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THE DICTIONARY OF GARDENING. 
Pronouncing Dictionary —continued. 
LIST OF GREEK ROOT-WORDS, 
From which a large number of Botanical Names are derived. 
The words given in the original Greek characters are often very helpful in showing what 
is the correct pronunciation, as the Greek alphabet has different letters for long and short 
vowels: e— é, as avOeuis —anthémis; 7 —6, as dvOnpd — anthéra ; 
e — 0, as Bpópa = broma. ` 
chamae. 
xayal — 
v , `x 
o=6, as Boouos = brómos ; 
When Greek words are written in Latin characters, e, is often 
represented by 7, as ye(Xos — cheilos or chilos; ov by e, as ovpå — oura or tira; at by æ, as 
The Greek vis generally represented by the Latin y, and the terminations 
-oç and -ov are frequently written in Latin as -us and um: e.g., Bpúov, moss, appears in bo- 
tanical nomenclature as Brywm, as well as Bryon. Of the consonants, the Greek « becomes in 
Latin e, yis represented by ch, and yy by ng: xaXós = calos, ypvsós = chrysos, dyyeiov = angion. 
The aspirate, or rough breathing [°] ought to be represented by h; but this is sometimes 
incorrectly omitted in botanical names: 
for instance, from dppmv (arrhen) we find arrenum 
a as well as arrhena; and padis (rhaphis) produces Raphidophora as well as the more correct 
4 Rhaphidophora. In this list, words in which the root appears as a prefix are divided by a 
colon from words in which it appears as a postfix; the semicolons separate the different 
forms of the prefixes or postfixes. ‘The words themselves are divided internally by hyphens 
in accordance with their etymology, not as in the body of the Pronouncing Dictionary. 
& Roor-wonp. 
‘chy Bit (deh y: BM o: 
A gen ees zc axidos), a point 
` Actis, actinós (dris, axrivos) sa ray 
Agithés (dya0ós), fod. |< 
Ampélós (dyzredos), a vine . 
e éiere vôðepov), a Sawer i 
| (avOiipe 
56 Mami silver ` bU A 
ctn MM; ce s 
— Bálínós (Bdxavos), an “acorn soe 
 Bšrys (Bapús), bae ss 
asap (B&os), umi ME 
Bids (Boo), Hfe-". ete ag ; 
Bléphåris (8Xebapis), an as 
Bléphárón (Sr€papor), an eyelid . 
Bótrys, bótryós (Bórpvs, Bórpvos), a cluster 
— Brüchys (Spayós), short. . . pon 
. Bróma (pôpa), food. . : AT SÅ 
PTEE ox RR 
er Adén, adénós (ad%v, adévos), a gland . 
D 
D 
Angeión or Angión (dyyeiov), a vessel . 
 Arrhén, arrhénós or arrénós lib, -dojens] 
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EXAMPLES OF DERIVATIVES. 
Ach¥r-anthes,Ach¥r-acantha ; Ach¥ré-nia, Ach¥ré-pappus. 
Aci-notus, Aci-phylla; Acid-andra; Acisanthera. 
Actino-carpus, Actino-lepis, Actino-meris, Actino-nema. 
Adén-andra, Ádén.anthera; Xdéno-earpus, Adéno-phora : 
Dipl-Adénia,Gymn-idénia; Myri-idénus,Tachi-idénus. 
Agith-a, Agith-is; Ágüthó-meris, Ágáthó-phyllum : Lepid- - 
igithis, Phyll-ágüthis. 
Ampél-opsis ; ampéló-phagum, Ampéló-sieyos:  Ciss- 
ii ampélós. ; ; j 
Angi-anthus ; Angió-pteris: Ancect-angium. 
Chrys-anthémum, Heli-anthémum, Leuc-anthémum, 
Mesembry-anthémum. ` ` 
Acis-anthéra, Cephal-anthéra, Cyrt-anthéra, Plat-anthéra. 
Argyr-eia, Argřrö-chæta, Argyró-phyton, argyró-stigma. 
Gloss-arrhén ; Odont-arrhéna, Syn-arrhéna ; Dis-arrénum. 
Bialin-ites ; Bálánó-pteris: Cheysos ülánis, erf, 
Báry-andra, Bšry-osma, biry 
Bary-xylon. ` 
Béló-perone, bélé-phorus, béld-phyllum. 
Bio-phytum, Bid-rhiza : Ammo-bium, Dendro-bium, Petro- 
bium. ue [bléphárts. 
Bléphürís, bléphiri-glottis : es Carpi- . 
vei ri eres oa S 
. E echt (Bulls’ Food), Unc tree ior Food), Theo- ; 
3 Ce (the Gods’ Food), Hippo-bromus Ee: S 
: Baseras ( (elt Horn), Ste (B (Bull's Hond), 1 Bi 
vehi 8 TA 
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