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.