Greek Words for Exam (CLAS 2233)
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- Adenos (aden-)
- gland
- Aer (aer-)
- air; gas
- Agogos (agog-)
- leading; promoting the flow, expelling
- Agra (agr-)
- a taking, catching; painful seizure
- Aisthesis (aisthes-)
- feeling, sensation, perception
- Aitia (aiti-)
- cause
- Ake (ak-)
- point, tip; highest point of
- Akouein (akou-)
- to hear
- Akros (akr-)
- at the end, summit; extremities
- Aktis (akt-)
- ray; light rays for chemical effects; raylike or radiating
- Algos (alge-)
- pain
- Allos (all-)
- other, different, external, foreign
- Amblys (ambly-)
- dulled, blunt
- Amnion (amni-)
- the innnermost membrane enclosing the fetus
- Amoibe (amoib-)
- change
- Amygdale (amygdal-)
- almond; tonsil
- Amylon (amyl-)
- starch
- Aner (andr-)
- a man, male; stamen of flower
- Angeion (angei-)
- vessel (for blood, lymph, bile etc.); a case
- Anthein (anth-)
- to blossom; to break out, errupt
- Anthropos (anthrop-)
- man, human being
- Antron (antr-)
- cave; cavity, sinus
- Archaios (archai-)
- ancient
- Argyros (argyr-)
- silver
- Arteria (arteri-)
- "windpipe"; vessel; artery
- Arthron (arthr-)
- joint, juncture of bones; sound in speech
- Askos (ask-)
- a leather bag; bladder; spore envelope
- Aster (astr-)
- star
- Astragalos (astragal-)
- anklebone, ball of the ankle joint
- Atlas (atlant-)
- a mythological demigod who supported the world on his shoulders; the first neck vertebra
- Autos (aut-)
- self, by itself
- Auxein (aux-)
- to increase
- Ba- (be-)
- to go, walk
- Bakterion (bakteri-)
- a little staff, rod; bacteria
- Ballein (ball-)
- to throw, toss, put
- Baros (bare-)
- weight, pressure
- Bathys (bathy-)
- deep, inner
- Bios (bi-)
- life
- Blastos (blast-)
- bud, shoot, sprout, embyonic cell
- Blepein (blep-)
- to see
- Boule (boul-)
- will, wish
- Brachion (brachi-)
- arm, upper arm; armlike process
- Brachys (brachy-)
- short
- Bradys (brady-)
- slow
- Brachia (brachi-)
- gills
- Bronchos (bronch-)
- windpipe, trachea
- Bryein (bry-)
- to be full, swell
- Chaite (chait-)
- hair
- Chasma (chasmat-)
- cleft, opening
- Cheilos (cheil-)
- lip
- Cheir (cheir-)
- hand
- Chiasma (chiast-)
- crossed, discussion
- Chloros (chlor-)
- green, yellowish green, yellow
- Chole (chol-)
- bile, gall; bitter anger
- Chondros (chondr-)
- granule; cartilage
- Chorde (chord-)
- gut-string, sinew, cord
- Choreia (chorei-)
- dancing; St. Vitus' dance
- Chorion (chori-)
- skin; the outmost membrane enveloping the fetus; tunic
- Chroa (chro-)
- surface of the body, skin; colour of the skin; colour
- Chronos (chron-)
- time
- Chrysos (chrys-)
- gold; yellow
- Chy- (che-)
- to pour
- Dakryon (dakry-)
- tear
- Daktylos (daktyl-)
- finger, toe
- Deein (de-)
- to tie
- Delta (delt-)
- a Greek letter, of triangular shape
- Demos (dem-)
- country, land; people of a country
- Dendron (dendr-)
- tree; branched structure
- Derma (dermat-)
- that stripped off; skin, hide
- Diaita (diait-)
- life, way of living
- Didymos (didym-)
- twofold, twin; one of two testes
- Diploos (diplo-)
- twofold, double
- Dipsa (dips-)
- thirst
- Diskos (disk-)
- disc
- Dolichos (dolich-)
- long
- Dosis (dos-)
- a giving; dose
- Dynamia (dynam-)
- power, active force
- Echein (ech-, sch-, isch-)
- to have, hold
- Eidos (eide-)
- that seen, form, shape
- Elektron (elektr-)
