Everyday Greek, Greek Words in English, Including Scientific Terms PDF
Preview Everyday Greek, Greek Words in English, Including Scientific Terms
A 3 4 3 \ u 1 b ^ 9 ^X- , At.fAllC/lD.. ^(^F.rAii'-T'.n, ^\\.\E'!:NIV[RS/^^ . '.n^.^Mrpfrr S ^ Vg <: - SV 1 ^WE•UNiVER5•//) ^^HIBF :^ = -«J^ Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2008 with funding from ^J'il30NSoi^'^ IVIicrosoft Corporation ^"^WEUNIVERV/%) ,OF-CAliF0/;!,v>_ ^OF'C,MIFO% ^^ "^AdV^HlH'- ^^^^lL!BRARY/9,^ ^nNHIBRARYQ/-, ^^\^MNIVER% .,5,;lOSiW'.Fifr. — O * .<r5'' uL. •$i- -Y, ,^^^ ]3DN\^-S01^'' ""-//^a^AiNa-iwv' ^ .eg- , http://www.archive.org/details/everydaygreekgreOOhoff ^\rrK!V[R^, vlOSvWCfLfX ;^^ ;^. <.^^- u. V:,. m/ ^lllBRARY^k^ ^HIBRARY^^ 29 33 C3 ^QF-CALIFO/?^ ^OF-CAilFO/?^ >; Or I ^c'AiiVHani^ ^lOS-ANGEl£f;^, O %OJ.r ^lOSANCEl£r^^ 5V (p ^i. y< Y<. ^OAwmn-i"^ "^/^aaAiNn-mv EVERYDAY GREEK THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO PRESS CHICAGO, ILLINOIS THE BAKER & TAYLOR COMPANY NEW YORK THE CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS LONDON THE MARUZEN-KABUSHIK.I-KAISHA TOKYO,OSAKA,KYOTO, FUKUOKA,SENDAI THE COMMERCIAL PRESS, LIMITED SHANGHAI EVERYDAY GREEK GREEK WORDS IN ENGLISH, INCLUDING SCIENTIFIC TERMS By HORACE ADDISON HOFFMAN ProfessorEmeritus ofGreek Indiana University THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO PRESS CHICAGO, ILLINOIS COPYRIGHT 1919 BYTHE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. PUBLISHEDJULY I9I9 TENTH IMPRESSION MARCH I935 COMPOSEDANDPRINTEDBYTHEUNIVERSITYOFCHICAGOPRESS CHICAGO,ILLINOIS.U.S.A. TA PREFACE c^ "- This book hasgrown out of my own needs in giving a briel course in the derivation of English words of Greek origin. I have the hope that it will also be of service to many other teachers in giving similar courses in colleges and high schools. vj; believe also that many persons will find such a manual very helpful for private study and reference. Those who have J "^ studied Greek in the usual way will find the book helpful for ^ purposes of review and in the application of their knowledge ^ to the study of Greek words in English. Others can use the ^ bookinprivate study as the means of acquiringin the shortest and most direct way a sufficient knowledge of Greek to _ enable them to trace the origin and feel the force of scientific terms and other English words of Greek origin. f- <r The book is not intended to take the place of the English dictionary or the Greek lexicon, but only to prepare the stu- ^ dent to make a more intelligent use of the dictionary. One of the chief problems in preparing this manual has beentodecidejust what to include in it and what to leave out, so that it might contain neither too much nor too little. I "Shave tried to strike a happy medium and to include only those j "^things which are fundamental for the purposes of the book, .' selecting my examples in such a way as to illustrate the differ- ent types of words. I cannot expect to satisfy everyone by my selections. No doubt many teachers and students will find some things included which they consider superfluous, and others will miss things which they would prefer to have n 362S0 ; PREFACE vi included. This will be especially true of the vocabulary and the lists of words given for study. It will, however, be easy for anyone to omit words and sections which he does not care to study, and those who wish different examples from those given can collect lists of words in which they, or their students, are particularly interested. It is to be hoped, indeed, that students who use this book will not confine themselves to the words given in it, but that each one, after mastering the fundamental principles and enough of the examples to illustrate them, will seek to apply his knowledge to the words of Greek derivation w^hich belong to his own special field of study. It will be noticed that, in so far as scientific terms are concerned, I have given a preponderance of medical terms. There are three reasons for this. In the first place, I have tried to make this work especially helpful to medical students secondly, the medical terminology has to a considerable extent been handed down to us from the ancient Greek physi- cians and preserves more fully the true Greek forms and meanings than that of most other sciences; thirdly, many of these medical terms have come into general use and belong to everyday language, not merely to the professional language of the physician. Even new terms in medicine often very soonbecomewidelyknown and apartof the common language of educated people. I believe, therefore, that the amount of attention given to medical terms is justified, even if the user of the book does not intend to study medicine. Ihave tried to present the material in the most convenient and practical form rather than in a scientific and exhaustive form. The Greek scholar will think that I have not dug very
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