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rence 3 hippodrome, (a/hipp with union-vowel o--a/drom—-e oa)? a 
place for running horses. 
34. a/ep, (Gr. o/ Fen, —Sansc. a/watsh, Lat. a/voc,) saying ; whence 
epic, (4/ep-+suff. ic,) narrative. 
35. a/erg, (Gr. a/Feoy, = Eng. work,) by internal inflection org, 
(Gr. Fogy,) working ; whence organ, (s/org--suff. an,) an instrument ; 
energy, (pref. enta/erg-tsuff. y,) efficacy ; liturgy, (A/lit with union- 
vowel o-+-a/erg--suff. y,) public service. 
36. a/eth, (Gr. a/2%,) to be wont; whence ethic, (a/eth--suff. ic,) 
relating to morals. 
37. s/gam, (Gr. w/a) marrying; whence polygamy, (/ poly 
a/gam--suff. y,) marriage with several. 
38. 4/gen, (Gr. a/yev, =Sanse. dzhan, Lat. gen and gna or ni) by 
internal inflection gon, (Gr. yov,) and with lengthened form gene, (Gr. 
yeve,) producing ; whence oxygen, (oloepnsoen’) acid-making ; cos- 
mogony, (A/cosm with union-vowel o-+-a/gon--suff. y,) the origin of the 
world ; Genesis, (A/gene--suff. sis,) origin, the name of the first book 
of Moses. 
39. A/glyph, (Gr. fyivy,) cutting in; whence glyph, a cavity in- 
tended as an ornament; hieroglyph, (a/ie9 with union-vowel o-+ . 
/ glyph,) a sacred character. 
40. a/gno, (Gr. a/yvo, —Sansc. a/dzhnd, Lat. ih gno or no, Eng. 
know,) knowing ; whence gnome, (4/gno--suff. me,) something known, 
a maxim ; gnomon, (s/gno--suff. mon,) knowing, the style or pin of a 
dial; gnostic, (A/gno strengthened by s-+double suff. tic,) knowing, 
belonging to a sect of oriental philosophers. : 
Al. a/graph, (Gr. a/yoey, = Lat. a/scrib, Eng. grave and scrape,) 
digging ; whence graphic, (4/graph--suff. ic,) descriptive ; telegraph, 
(r/tele+-»/graph,) an instrument for communicating toa distance ; 
hagiographa, (4/hagi with union-vowel o-+a/graph--suff. a,) sacred 
writings. 
42. (Gr. a/cor, —Lat. a/rap,) seizing; whence harpy, (4/harp+- 
suff. y,) a fabulous monster; harpoon, (a/harp-+-French suff. oon,) a 
harping-iron. 
43. a/hech or sech, (Gr. a/éz or oez,) by transposition sche, (Gr. 
ozé,) having; whence hectic, (4/hech+-double suff. tic,) habitual ; 
cachexy, (/ cac--a/hech-+-suff. sy,) ill habit ; scheme, (/sche-t-akn 
me,) a plan. 
44. r/id, (Gr. / Fi, —Sanse. a/wid, Lat. ./vid, Eng. wit,) with 
lengthened form ide, (Gr. Fw0e,) seeing; whence idea, (a/ide--suff. a,) 
an image. 
45. a/lab, (Gr. 4/408, =Sansc. a/labh,) by lengthening the radical 
vowel leb, (Gr. 478,) taking; whence astrolabe, (a/astr with union- 
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