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Greek Suffixes
Pg. 17 - 19 (Lesson 4)
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02/16/2012

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Term
-ize
Definition
(makes a verb causative)
ex: apologize, characterize
VERB ENDINGS
Term
-ic
Definition
pertaining to
ex: geographic
ADJECTIVE ENDINGS
Term
-tic
Definition
pertaining to
ex: politic
ADJECTIVE ENDINGS
Term
-stic
Definition
pertaining to
ex: agnostic
ADJECTIVE ENDINGS
Term
-istic
Definition
pertaining to
ex: characteristic
ADJECTIVE ENDINGS
Term
-etic
Definition
pertaining to
ex: splenetic
ADJECTIVE ENDINGS
Term
-otic
Definition
pertaining to
ex: amniotic
ADJECTIVE ENDINGS
Term
-id
Definition
associated with
ex: parotid
ADJECTIVE ENDINGS
Term
-iac
Definition
associated with
ex: cardiac
ADJECTIVE ENDINGS
Term
-ian
Definition
associated with
ex: utopian
ADJECTIVE ENDINGS
Term
-oid
Definition
shaped like, having the property of
ex: colloid
ADJECTIVE ENDINGS
Term
-sia
Definition
quality, action, state, disease, etc. (cf. English -ness and -hood)
ex: amnesia
NOUN ENDINGS (abstractions)
Term
-sy
Definition
quality, action, state, disease, etc. (cf. English -ness and -hood)
ex: epilepsy
NOUN ENDINGS (abstractions)
Term
-ia
Definition
quality, action, state, disease, etc. (cf. English -ness and -hood)
ex: hydrophobia
NOUN ENDINGS (abstractions)
Term
-y
Definition
quality, action, state, disease, etc. (cf. English -ness and -hood)
ex: apology
NOUN ENDINGS (abstractions)
Term
-t
Definition
doer, agent
ex: poet
NOUN ENDINGS (agent)
Term
-te
Definition
doer, agent
ex: athlete
NOUN ENDINGS (agent)
Term
-ter
Definition
doer, agent
ex: crater
NOUN ENDINGS (agent)
Term
-st
Definition
doer, agent
ex: amethyst
NOUN ENDINGS (agent)
Term
-ist
Definition
doer, agent
ex: biologist
NOUN ENDINGS (agent)
Term
-ad
Definition
a collection of, something/someone, associated with
ex: Iliad
NOUN ENDINGS (groups)
Term
-ian
Definition
a collection of, something/someone, associated with
ex: physician
NOUN ENDINGS (groups)
Term
-ite
Definition
a collection of, something/someone, associated with
ex: pyrite
NOUN ENDINGS (groups)
Term
-ode
Definition
shaped like
ex: nematode
NOUN ENDINGS (things)
Term
-eion
Definition
place for
ex: Asklepieion
NOUN ENDINGS (things)
Term
-ion
Definition
diminutive
ex: Heraion
NOUN ENDINGS (things)
Term
-eum
Definition
place for
ex: museum
NOUN ENDINGS (things)
Term
-ium
Definition
place for
ex: pandemonium
NOUN ENDINGS (things)
Term
-ion
Definition
diminutive
ex: criterion
NOUN ENDINGS (things)
Term
-ium
Definition
diminutive
ex: epithelium
NOUN ENDINGS (things)
Term
-isk
Definition
diminutive
ex: basilisk
NOUN ENDINGS (things)
Term
-ism
Definition
condition, belief in
ex: symbolism
NOUN ENDINGS (things)
Term
-ics
Definition
study of
ex: physics
NOUN ENDINGS (things scientific)
Term
-ology
Definition
study of
ex: geology
NOUN ENDINGS (things scientific)
Term
-ide
Definition
chemical
ex: chloride
NOUN ENDINGS (things scientific)
Term
-ine
Definition
chemical
ex: chlorine
NOUN ENDINGS (things scientific)
Term
-ane
Definition
chemical
ex: methane
NOUN ENDINGS (things scientific)
Term
-ene
Definition
chemical
ex: ethylene
NOUN ENDINGS (things scientific)
Term
-yne
Definition
chemical
ex: hexyne
NOUN ENDINGS (things scientific)
Term
-itis
Definition
inflammation of
ex: arthritis
NOUN ENDINGS (mainly medical)
Term
-osis
Definition
morbid condition
ex: sclerosis
NOUN ENDINGS (mainly medical)
Term
-iasis
Definition
morbid condition
ex: psoriasis
NOUN ENDINGS (mainly medical)
Term
-oma
Definition
morbid growth, tumor
ex: glaucoma
NOUN ENDINGS (mainly medical)
Term
-sis
Definition
the act or the action of
ex: thesis
NOUNS FROM VERBS (ATTACHED EXCLUSIVELY TO VERB STEMS)
Term
-se
Definition
the act or the action of
ex: phrase
NOUNS FROM VERBS (ATTACHED EXCLUSIVELY TO VERB STEMS)
Term
-m
Definition
the result of an action
ex: poem
NOUNS FROM VERBS (ATTACHED EXCLUSIVELY TO VERB STEMS)
Term
-ma
Definition
ex: cinema
NOUNS FROM VERBS (ATTACHED EXCLUSIVELY TO VERB STEMS)
Term
-mat(-)
Definition
(used expecially if affixing further suffixes)
ex: mathematics
NOUNS FROM VERBS (ATTACHED EXCLUSIVELY TO VERB STEMS)
Term
-mata (plural of -ma)
Definition
ex: problemata
NOUNS FROM VERBS (ATTACHED EXCLUSIVELY TO VERB STEMS)
Term
-me (from French)
Definition
ex: theme
NOUNS FROM VERBS (ATTACHED EXCLUSIVELY TO VERB STEMS)
Term
-t, -te
Definition
past participle suffix (="-ed")
ex: anecdote
NOUNS FROM VERBS (ATTACHED EXCLUSIVELY TO VERB STEMS)
Term
-st
Definition
past participle suffix (="-ed")
ex: caustic
NOUNS FROM VERBS (ATTACHED EXCLUSIVELY TO VERB STEMS)
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