PART III.—THE GREEK ELEMENT.

I.—GREEK PREFIXES.

Prefix.	Signification.	Example.	Definition
a- an-	= without; not	a-pathy an-omalous	state of being without feeling. not similar.
amphi-	= around; both	amphi-theater amphi-bious	place for seeing all around. living in both land and water.
ana-	= back, throughout	ana-logy ana-lysis	reasoning back. loosening throughout.
anti- ant-	= against; opposite	anti-pathy ant-arctic	a feeling against. opposite the Arctic.
apo- ap-	= away; out	apo-stle ap-helion	one sent out. away from the sun.
cata- cat-	= down or against	cata-ract cat-arrh	a rushing down. a flowing down.
dia-	= through or across	dia-meter dia-logue	measure through the center. speaking across (from one another).
dis- di-	= two, double	dis-syllable di-lemma	word of two syllables. a double assumption.
dys-	= ill	dys-pepsia	ill digestion.
ec- ex-	= out of	ec-centric ex-odies	out of the center. an outgoing.

Note—ex- is used before a root beginning with a vowel.

en- em-	= in or on	en-ergy em-phasis	power in one. stress on.
epi- ep-	= upon; for	epi-dermis ep-hemeral	skin upon skin. lasting for a day.

Note—ep- is used before a root beginning with a vowel or a h aspirate

eu- ev-	= well or good	eu-phonic ev-angel	sounding well. good news.
hemi-	= half	hemi-sphere	half a sphere
hyper-	= over or beyond	hyper-critical hyper-borean	over-critical. beyond the North.
hypo-	= under	hypo-thesis	a placing under (= Lat. supposition.)
meta- met-	= beyond; transference	meta-physics met-onymy	science beyond physics. transference of name.
para- par-	= by the side of	par-helion	mock sun by the side of the real.
peri-	= around	peri-meter	the measure around anything.
pro-	= before	pro-gramme	something written before.
pros-	= to	pros-elyte	one coming to a new religion.
syn- sy- syl- sym-	with = or together	syn-thesis sy-stem syl-lable sym-pathy	placing together. part with part. letters taken together. feeling together.

NOTE.—The form sy- is used before s; syl- before l, sym- before b, p or m.

II.—GREEK ALPHABET.

Α α Β β Γ γ Δ δ Ε ε Ζ ζ Η η Θ θ Ι ι Κ κ Λ λ Μ μ Ν ν Ξ ξ Ο ο Π π Ρ ρ Σ σ, ς final Τ τ Υ υ Φ φ Χ χ Ψ ψ Ω ω

a b g d e as in met z e as in me th i k l m n x o as in not p r s t u, or y ph ch ps o as in no

Alpha. Beta. Gamma. Delta. Epsilon. Zeta. Eta. Theta. Iota Kappa. Lambda. Mu. Nu. Xi. Omicron. Pi Rho. Sigma. Tau. Upsilon. Phi. Chi. Psi. Omega.

Pronunciation of Greek Words.

Gamma has always the hard sound of g, as in give.

Kappa is represented by c in English words, although in Greek it has but one sound, that of our k.

Upsilon is represented by y in English words; in Greek it has always the sound of u in mute.

Chi is represented in English by ch having the sound of k; as in chronic.

In Greek words, as in Latin, there are always as many syllables as there are vowels and diphthongs.

An inverted comma placed over a letter denotes that the sound of our h precedes that letter.