Greek Verbal Roots in English. 287 
a/arch,) one ruling alone; archetype, (/arch with union-vowel e+- 
a/typ--e mute,) first impressed, original; architect, (A/arch with union- 
vowel i-++a/tectsuff. t,) a chief builder; archduke, (a/arch+-a/duc 
with e mute,) a chief duke. 
8. a/aug, (Gr. «/aty, Lat. »/aug, Eng. eke,) with lengthened form 
auxe, (Gr. od&e,) increasing ; whence auxesis, (4/auxe--suff. sis,) in- 
crease, as the name of a rhetorical figure. 
9. a/ba, (Gr. a/Pa,) going; whence basis or base, (4/ba-+-suff. sis 
or sé,) a stepping, that on which any thing rests. 
10. /bal, (Gr. /Bod, =Lat. »/bal in balister,) by internal inflec- 
tion bol, (Gr. Go4,) by transposition and lengthening of the vowel dle, 
(Gr. 64y,) casting or laying; whence symbol, (pref. synt-a/bol,) what 
by comparison suggests something else ; parabole, (pref. para+a/bol 
-+suff. e,) a comparing or laying along side; parable, (the same form 
more fully Anglicized,) a species of extended comparison ; emblem, 
(pref. en+-a/ble-+-suff. m,) something inlaid. 
11. /baph, (Gr. a/fey,) with final radical strengthened by ¢, dapt, 
(Gr. Bant,) dipping ; whence baptize, (»/ Heit pee ize,) to administer 
the sacrament of baptism. 
12. a/bo, (Gr. a/0,) feeding; whence botany, (a/bo-+triple suff. 
tany,) the science of plants; proboscis, (pref. pro+-a/bo-suff. sc-- 
suff. zs,) literally what feeds before. 
13. 4/camp, (Gr. a/*oun, =Sansc. »/kamp,) with final radical 
strengthened by ¢, campt, (Gr. xauat,) bending; whence anacamptic, 
(pref. ana-+-a/campt--suff. ic,) reflected. 
14. a/cau, (Gr. a/xav,) burning ; whence caustic, (4/cau strength- 
ened by s+double suff. tic,) burning ; cautery, (a/cau--suff. tery,) an 
instrument for burning; holocaust, (a4/hol with union-vowel o+-a/cau 
strengthened by s+-suff. ¢,) an offering which was wholly burnt. 
15. a/chra, (Gr. A/xz9,) by lengthening the vowel chre, (Gr. ye7,) 
using; whence catachresis, (pref. cata+-s/chre--suff. sis,) abuse, as 
the name of a rhetorical figure. 
16. a/chri, (Gr. 4/7o¢,) anointing; whence chrism, (a/chri strength- 
ened by s-tsuff. m,) ee Christ, (/chri strengthened by s—+- 
suff. ¢,) literally the ahointeds 
17. /chro, (Gr. 790,) coloring ; whence chrome, (4/chro+suff. me,) 
a metal which affords beautiful colors. 
Norre.—The three preceding numbers, a/chra, a/chri, and a/chro, 
are regarded as collateral roots, all signifying primarily to touch the 
surface. 
18. a/chy, (Gr. 4/7v,) pouring ; whence parenchyma, (pref. para+- 
pref. en+-a/chy--suff. ma,) the spungy substance of the viscera. 
19. a/cla, (Gr. A/#ha,) breaking ; whence iconoclast, (a/icon with 
union-vowel o-+-a/cla strengthened by s+-suff. ¢,) an image-breaker. 
