English Prefixes derived from the Greek. 207 
. An before vowels, or a before consonants, Gr. & = Sansc. an, 
a, Tat in, Germ. un, Eng. in and un ; (connected i Gi. dvev, Germ. 
ohne, both signifying without ;) denoti ting negation; as, anarchy, want 
of government; ambrosia, an imaginary food supposed to confer im- 
mortality ; prea an indivisible-particle ; abyss,.a bottomless gulf. 
3. Ana before consonants, or an before vowels, Gr. évé, év, = Goth. 
ana, Germ. an, Anglo:Sax. and Eng. on; (connected with Gr. ave, 
above. 
(1.) up, spel as, anadromous, running up} anagoge, a leading 
of the mind. upwa 
(2.) over, pha as, anatreptic, overturning. 
—_ ) back, in a contrary airostios 2 as, anacamplic,. refiened, anges 
es ) back, .ta the original oo as, anatomy, the disseeting of an 
animal body into its constituent parts; analysis, the separation 
compound body into its constituent = rts. 
(5.) back, anew, again ; as anadiplosis, the use of the same — 
at the-end of one clause and “ope. nscale tie 
(6.) away; as, pane a a baat, recluse 
4. Anti, Gr vis = Sanse..*al Soakaadl int Goth. ne mn anda, a 
glo-Sax. and and on, Germ. mete ant, g. an 
(1.) before, over oe as, Sn, “trina ‘s in fi against. 
No example oecurs in English. 
(2.) against, in porches to; as, i fein the feet directly 
opposite ; antipathy, opposite feeling. . Also as a preposition with its 
complement; as, antiasthmatic, good against the asthma, — 
(3.) denoting waa ya om sahoataa figure corresponding 
to its, pattern. 
(4.) denoting alternation or reciprocity ; ; .as, antiphony, alternate or 
reciprocal singing ; antistrophe, reciprocal conversions 
= ) as exchange ; as, antiptoss, the exchange. of one cone for 
9, Or. aot ine a pat and ava, ‘Lat. ab, Groth: 3 Germ, 
r ‘Avg’. = off of the.last | T 
(1) from, off pa cutting at lotro sya 
ble of a warts apology, a rank one’s se off, a defense in words. 
(2.) away; as, apostrophe, a turning a 
i 3) out ; as, apozem,a decoction ; apologue, a saying out, a full nar- 
prey down; as, apoplexy, a striking do 
“= ) denoting privation or ny ase ; Ps, »apocalypaey an abooveringy 
revelation. 
6. Catia Gr. xaté, 
1.) down, downwards ; as, catarrh,.a flowing do 
e} against, as @ preposition with its ps met as, catabaptist, 
one who opposes 
an upside down; as, catastrophe a turning upside down, over- 
7" 4.) denoting distribution, as ; prercesne with its gn a as, 
catame thl 
(5.) denoting aru ten; as, catachresis, wrong use. 
