Word origins

• hyperzeugmaA rhetorical figure in which each phrase or clause has its own verb. The opposite of zeugma.
• hyperzeuxisThe opposite of hypozeuxis; a figure in which multiple clauses share a single subject or predicate, often considered a form of zeugma or syllepsis.
• hypogastriumAn area of the human abdomen residing below the umbilicus.
• hypozeugmaA zeugma where the word or words on which all of the phrases depend is placed last.
• hypozeuxisAn expression whose every clause has its own independent subject and predicate.
• iso-Same, identical.
• isocolonA rhetorical scheme in which parallel elements possess the same number of words or syllables.
• -kai-And, used in forming words using Greek numeral prefixes.
• katabaticDownslope on a mountainside.
• kinesicsThe study of non-verbal communication by means of gestures and/or other body movements.
• kleroterionA device used in sortition, consisting of a stone slab incised with rows of slots and with an attached tube, and operating on tokens representing citizens.
• kothonan Ancient Greek cosmetic container with folded-over rim.
• kourotrophosAny of a class of Mycenaean terracotta figurines depicting women carrying children.
• kynodesmeA thin leather strip worn by some athletes in Ancient Greece to restrain the foreskin so as to prevent the exposure of the glans.
• labrysA double-headed axe in Minoan mythology.
• -lagniasexual predilection; paraphilia
• -lagniacsexual predilection; paraphilia
• laparo-flank, side
• lepido-Scaly.
• -machyForming nouns with the sense of ‘battle, fight’.
• MassaliaAn ancient Greek city and colony in modern southern France; modern Marseille.
• MassaliotA native or inhabitant of Massalia, now Marseille, France
• megaronThe rectangular great hall in a Mycenaean building, usually supported with pillars.
• -merUsed to form words relating to chemical structure, denoting parts of a molecule, for example, monomer (one part), dimer (two parts), polymer (many parts).
• merisisAny form of growth; specifically, growth by increase in number of cells.
• mesozeugmaA zeugma where the governing word occurs in the middle of the sentence and governs clauses on either side.
• meta-Behind.
• metemptosisThe suppression of a day in the calendar to prevent the date of the new moon being set a day too late, or the suppression of the leap day once in 134 years.
• micro-Very small.
• misogynSynonym of misogynist.
• monocephaloussaid of unbranched composite plants.
• MouseionAn ancient institution said to have been founded by Ptolemy I Soter (c. 369–282 BCE) as a place for music, poetry and philosophy, including the Library of Alexandria.
• nepsisWakefulness and watchfulness; a state of sobriety following a period of catharsis.
• noso-disease
• octastichA poem or strophe of eight verses or lines.
• oo-Relating to eggs or ova.
• ooidA small calcium carbonate- or iron-coated grain found on the seafloor.
• oophoronSynonym of ovary.
• ortho-Right angle, perpendicular.
• oxytoneHaving the stress on the last syllable.
• parataxisSpeech or writing in which clauses or phrases are placed together without being separated by conjunctions.
• paromologiaA concession to an adversary in order to strengthen one's own argument.
• parotitisInflammation of one or both parotid glands.
• paroxytoneHaving the stress or accent on the penultimate syllable.
• pedo-Relating to children.
• penta-Five.
• pentecosterAn officer who commands fifty men, particularly (historical) in the Spartan army.
• pentekostysA group of fifty men in the Ancient Greek army.
• -phagyFeeding on; consumption of.
• -phaneAppearing; visible; seeming.
• PhemeThe personification of fame and renown, her favour being notability, her wrath being scandalous rumours.
• phlegmagogueAny medicine supposed to expel phlegm (the humor).
• phugoidOf the motion of an aircraft, missile, or other flying object: continuously oscillating in a vertical plane due to the object pitching up and climbing, thus slowing down; then pitching down and descending, thus speeding up.
• -phylyTribehood.
• PloutonSynonym of Pluto (“the Greco-Roman god of the underworld”).
• poly-many
• pragmatographiaThe description of an action.
• proparoxytoneHaving the stress or accent on the antepenultimate syllable.
• properispomenonIn Greek grammar, having a circumflex accent on the penultimate syllable.
• proschemaA screen or pretext for doing something, especially for waging war.
• prosodionA processional hymn.
• prosopographiaThe vivid description of someone's face or character.
• prosopopoeiaAn act of personifying a person or object when communicating to an audience; a figure of speech involving this.
• proto-An early, primitive stage of development.
• protozeugmaA zeugma where the word or words on which all of the phrases depend is placed first.
• prozeugmaA zeugma where the governing word occurs in the first clause of the sentence.
• psilon pneumaSynonym of smooth breathing.
• pycno-Dense, thick.
• pyrrhousreddish; ruddy
• rhizo-roots (of living organisms).
• RhomaianOf or pertaining to the Eastern Roman (or Byzantine) empire; alternative form of Romaean.
• scedasticrelated to the variance of (statistical) errors
• sidero-Related to stars or constellations.
• -someCharacterized by some specific condition or quality, usually to a considerable degree.
• sozineAn antiseptic substance; any protein normally contained in the body of an animal and forming a natural protection against germs.
• stereo-Solid, three-dimensional.
• stoichedonText written such that the letters are arranged as rows and columns within a grid arrangement.
• storgeNatural affection or love, especially of parents for their children.
• strophalosA wheel or spinner that is an emblem of the Greek goddess Hecate.
• stypsisastringency
• synchoresisA concession made for the purpose of retorting with greater power.
• synzeugmaA type of zeugma in which a verb joins and governs two phrases by coming between them; a synonym of mesozeugma.
• tauroctonyA depiction (typically in relief or sculpture) of Mithras killing a bull; associated with the practice of Mithraism (as a cult) in the Roman Empire.
• tetracolonA stanza or division in lyric poetry, consisting of four verses or lines.
• tetrakaideka-fourteen
• thalasso-sea
• thion hudorlime sulfur.
• topographiaDescription of a place.
• triaconta-Thirty.
• triacontadSynonym of thirty, the number between 29 and 31.
• triaconterA vessel with thirty rows of oars for rowers.
• tricolonA sentence with three clearly defined parts of equal length, usually independent clauses.
• triskaideka-thirteen
• uraniscusThe palate or roof of the mouth.
• xanthismA yellowish colouring of pigments in hair, skin, feathers, etc.
• xantho-yellow
• xenagogueOne who guides strangers; a guide or tour guide.
• xenelasyThe practice of expelling foreigners in Doric Crete and Lacedaemonia.