CLAS 1P94 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Lithification, Gastritis, Magnetic Ink Character Recognition
28 Apr 2018
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Week 9—Part II
Greek Lessons XI and XII
NOUN FORMING SUFFIXES TO LEARN
1. –ma, -m, -me, ‘result of, thing that is the result of’
drama= from DRA- to do, act
problem = from pro-, BLE-, to put
theme = from THE- to place
* with an additional suffix appended, -mat- is usually inserted
dramatic, problematic, thematic
2. –sis, -se, -sy, -sia ‘act of, state of, result of’
diagnosis = from dia-, GNO-, to know
autopsy = from AUT(O)-, self, OP-, to see
amnesia = from a-, MNE-, to remember
dose = from DO-, to give
* Connected to this is the adjectival form –tic, -stic
analytic, diagnostic
analyst = ana-, LY- to loosen
COMBINING FORMS TO LEARN
1. –logy, ‘science of, scientific study of’
biology = from BI-, life
theology = from THE(O)-, god
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Document Summary
Noun forming suffixes to learn: ma, -m, -me, result of, thing that is the result of" drama= from dra- to do, act problem = from pro-, ble-, to put theme = from the- to place. * connected to this is the adjectival form tic, -stic analytic, diagnostic analyst = ana-, ly- to loosen. * when logy or nomy have additional suffixes appended to them, the final y drops off. From astronomy, we get astronomical: cracy, rule by, type of government" democracy = from dem (o), people aristocracy = from arist(o), the best, crat, one who advocates or practices rule by" democrat aristocrat. Derivatives man, male philander, androgen self stomach kind, race automatic gastritis genealogy. Idi- sun thought, idea one"s own, peculiar heliotrope ideation idiosyncrasy. Manc-, mant- to divine by means of bibliomancy, mantic. Necr- small, one millionth part of microscope, microgram hatred misanthrope the dead, corpse, dead tissue necrosis, necropolis.
