English Prefixes derived from the Greek. 209 
.) over ; as, metaphor, a transfer ; ‘ ogee a transition. 
(4) roe oting change ; as, meta a change of form or shape. 
noting transpos sc 5 - Se catmciaiarns & transposition of 
letters ; nsisterha a i on. 
ara before c eu or par before vowels, Gr. 1a94, mag, — 
Sansc. pard, Goth. in ng. ‘from. 
by, along with; as, parabole, a comparison ; para ragraph, some- 
thing written near ; parathesis, apposition. Also as a prepusition with 
its complement; as, paranymph, a bri deman ; pees by or near each 
other 
se ) to, towards; as, Leebepaine one ‘that calls upon or exhorts an- 
oth 
(3.) beyond ; as, paraphrase, an extended explanation ; paragoge, 
an addition to end of a wor so.as a preposition — - 
plement; as, parapherna, what is over and above 
(4. ) denoting error ; as, paraselene, a false moon 3. pi a a false 
) 
19. Pers, Gr. zegl, = Sansc. pari, Lat. per, Goth. fair, Germ. ver. 
(1.) around, about ; as, Bert iphery, the circumference of a circle; 
periphrasis, ae ution Iso as a preposition mh its comple- 
ment} as, pericranium, rig them mbrane that invests the 
(2.) near, -- r i prepanitiil with its complement ; as, perigee, point 
aeons the ea 
Pr rao sige) =i Sansc: pra, Lat. “ag prae, Goth. Sow, Germ. 
vor, Be ‘ 
(1.) ion in place ; a8, prostyle, a range of ‘colanms in front. 
Also as a preposition with i its complement; as, propolis, something be- 
fore the cit 
(2. ) befores i in time; as, prodrome, a forerunner ; prolepsis, antici- 
pation; prophet ; prologue. Also as a preposition with, its comple 
ment; as, prochronism, the antedating of an event, 
3.) before, forth, in a metaphorical sense ; as, problem, something 
set forth or la ae ag ed. ; 
21 mod¢, — Sansc. 
i, 
1.) re ; est prosthesis, the addition of a letter or syllable to the 
beginning of a word} prosélyte, one that comes over fo another sect or 
(2:) in addition to; as, prosenusatedral, having hine contr on two 
adjacent parts of a crystal, 
22. Syn, before a labial sym, before 7 syl, before z ora dou e con- 
sonant sy, Gf. oir, uu, ovi, ov,—=Sanse. sam, Lat. con, Goth. ga, 
Germ. and An - ge. 
fl) with, in company with ; as, symbol, that which compares with 
else i i feeling with another; syzygy, conjunction. 
se ) together, in a mass or body; as, synagogue, a bring togeth- 
composition; sydlable,.a taking together of letters. 
