ar, upon, boundary.
Ard, Aren, a high place. Ath, a ford.
Athel, noble.
Avan, Avon, water, a river. Bac, Bach, small, a brook. Bal, Bally, a village, a townland. Ban, high, lofty.
Bed, Bedd, a grave, a sepulchre. Beg, small or little.
Bel, a mouth or entrance. Ben, a hill, mountain, or top. Blaen, end or extremity.
Braich, an arm.
Brad, broad.
Brom, a broom.
Bron, a breast, a swell. Bryn, a mount or hill.
Burg, Burgh, Bury, a town, a for- tified place.
Burne, Burn, a stream, a fountain. By, Bye, an abode, a dwelling. Cad, defending.
Cader, a fortress, a stronghold. Cae, a hedge, a field.
Cam, crooked, bending.
Car, Caer, a wall or mound for defence.
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