Greek Adjectives
This is the meaning of the stem phil- from the Greek adjective philos.
What is "loving"?
The meaning of the Greek word kephalos (stem cephal-).
What is "head"?
This suffix denotes an inflammatory illness
What is -itis?
This monster lived in the labyrinth and was killed by Theseus.
Who is the Minotaur?
The earliest surviving ancient Greek literature is attributed to a poet of this name.
Who is Homer?
This is the meaning of the Greek adjective pseudes, whose stem is pseud-.
What is "false"?
The meaning of the Greek word kardia (stem cardi-)
What is "heart"?
This suffix denotes a non-inflammatory abnormal condition or illness
What is -osis?
This messenger of Zeus was known for trailing a rainbow behind her.
Who is Iris?
This ancient Greek city-state was known for a brutal institution called the agoge, according to which all full citizens were brought up and trained for war.
What is Sparta?
This is the meaning of the Greek adjective mnemon, whose stem is mnemon-.
What is "remembering"?
What is "intestine"?
This suffix is used in medical words to indicate the presence of swelling, a tumor, or cancer
What is -oma?
This woman, created as a joint effort by many gods and goddesses, has a name that means "all-gift"
Who is Pandora?
The Greek stem tox- has two meanings because some soldiers would apply this substance to the arrows that they would shoot with their bows (toxoi).
What is poison?
This Greek stem derives from the adjective that means "middle."
What is mes- (from mesos)?
The ancient practice of divination called hepatoscopy involves the contemplation/looking into this part of an animal.
What is the liver?
This is the basic meaning of the suffixes -a, -ia, and -iasis.
What is a "state" or "condition"?
This son of the god of Sleep (Hypnos) had the ability to transform into the form of any human.
Who is Morpheus?
This ancient and medieval weapon, named from the Greek verb meaning "to throw," was capable of launching huge stones at enemies.
What is the ballista? (stem: ball-)
This stem comes from the Greek adjective that originally meant "sharp" but later was used to indicate something acidic or the involving oxygen.
What is oxy- / ox-?
This Greek stem means "kidney"
What is nephr- (from nephros)?
The Greek prefix eu- "well" means "healthy" or "normal" in a medical context. This Greek prefix is used to denote the opposite -- that something is "unhealthy, abnormal, difficult, or painful."
What is dys-?
This nymph fell in love with Narcissus, but he was too much in love with himself to notice her.
Who is Echo?
This ancient Greek physician (and his students) left behind treatises such as Airs, Waters, Places and On the Sacred Disease.
Who is Hippocrates of Cos?