Greek Roots / Suffixes

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…

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…