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Class. Roots L.3+4

This set is on Classical Roots Lesson 3

AnswerQuestion
mother what does Mater and Matris mean?
latin Is Mater and Matris Latin or Greek?
matrix Noun > The surroundings within which something begins or develops.
monogamy Noun > Marriage to a single mate.
bigamy Noun > Marriage to two mates.
marriage What does "Gamos" mean in Greek?
uxorious dominated by one's wife.
wife What does "UXOR" and "UXORIS" mean in Latin?
familial Adj. > Having to do with family.
family What does FAMILIA mean in Latin?
avuncular Adj. > Like an uncle.
uncle What does AVANCULUS and AVUNCULI mean in Latin?
fraternize Verb > To be friendly with. <To socialize with an enemy population.
fraternal Adj. > pertaining to brothers; brotherly.
brother What does FRATER and FRATRIS mean in Latin?
patronymic Noun > Name derived from a paternal ancestor.
patronize Verb > To go to regularly. <To treat someone as an inferior.
patonage Noun > Support; encouragement. >Business clientele; customers
patrimony Noun > A family inheritance.
patriarch Noun > The male head of a family or tribe. >An Old Testament ancestor. >A founding father or wise man.
father What does PATER and PATRIS mean in Latin?
matriculate > To register as a student at a college or university.
matriarchy Noun > A society ruled or controlled by women.
renaissance Noun > A rebirth; a renewal. > (capitalized) A revival of humanism in 14th century to 16th century Europe.
nascent Adj. > Emerging; coming into existence.
Naive Adj. > Child- like; unsophisticated. > Gullible.
innate Adj. > Possessed at birth; inborn.
to be born What does NASCAR, NASCI, and NATUM mean in Latin?
euthanasia Noun > The act of painlessly killing a suffering person or animal; mercy killing.
death What does THANATOS mean in Greek?
postmortem Noun > An examination to determine the cause of death; an autopsy. >(informal) An analysis of something that is over.
mortify Tr. V. > To shame. > To discipline oneself by denial.
moribund Adj. > About to die or end.
to die What does MORIOR, MORI, and MORTUUM mean in Latin?
essence Noun > The basic element; the identifying characteristic. > A substance in concentrated form obtained from a plant or drug. > A perfume.
nonentity Noun > A person or thing of no importance. > Something that does not exist or exists only in the imagination.
entity Noun > Something that has a real or independent existence.
to be What does SUM, ESSE, FUI, and FUTURUM mean in Latin?
pedagogue Noun > A teacher
pedant Noun > A person who pays excessive attention to learning rules rather than to understanding. > A scholarly show-off.
orthopedics Noun > Branch of medicine treating disorders of the skeletal system and tissues related to movement.
child, boy What does PAIS and PAIDOS mean in Greek?
puerile Adj. > Childish; immature.
a male child What does PUER mean in Latin?
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