356 THE DICTIONARY OF GARDENING. 
Pronouncing Dictionary—continued. 
LIST. OF GREEK ROOT-WORDsS, 
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: «—6, as avOcuis =anthémis; 7 =6, as avOnpd —anthira; o—6, as Bpouos = brimos ; 
w@ =6, as Bp@va—broma. When Greek words are written in Latin characters, e is often 
represented by 7, as xetdos=cheilos or chilos; ov by #, as ovpa—oura or tira; a by w@, as 
yauai—chame. The Greek v is generally represented by the Latin y, and the terminations 
-os and -ov are frequently written in Latin as -ws and -wm ; e.g., Bpvov, moss, appears in bo- 
tanical nomenclature as Brywm, as well as Bryon. Of the consonants, the Greek « becomes in 
Latin c, yisrepresented by ch, and yy by ng: xadds = calos, ypusos = chrysos, ayyetov — angion. 
The aspirate, or rough breathing ['] ought to be represented by h; but this is sometimes 
incorrectly omitted in botanical names: for instance, from appnv (arrhén) we find arrenum 
as well as arrhena; and pagis (rhaphis) produces Raphidophora as well as the more correct 
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-worpD. 
Achyron (axupor), chaff . 
Acis, acidés (axis, axidos), a point 
Actis, actinés (axris, axtivos), a ray . 
Adén, adénés (adyv, adévos), a gland . 
Agithés (aya@cs), good . 
Ampéloés (adzredos), a vine . 
Angeion or Angin (ayyeiov), a vessel . 
Anthémon (dv@enor), a flower . 
Anthéra (av@jpa), an anther 
Argyris (apyupos), silver 
Arrhén, arrhénds or arrénés (appnv, appevos) 
a male ere, Nye 
Balanos (Badavos), an acorn 
Barys (Gaps), heavy . 
Bélés (8édos), a dart 
Bids (Bios), life 
Blépharis (@rAepapis), an eyelash . 
Blépharén (Br€efapov), an eyelid . Boal 
Botrys, botry6s (Sotpus, Botpvos), a cluster 
Brichys (Spayvs), short . 
Broma (8papa), food. 
Busi(So0s);sankoxseano lle. cen 
EXAMPLES OF DERIVATIVES. 
Achyr-anthes, A ch¥r-acantha; AchYré-n'a, Ach¥ré-pappus. 
Kei-notus, Aci-phylla; Acid-andra; Acisanthera. 
Actino-earpus, Actino-lepis, Actino-meris, Actino-nema. 
Adén-andra, Adén-anthera ;- Adéno-carpus, Adéno-phora : 
J Dipl-adénia,Gymn-iidénia; Myri-adénus,Tachi-adénus, 
Agith-a, Agith-is; Agithd-meris, Agathé-phyllum : Lepid- 
agithis, Phyll-agithis. 
Ampél-opsis; amptlé-phagum, 
ampélés. 
Angi-anthus ; Angio-pteris: Ancect-angiam. 
Chrys-anthémum, Heli-anthémum, Louc-anthémum, 
Mesembry-anthémum. 
Acis-anthéra, Cephal-anthéra, Cyrt-anthéra, Plat-anthera. 
Argyr-eia, Argyré-cheta, Argyro-phyton, argyré-stigma. 
Ampili-sieyos: Ciss- 
Gloss-arrhén; Odont-arrhéna, Syn-arrhéna ; Dis-arrénum. 
Bilin-ites ; Balind-pteris: Chryso-balaniis, Myro-biiliniis. 
Biary-andra, Biry-osma, biry-stachys, Biry-xylon. 
Béelé-perone, bélé-phorus, bél6-phyllum. 
Bid-phytum, Bis-rhiza: Ammo-bium, Dendro-bium, Petro- 
bium. [bléphiris. 
Bléphiiris, bléphiri-glottis:  Calli-blépharis, Carpi- 
bléphiré phyl!a : Octo-bléphiirén. 
Bétr¥s; Bétry-anthus; Botr¥s-dendron: Poly-botrya ; 
Adelo-bitr¥s, Leuco-bitrys, macro-botrys. 
Briich¥-chiton, Brich¥-come, Brachy-loma, 
rhynchos, Brachy-sema. 
Bu-broma (Bulls’ Food), Ono-broma (Asses’ Food), Theo- 
broma (the Gods’ Food), Hippo-bromus (Horses’ 
Food). 
Bi-ceras (Bull’s Horn), Ba-cephalon (Bull’s Head), Bu- 
glossum (Bull’s Tongue, “ Oxtongue’’). 
Brichy- 
