PREFIXES. 479 



sex-, sVJcs (L. sexus, sex, sexus, of sex), sex; as sexiferons, provided with 

 sexual organs. 



sine (L. ), without : smecure, an office which has an income but not 

 employment. 



stomato-, stdm'at'd, and stomo-, stom'o (Gr. stoma, the mouth), denot- 

 ing connection with the mouth ; as tomato-gastric, connected with 

 the mouth and stomach. 



stylo-, stil'-o (L. stylus, Gr. stiiltis, a column, a style or pen), denoting 

 connection with the styloid process of the temporal bone ; as stylo- 

 glossus, the shortest of three muscles which spring from the styloid 

 process of the temporal bone, situated partly under the tongue. 



sub, with its forms sue, suf, sug, sum, sup, sus (L.), under; below ; 

 beneath : sw&scribe, to write under ; subside, to settle under : sub 

 becomes sue before c, as in ^cceed, to follow under or in order : suf 

 before f, as in suffer, to bear up under : sug before g, as in suggest, 

 to carry or lay under : sum before m, as in summon, to warn beneath 

 or secretly : sup before p, as in ^pplant, to trip up beneath : sus 

 before c, p, t, etc., as in msceptible, capable of being laid hold of 

 beneath ; sw-spend, to hang beneath. 



subter (L. ), beneath ; under : subterfuge, a flying under or beneath. 



super, with its form sur (L.), above; over; in excess : superhuman, 

 above human ; supersede, to sit or be above : super assumes the 

 French form sur, as in surcharge, to charge in excess. 



syn, with its forms sy, syl, sym (Gr.), with ; together ; united : syntax, 

 a putting together in order : syn becomes sy before s, as in system, 

 that which is formed of parts placed together : syl before 1, as in 

 syllable, several letters taken together to form a single sound : sym 

 before b, p, or m, as in sympathy, feeling with another ; symbol, 

 that which is thrown together with something else ; symmetry, state 

 of having the parts of the same measure with. 



ter-, ter (L. ter, thrice), in chem., denoting three atoms of acid combined 

 with one of base. 



tetra-, tet'ra (Gr. tetra, four), four ; in L. quatuor ; as tetragynous, 

 having four carpels, or four styles. 



trachelo-, trak-el-o (Gr. trachelds, the neck), denoting connection with 

 the throat or neck ; as ZracAefo-mastoid, a muscle which passes from 

 the neck to the mastoid process of the skull. 



tracheo-, trdk'e-o (Gr. tracheia, the windpipe), denoting connection 

 with the trachea or windpipe ; as fa'acAeo-bronchitis, inflammation of 

 the trachea and bronchi. 



trans, with its form tra (L.), across; over; beyond; through: 

 transact, to carry or drive through ; transgress, to go over or 

 beyond : trans is contracted into tra, as in traverse, to turn or 

 lie across. 



tri-, trl (L. Iris, Gr. treis, thrice), three ; in threes ; as n'adelphoii8, 

 in bot. , having stamens united into three bundles by their filaments ; 

 triangle, a figure of three sides and angles ; insect, to cut into three 

 equal parts. 



ultra (L.), beyond ; on the other side ; extreme : w&ramontane, on the 

 other side of the mountain. 



Tin (AS. un, a privative or negative particle), not ; the opposite of 

 used in these senses before adjectives, or nouns derived from adjec- 

 tives : unfruitful, not fruitful ; wifruiti'ulness, the state of not being 