- amber, electricity
- Elytron (elytr-)
- cover, sheath; the vagina
- Emeein (eme-)
- to vomit
- Enema (enema-)
- a sending in
- Enteron (enter-)
- that within, the intestine
- Ergon (erg-)
- work, functioning
- Eros (erot-)
- love, lust
- Erythros (erythr-)
- red
- Ethmos (ethm-)
- sieve, strainer
- Ethnos (ethne-)
- race, nation
- Eurys (eury-)
- wide, broad
- Gala (galakt-)
- milk
- Gamos (gam-)
- marrige, wedlock
- Ganglion (gangli-)
- a mass of nerve cells; a small hard cyst of swelling
- Gaster (gastr-)
- belly, stomach
- Ge (ge-)
- earth
- Gen-
- to become, be produced, be born
- Genys (geny-)
- jaw, cheek
- Geron (geront-)
- old man, old person
- Geusis (geus-)
- taste
- Glaukos (glauk-)
- gleaming; sea-green, green-ish blue, gray
- Glia (gli-)
- glue
- Glossa (gloss-, glott-)
- tongue
- Glykys (glyky-)
- sweet, sugar
- Gnathos (gnath-)
- jaw
- Gnoai (gno-)
- to know, to judge
- Gone (gon-)
- generation, semen, seed; offspring
- Gonia (goni-)
- corner, angle
- Gony (gon-, gonat-)
- knee, joint
- Graphein (graph-)
- to draw, to write, inscribe
- Gymnos (gymn-)
- naked
- Gyne (gynaik-)
- woman, pistil of flower
- Gyros (gyr-)
- circle, ring, turn
- Haima (haima-, haimat-)
- blood
- Hairein (hair-)
- to take, grasp
- Hals (hals-,hal-)
- salt
- Haploos (haplo-)
- single, simple
- Haptein (hapt-)
- to fasten, fasten upon
- Hed-; hid- (his-, hiz-)
- to sit, to cause to sit, to place
- Helios (heli-)
- sun
- Helix (helik-)
- something spiral shaped
- Helkos (helk-)
- sore, ulcer
- Helmins (helminth-)
- worm
- Hemera (hemer-)
- day
- Henai (he-)
- to send going, send, let go
- Hepar (hepat-)
- liver
- Herpes (herpet-)
- a creeping; spreading blisters
- Heteros (heter-)
- other, different from
- Hidros (hidrot-)
- sweat, persperation
- Histos (hist-)
- tissue, web
- Hodos (hod-)
- road, way, path
- Holos (hol-)
- whole, entire, all
- Homalos (homal-)
- even, level, flat
- Homos (hom-)
- like, the same as
- Hormon (hormon-)
- setting in motion, arousing
- Hyalos (hyal-)
- glass
- Hydor (hydat-)
- water, fluid
- Hydrops (hydrop-)
- dropsy
- Hygieia (hygiei-)
- health, soundness of mind or body
- Hygros (hygr-)
- wet, moist, fluid
- Hyle (hyl-)
- wood, matter
- Hymen (hymen-)
- skin, membrane of vagina
- Hyoeides (hyoeid-)
- like the upsilon, U-shaped, bone at the base of the tongue
- Hypnos (hypn-)
- sleep
- Hypsi (hypsi-)
- on high, aloft
- Hystera (hyster-)
- womb, uterus
- Iaesthai (ia-)
- to heal
- Ichthys (icthys-)
- fish
- Idea (ide-)
- apperance; mental impression, thought
- Idis (idi-)
- one's own, peculiar
- Ikteros (ikter-)
- jaundice
- Iris (iris-, irid-)
- the rainbow, coloured membrance of the eye
- Is (is-, in-)
- strength; muscle, fiber, tissue
- Ischion (ischi-)
- hip joint, hip
- Isos (is-)
- equal
- Isthmos (isthm-)
- a narrow neck or passage
- Kainos (kain-)
- new
- Kakos (kak-)
- bad, disordered, abnormal
- Kal(l)os (kal(l)-)
- beautiful
- Kalyx (kalyx-, kalyk-)
- covering, shell
- Kamptos (kampt-, kampylo-)
- bent
- Kardia (kardia-)
- heart
- Karkinos (karkin-)
- crab, cancer
- Karpos (karp-)
- the wrist; fruit, seed
- Karyon (kary-)
- nut, kernel, nucleus
- Katharthis (kathars-)
- a cleansing, emptying
- Kausos (kaus-, kaum-)
- burning, heat
- Kele (kel-)
- tumor, hernia
- Kenos (ken-)
- empty
- Kenteein (kente-)
- to goad, prick
- Kephale (kephal-)
