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63. a/pha, (Gr. a/pa, =Sansc. a/bha,) with lengthened form phan, 
phaen, (Gr. pay, yory,) appearing ; whence pha diaphanous ; phe- 
nomenon. 
64. a/pher, phor, (Gr. a/pe9, 09, —Sansc. a/ bir, Lat. /fer, Eng. 
bear,) bearing ; whence periphery ; metaphor ; phosphor. 
65. a/phil, (Gr. a/pA,) loving; whence philter ; philomel. 
«66. a/phleg, phlog, (Gr. ble ghoy, =Sanse. a/bhrddzh, Lat. 
flag, and fulg, Eng. blink,) shining, burning; whence phlegm ; phlo- 
giston. 
67. a/phrad, (Gr. a/¢ge0,) saying ; whence phrase ; periphrasis ; 
paraphrase. 
68. a/phrag, (Gr. a/yory,) enclosing ; whence diaphragm. 
69. a/phtheg, (Gr. a/pbeyy,) saying ; whence apophthegm. 
70. a/phthi, (Gr. a/9,) wasting away ; whence phthisis. 
71. a/phy, (Gr. o/¢v, =Sanse. a/bhi, Lat. o/fu, Eng. be,) being 
born; whence physic; symphysis ; neophyte. 
‘72. a/plac, ploc, (Gr. a/mhax, whox,) folding; whence epiploce, im- 
plication, a figure of rhetoric. 
73. a/plag, pleg, (Gr. A/mlay, whyy,) striking ; whence apoplezy ; 
hemiplecy. 
74. »/plath, (Gr. A/74a6, ) forming ; whence plastic. 
75. a/pleu, (Gr. /z4ev,) sailing; whence pleiad. 
76. a/pneu, (Gr. a/zvevs) breathing; whence pneumatic ; pneumonic. 
77. a/po, (Gr. a/70, =Sansc. pd, Lat. a/po in potus,) drinking ; 
whence symposium. ; 
78. »/poe, (Gr. 4/zor,) with lengthened form poee, (Gr. ove,) mak- 
ing; whence poet ; poem; epopee. 
79. /prag, (Gr. a/79e7y,) doing ; whence pragmatic; pracis. 
80. a/pri, (Gr. a/70t,) sawing ; whence prism. 
81. a/psa, pse, (Gr. a/pe, y7,) rubbing; whence palimpsest, an 
old parchment rubbed over or prepared anew. 
82. a/psal, (Gr. »/yai,) playing on an instrument; whence psalm ; 
psaltery. 
83. a/pty, (Gr. o/xtv, =Lat. a/pitu in pituita, Eng. spit,) spitting ; 
whence ptysmagogue. 
84. a/rheu, rhe, (Gr. gev, ge, =Sansc. a/sru, Lat. o/ru in rivus,) 
flowing ; whence rheum; rhetoric; diarrhea; catarrh. 
85. a/scad, scand, (Gr. a/oxed, oxavd, =Sansc. a/scand, Lat. 
a/scand,) mounting ; whence scandal. 
86. a/scep, scop, (Gr. a/oxen, oxon, —Sansc. a/pac, Lat. a/spec, 
Eng. spy,) seeing ; whence scope; episcopal ; bishop. 
87. a/schid, (Gr. a/ox0, =Sansc. a/ishhid, Lat. a/scind, sii 
sheathe,) dividing; whence schism. 
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