292 Greek Verbal Roots in English. 
88. a/spa, (Gr. a/one, Lat. a/spa in spatium,) drawing ; whence 
spasm. 
89. a/spar, (Gr. ox09, —Sansc. a/sphar, Lat. ve in spargo,) 
scattering ; whence sperm. 
90. a/spend, spond, (Gr. a/onevd, anorvd,) pouring out; whence 
spondee. 
91. J/sta, ste, (Gr. a/ote, ot7, —Sanse. a/sthd, Lat. sta, Eng. stay,) 
standing ; whence apostate; metastasis ; apostasy ; system. 
92. a/stal, stol, (Gr. A/atad, orol, —Eng. stall,) placing, sending ; 
whence peristaltic; diastole ; apostolic; apostle; epistle. 
93. a/steph, (Gr.a/otep,) crowning ; whence Stephen, a proper name. 
94. a/stig, (Gr. a/otry, =Lat. stig in instigate, Eng. stick,) mark- 
ing; whence stigma. 
95. a/streph, stroph, (Gr. Nitin otgop,) turning ; whence strophe. 
96. a/tag, (Gr. tey,) arranging ; whence tactic ; syntax. 
97. a/tam, tom, (Gr. a/tau, tou, —Lat. a/tem,) by transposition and 
lengthening of radical vowel tme, (Gr. tu7,) cutting; whence tome ; 
atom; anatomy ; epitome; tmesis. 
98. a/tan, ton, (Gr. tar, tor, —Sansc. »/tan, Lat. »/ten, Eng. thin,) 
stretching ; whence tone; tonic; hypotenuse. ; 
99. a/thaph, (Gr. /Gap, in Oén7w, —Sanse. a/tap, Lat. a/tap,) bu- 
rying; whence cenotaph. 
100. a/thraph, throph, (4/Oo«y, Go0,) nourishing ; whence atrophy. 
101. a/the, (Gr. a/0e, —Sansc. a/dhd, Lat. a/do in condo,) placing ; 
whence thesis; theme; anathema; antithetic. 
102. a/thel, (Gr. a/Ge2,) willing ; whence monothelite. 
108. a/ther, (Gr. 4/90, —Lat. ferv,) to be warm ; whence thermal ; 
anthracite. 
104. r/iz, (Gr. a/tt,) honoring; whence Titus, Timon, proper 
names. 
105. «/trap, trop, (Gr. a/team, teo7,) turning ; whence trope. 
106. a/tych, (Gr. a/tvz,) with guna of radical vowel teuch, (Gr. tevy,) 
making ; whence pentateuch. 
107. a/typ, (Gr. a/tu7, —Eng. tap,) striking; whence type, tympanum. 
108. 4/za, z0, (Gr. a/ba, Co, =Sansc. a/dzhiw, Lat. o/viv, Eng. 
quick,) living; whence azote; zoology. 
109. a/ze, zy, (Gr. a/£e, Cv,) boiling ; whence apozem; zeolite ; zu- 
mic; azyme. 
110. 4/zo, (Gr. 4/60, =Sansc. a/yu, Lat. »/ju in jus,) binding, gird- 
ing; whence zone. 
LLL. a/zyg, (Gr. a/vy, =Sanse. a/yudzh, Lat. a/jug, Eng. yoke,) 
with guna of radical vowel zeug, (Gr. a/Sevy,) joming ; whence syzygy 5 
zeugma. 
