word roots: classics 30 wednesday, august 25, 2010: unit 7 anders celsius
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Tomorrow’s Quiz Know the answers to the questions and exercises from Unit 6 and 7. Be able to answer questions about Greek words with omicron- iota or alpha-iota that have “e” in modern English. Be able to do exercises like those on Week 4 Worksheet 1. –Half the questions will be drawn directly from worksheet. –Half will be variants on those questions. Know the morphemes that make up the Bonus Biological terms back through last Thursday.TRANSCRIPT
Word Roots:Classics 30
Wednesday,August 25, 2010:
Unit 7 Anders Celsius
Today’s Goals
• To explain quiz for Thursday• To go over Material from Unit 7• To review grammar from last several
days• To go over transliteration from Greek to
English
Tomorrow’s Quiz• Know the answers to the questions and exercises from Unit 6
and 7.• Be able to answer questions about Greek words with omicron-
iota or alpha-iota that have “e” in modern English.• Be able to do exercises like those on Week 4 Worksheet 1.
– Half the questions will be drawn directly from worksheet.– Half will be variants on those questions.
• Know the morphemes that make up the Bonus Biological terms back through last Thursday.
Last Week’s Quiz:“aenigma” vs. “enigma”
Why are both “aenigma” and “enigma” correct spellings?
Unit 7 Prefixes
• {ec}
Unit 7 Bases
• {ov/ovi}• {aster}• {gaster/gastro}• {larynx/laryng/laryngo}• {tom}• {neuro}• {psycho}• {sclero}
• {oste}• {my}• {lymph}• {card/cardio}• {cyst/cysto}• {metro/meter}• {ot/oto}• {media}• {rhin/rhino}
Unit 7 Bases
• {ceros}• {rrhea}• {logo}• {entero}• {acid}• {alti}• {apert}• {arid} • {compet}
• {confid}• {conscript}• {correct}• {eras}• {ferv}• {fus}• {grati}• {humid}• {invent}
Unit 7 Bases
• {invest}• {liberal}• {magni}• {object}• {pall}• {sculpt}• {sequ}• {stup}
• {asin}• {audi}• {can}• {flex}• {frag}• {gel}• {glor}• {infant}
Unit 7 Bases
• {juven}• {leon}• {morb}• {naviga}• {pecuni}
• {sen}• {ven}• {verb}• {vir}
Unit 7 Suffixes
• {ion} • {y}• {oid}• {itis}• {sis}• {oma}• {ize}• {ence}
• {ity}• {or}• {or} • {tude}• {ure}• {ness}• {ble}• {id}
Unit 7 Suffixes
• {ile}• {ine}• {ose/ous}
Bonus Biology Term I• chlorophyll
– Greek {chloro} = green– Greek {phyll(on)} = leaf– Chlorophyll is a green-colored chemical that exists in several variants in
plant leaves. • Compare:
– chlorine ({-ine} = [basic, fundamental, essential, or important] chemical substance; here, {-ine} is the ending given to the halogen elements: fluorine, chlorine, bromine, iodine, astatine*) (chlorine, in pure form, is a green gas.)
– phyllo (from modern Greek), a dough in very thin leaves used to make baklava
– megaphyll and microphyll*But not “unumseptimium,” which was just made in January of 2010,ought to be the next halogen, and currently bears a temporary name.
Bonus Biology Term II• haplont
– Greek {hapl(o)} = single, simple– {ont} = “being” – an organism that has only a single (haploid) set of
chromosomes in its somatic (body) cells as opposed to one with a double (diploid) set.
• Compare:– diplont, {dipl(o)} = double.– ontology (the study of being [What does in mean to
say “John is an an employee of UC Davis”?])
End
Pygmies and cranes locked in mortal battle.