- head
- Keras (keras-, kerat-)
- horn, horny tissue; cornea
- Kineein (kine-)
- to move
- Kirrhos (kirrh-)
- tawny, orange, yellow
- Klaein (kla-)
- to break, destroy
- Kleiein (klei-)
- to sheath, close
- Klinein (klin-)
- to bend, turn, slope; make recline, lean
- Klonos (klon-)
- confused motion, turmoil; muscular spasm
- Klyzein (klyz-, klyd-, klys-)
- to wash, wash out
- Koilia (koili-)
- cavity
- Koinos (koin-)
- common
- Kokkos (kokk-)
- berry, grain, seed; berry shaped bacteria
- Kokkyx (kokkyx-, kokkyg-)
- cuckko; a bone at the end of the spinal column said to resemble a cuckoos bill
- Koleos (kole-)
- sheath; the vagina
- Kolla (koll-)
- glue
- Kolon (kol-)
- lower part of the bowels, the colon
- Kolpos (kolp-)
- swollen out; bosom, vagina
- Kolyein (koly-)
- to check, hinder
- Koma (koma-, komat-)
- deep sleep, coma
- Kome (kom-)
- hair
- Konche (konch-)
- mussel, shell
- Kondylos (kondyl-)
- knuckle, joint
- Konis (koni-)
- dust
- Konos (kon-)
- pine cone, cone
- Kopros (kopr-)
- dung
- Kore (kor-)
- maiden, doll; pupil of the eye
- Kotyle (kotyl-)
- something hollow; socket; cup; a first leaf of a sporophyte
- Kranion (krani-)
- cranium, skull
- Krasis (kras-)
- a mxing, mixture; temperament
- Kreas (kreas-, kreat-)
- flesh; muscle tissue
- Krinein (krin-)
- to seperate; distinguish, decide; emit, secrete
- Krotos (krot-)
- a striking, beat; pulse-beat
- Kryos (kryos-, krym-)
- ice-cold, frost
- Kryptos (krypt-)
- hidden
- Kyanos (kyan-)
- dark blue
- Kyein (ky-)
- to swell, to be pregnant
- Kyklos (kykl-)
- circle, ring, wheel
- Kyma (kym-)
- a swell, a wave
- Kyste (kyst-)
- sac
- Kytos (kyt-)
- a hollow receptacle; cell
- Labein (lab-, lep-)
- to take, grasp, seize
- Labryinthos (labryinth-)
- a maze or system of intercommunicating passages; the internal ear
- Lalein (lal-)
- to talk, chat, speak
- Lampein (lamp-)
- to shine forth, flash
- Larynx (larynx-, laryng-)
- the organ of voiceat the upper part fo the trachea
- Leios (lei-)
- smooth
- Leipein (leip-, lip-)
- to leave, abandon; fail, neglect
- Lep-
- to take, grasp
- Lepis (lepis-, lepid-)
- scale, rind, flake
- Lepros (lepr-)
- scaly
- Leptynein (leptyn-)
- to make thin
- Lethe (leth-)
- oblivion, forgetfulness
- Leukos (leuk-)
- white
- Lexis (lex-, leg-)
- speech, word, phrase
- Lipos (lip-, lipar-)
- fat
- Lithos (lith-)
- stone
- Lobos (lob-)
- a pod, lobe
- Logos (log-)
- qord, speech; thought; reason; discourse
- Lophos (loph-)
- ridge, crest
- Lyein (ly-)
- to loosen, break up
- Lympha (lymph-)
- a body containing white cells, lymph
- Makros (makr-)
- long, large
- Malakos (malak-)
- soft
- Mania (mani-)
- madness, frenzy, enthusiasm
- Manos (man-)
- thin, rare; tension, pressure, density
- Massein (mass-)
- to knead; massage
- Mastix (mastix-, mastig-)
- whip, flagellum
- Mastos (mast-, maz-)
- breast
- Megas (megas-, megal-)
- large
- Meion (meion-)
- less, smaller
- Melas (melas-, melan-)
- black, dark
- Melos (melos-, mele-)
- limb
- Men (men-)
- month
- Meninx (meninx-, mening-)
- membrane; one of three membranes enveloping the brain and spinal cord
- Meros (meros-, mere-)
- part, segment
- Mesos (mes-)
- middle, intermediate
- Metra (metr-)
- womb, uterus
- Metron (metr-)
- measure, measuring instrument
- Mikros (mikr-)
- small
- Mimesis (mimes-, mimi-)
- imitation
- Mitos (mit-)
- thread