Greek Roots / Suffixes
Across
- 4. The study of the Earth.
- 5. From Latin “carta” (map, chart) _____________ is the process of writing maps.
- 6. An ophthalmoscope is a tool for __________ the eye.
- 7. Someone who is subject to their own law/rules has _
- 8. The ABSENCE of rule or government is called _
- 12. Literally “writing about the earth.”
- 13. A thermometer is a tool for _ heat.
- 14. literally, the laws/rules/system of the stomach (Greek: γαστήρ, γαστρ-)
- 15. In Greek μετέωρ- (meteor) means “something high up,” so “meteorology” is literally the __________ of what is in the air.
- 18. Technically, “science of measuring triangles”
- 19. the laws/rules/system of classification (Greek: τάξις)
- 20. When “the few” (Greek: ὀλίγοι) are in charge, this system of government is called an…
Down
- 1. a truly excellent (and thus far unachieved) system of government in which women (Greek: γύν-) are the rulers would be called a…
- 2. In ancient Athens, the polemarch was the individual who was the ____________________ (n.) in times of war (πόλεμος).
- 3. Literally, “the study of time.”
- 9. Anthropometry is the science of measuring…
- 10. A place inhabited only by animals might be called a…
- 11. A tool for measuring time.
- 14. Literally, “the act/science of measuring the earth.”
- 16. A picture made by sound (from Latin sonus, not Greek φῶνος) is called a _________________.
- 17. a person experiencing fear of books would be called a…