Glossary of Classical Roots C 9-11
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- Root: Caput
- Latin "Head"
- Capitalist
- (Caput L. Head) - A person who has invested personal wealth in busiess.
- Capitulation
- (Caput L. Head) - Surrender
- Decapitate
- (Caput L. Head) - To behead
- Precipice
- (Caput L. Head) - A steep cliff
- Precipitate
- (Caput L. Head) - To throw down from a great height; to make happen suddenly
- Recapitulation
- (Caput L. Head) - Restatement of a main idea; summary/review
- Root: Cerebum
- Latin "Brain"
- Cerebral
- (Cerebrum L. Brain) - Partaining to the brain; intellectual
- Cerebration
- (Cerebrum L. Brain) - The act of thinking
- Root: Facies
- Latin "face"
- Deface
- (Facies L. Face) - To mar / spoil
- Efface
- (Facies L. Face) - To wipe/rub out; to make oneself inconspicuous
- Facade
- (Facies L. Face) - A face of a building; a false front
- Facet
- (Facies L. Face) - One aspect of a situation; a side of a jewel
- Root: Frontis
- Latin "Front"
- Affront
- (Frontis L. Front) - Insult intentionally
- Confront
- (Frontis L. Front) - Stand or come directly in front of; face with defiance
- Effrontery
- (Frontis L. Front) - boldness / audacity
- Root: Supercilium
- Latin "eyebrow"
- Supercillious
- (Supercilium L. Eyebrow) - disdainful, haughty and aloof
- Root: Os
- Latin "Bone"
- Inexorable
- (Os L. Mouth) - Relentless; unyeilding
- Oracle
- (Os L. Mouth) - Greek shrine; prophecy made at the shrine; person who prophesizes
- Oration
- (Os L. Mouth) - Speech
- Orifice
- (Os L. Mouth) - Mouth or Vent; Opening
- Osculate
- (Os L. Mouth) - To kiss (playfully)
- Root: Dentis
- Latin "Tooth"
- Indentation
- (Dentis L. Tooth) - a cut or notch
- Indenture
- (Dentis L. Tooth) - A written contract; an agreement of apprenticeship
- Trident
- (Dentis L. Tooth) - A long three-pronged fork or weapon
- Root: Odontos
- Greek "tooth"
- Orthodontist
- (Odontos G. tooth) - A specialist who corrects irregularly positioned teeth
- Root: Gurges
- Latin "throat"
- Gorge
- (Gurges L. Throat) - A deep, narrow passage between mountains; gluttonous eating
- Disgorge
- (Gurges L. Throat) - To vomit / discharge violently
- Gargantuan
- (Gurges L. Throat) - Huge
- Gargoyle
- (Gurges L. Throat) - Groseque carved human or animal figure, usually a rainspout
- Regurgitate
- (Gurges L. Throat) - Vomit / rush or surge back
- Root: Carnis
- Latin "flesh"
- Carnage
- (Carnis L. Flesh) - The killing of many people; massacre
- Carrion
- (Carnis L. Flesh) - Dead and decaying flash
- Incarnate
- (Carnis L. Flesh) - Embodied in human form
- Root: Collum
- Latin "neck"
- Accolade
- (Collum L. Neck) - An honor or award / a ceremonial tap on the shoulder (for knighting usually)
- Decolletage
- (Collum L. Neck) - Garmet with a low neckline
- Root: Corpus
- Latin "Body"
- Corporal
- (Corpus L. Body) - Relating to or having an effect on the human body
- Corporeal
- (Corpus L. Body) - Characteristic of or resembling the physical body
- Corps
- (Corpus L. Body) - An army unit / a group of people having purpose and direction in common
- Corpulent
- (Corpus L. Body) - Excessively bulky; fat
- Corpus
- (Corpus L. Body) - A body or collection of writings
- Root: Cordis
- Latin "Heart"
- Accord
- (Cordis L. Heart) - an agreement
- Cordial
- (Cordis L. Heart) - Hearty, warm, sincere
- Concordance
- (Cordis L. Heart) - A state of agreement
- Ossify
- (Os L. Bone) - to turn into bone / to become rigid (in behavior, habits or beliefs)