Prefixes
mythology
Greek and Latin Bases
Words from each chapter
Who's who?
100
This prefix means after, behind. 
post- 

ex. postpone

100
These are the Greek and Latin names for the King of the gods, the father figure among the pantheon who is known for having thunderbolts and many trysts! 
Who is Zeus/ Jupiter?
100
This is the meaning of the Latin root in the word "servitude."
What is slave?
100
This is the latin base for the word nihilism. 
What is nothing?
100
This philosopher wrote many dialogues about his teacher Socrates but hardly ever includes himself in the conversations.
Who is Plato?
200
This prefix means with, together, thoroughly
com-

ex. completely 

200
This word for a breakfast food comes from the name goddess who takes care of the harvest and the name of that goddess.
What is cereal? Who is Ceres? 
200
This is the meaning of the Greek root of the word metaphysics.
nature
200
This is the meaning of the base arche- in archeology. 
What is beginning/first?
200
This person was called the "father of history" and wrote a book called the Inquiries or Historia.
Who is Herodotus?
300
This prefix means out, from, off.
ec, ex-


exit.

300
This word describes someone who has a very changeable temperament? It comes from the name of the messenger god known for his winged sandals.
What is mercurial from Mercury?
300
This is the meaning of the Latin root of the word captive.
What is to seize?
300
This is the meaning of the base of the word "insulin".
What is island?
300
This man was the adopted son of Julius Caesar and called himself 'princeps'. He was responsible for a rare long period of peace in the Roman Empire. 
Who is Augustus Caesar/Octavian? 
400
This prefix means "before" and "against"
ante-

antebellum

400
This is a way of describing one as being between a rock and a hard place and comes from the names of two monsters that Odysseus faced on his journey.
What is Scylla and Carybdis?
400

This is the meaning of the Greek root of the word phosphorescent. 

What is phosphorus which comes from two Greek roots meaning:

the bearer (phorus) of light (phos)?

400
This is the meaning of the base of the word "martyr".
What is "witness"?
400
This archaic poet composed the Theogony and the Works and Days. 
Who is Hesiod?
500
This prefix means through, across, over, apart. 
dia-

diagnosis

500

This word describes enforcing uniformity or conformity without regard to natural variation or individuality. It comes from the name of a smith who attacked people by stretching them or cutting off their legs, so as to force them to fit the size of an iron bed until Theseus killed him.

What is procrustean? 
500
This is the Latin root and definition of the english word exigent.
What is the Latin verb agere which means do, act, drive? 


Exigent means urgent, demanding attention.

500
This is the meaning of the base of "obstetrics".
What is "midwife"?
500
This woman was the mother of Romulus and Remus, the children who eventually founded Rome. 
Who is Rhea Silvia? 
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