208 English Prefixes derived from the Greek. 
ak a Gr, dé,— Lat. dis; (connected with Gr. dio, Lat. duo, — 
“e i in 1 £1005 annular apart; as, dieresis, the resoladion: of a diph- 
(2 (2) through ; as, diameter, a line drawn through the — 
(3.) thoroughly ; as, diagnostic, distinguishing, charac 
_. (4.) between, es, reciprocity ; as, dialogue, pang ye 
tween two or mor 
. Dys, Gr. dé¢, = Sansc. dus, Goth. t 
E(k) badly, ‘with difficulty ; as, iene. ‘difficulty, of digestion. 
(2.) denoting want or absence ; as, dysorexy, want of appetite. 
. Ec before a consonant, or ex before a vowel, Gr. éx, ¢&, == Sansc 
wahis, Lat. e, ex, Goth. uf, Germ. aus, t 
(1.) outs as, eclogue, a selection ¢ exanthema, an eruption. 
.) aways as, eclipse, a failure. 
10. En, Gr. év, = Lat. in, Germ. in, Eng. in. 
(1.) im, on; as, enclitic, leaning on. 
2.) among, as a preposition with its complement; as, endemic, 
among the people. 
nto; as, enallage, the change of one into another 
1. Epi, Gr. ént, = Sansc. abhi,,Goth. bi, Germ. bei, ia by. 
1.) on, upon; a ram, an inscription. Also as a preposition 
pie its gauplecnant’ as, epitaph, an inscription on a sepulehet . 
2.) to, unto ; as, epistle, a writing sent to a person. 
» (3.) an addition to; as, epilogue, a conclusion 
12. Eu, Gr. ae er a _ seuphans agrecableness. - sound. 
13. Hama or a, Gr. ¢ a, sam, Goth. s 
(1.) together with, as a ee ger ae ‘its Salegilaotig va hama- 
dryad, a a wood*nymph, feigned to live and die with its tree. 
PA Ae 2 sameness ; as, weg relating to brethren, or those 
omb. 
me wom 
ane lupo Gr. dxéo, = Sansc. upari, Lat. super, Goth. iar Germ, 
uber, Eng. over. 
(1.) over; as, hyperaspst, one who holds a shield over another. 
»(2.) beyond, as a preposition with its complement ; as, hyperborean, 
beyond the:north. 
(3. .) denoting excess ; as, hypercritic, _ over rigid critic. 
15. Hypo, Gr. ir; = Sansc. upa, Lat. sub, Goth. u 
nder ; as, a a placing under, a supposition. Also as 
a preposition with it = Senne am hypogeum, the parts of a build 
ing under grown 
(2.) denoting defences as, hyposulphurous, sulphurous, but having 
a less a id of oxy 
6. r. 8igs tacnalenll with Gr. 2v ;) signifying into; as, isago- 
de intboecte 
wie isdaop, Lat. medius, Eng. mid 
1.) with ; as, metalepsis, participation, the name of a figure of speech. 
(2.) after, of place or time, as @ preposition with its oe ; 
as, metacarpus, the part after or Pel the wrist ; metachronism 
cing after the time. 
tory. 
7. Meta, Gr. ueté, — Germ. ae (connected with Sanse. madhya, 
le. 
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