290 Greek Verbal Roots in English. 
vowel o-+a/lab+-e mute,) literally a star-taker ; prolepsis, (pref. pro 
+»/leb--suff. sis,) anticipation; lemma, (leb--suff. ma,) a received 
truth. 
46. a/lamp, (Gr. doyz,) shining ; whence lamp, a light made with 
oil and a wick. 
47. »/leg, (Gr. s/hey, =Lat. «/leg,) by internal inflection Jog, (Gr. 
doy,) gathering, speaking ; whence prolegomena, (pref. pro+-a/leg+- 
suff. omena,) preliminary observations; lexicon, (a/leg--double suff. 
sicon,) a dictionary; dialogue, (pref. dia+a/log+-ue mute,) a con- 
versation. 
48. a/lip, (Gr. a/duz, —Lat. liqu,) leaving, failing ; whence ellipsis, 
(pref. en--a/lip-tsuff. sis,) an omission ; eclipse, (pref. ec+-a/lip+- 
suff. se,) literally a failure. 
49. a/lit, (Gr. A/4et,) supplicating ; whence litany, (4/lit-+-double 
suff. any,) a form of supplication. 
50. a/ly, (Gr. a/)v, =Lat. a/lu in solvo,) loosing; whence analysis, 
(pref. ana+-a/ly—-suff. sis,) a resolving. 
51. a/mach, (Gr. a/uay,) fighting; whence naumachy, (aA/nau-- 
a/mach-suff. y,). a fight of ships; monomachy, (a/mon with union- 
vowel o-a/mach--suff. y,) a single fight. 
52. a/man, (Gr. »/uar,) to be mad; whence mania, (4/man- suff. 
ta,) madness. 
53. a/math, (Gr. a/ued,) with lengthened form mathe, (Gr. wote,) 
learning; whence philomath, (4/phil with union-vowel o-+-a/math,) a 
lover of learning ; chrestomathy, (a/chrest with union-vowel o-+-a/math 
suff. y,) useful or necessary learning; mathematical, (4/mathe+- 
double suff. matic+-Lat. suff. al,) pertaining to the science of quantity. 
54. a/nem, nom, (Gr. a/véH, vou,) pasturing, ruling ; whence zomad ; 
antinomian ; astronomy ; economy. 
55. a/op, (Gr. 4/oz,) seeing, whence optic; synopsis ; autopsy. 
56. a/path, (Gr. »/700, =Lat. a/pat,) suffering; whence pathos ; 
pathic ; apathy. 
57. a/pau, (Gr. ifn aus ) ceasing; whence pause. 
58. a/pemp, pomp, (Gr. etre moumt,) sending ; whence pomp, lit- 
erally a sending under escort. 
59. a/pen, pon, (Gr. a/zer, 10v, —Lat. a/pen in penury,) laboring ; 
whence geoponic, laboring the earth. 
60. /pet, (Gr. a/7et, —Sansc. a/pat, Lat. »/pet,) by syncope of 
the radical vowel and extension pto, (Gr. 270,) falling; whence sym- 
ptom. 
61. A/pet, (Gr. a/7et, —Lat. a/pat,) spreading out; whence petal. 
62. a/pha, phe, (Gr. a/ge, 97, =Lat. a/fa,) speaking; whence 
prophet ; euphemism. 
