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Class. Roots L.3+4
This set is on Classical Roots Lesson 3
| Answer | Question |
|---|---|
| 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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