Greek & Latin Roots

#3 By word Families

Lesson #3 All or Nothing Onme Corpus mutabile est. Every object is subject to change. (Cicero)

Pan =“all”. < Greek

v  Pandemonium n. uproar, chaos: Pandemonium threathens to break out after Julius Caesar is assassinated on the Ides of March, but in Shakespeare’s play Brutus calms the murderous senators.�

v  Panacea n. A cure-all for diseases or troubles: Some politicians seems to regard tax cuts as a panacea for economic problems. �

v  Familiar words: Pan-American, pancreas, panorama

v  Challenge Words: pandemic, panegyric, pantheism, pantheon

v  Write three sentences. In each sentence, use a word derived from the Greek word “pan”.

Lesson # 3 All or Nothing

Omins=“all”. < Latin

v  Omnipotent adj. Having unlimited power; all-powerful: To the ancient British tribes the invading Roman army seemed omnipotent .�

v  Omnipresent adj. present everywhere: At harvest time the smell of garlic is omnipresent in Gilroy, California, “the garlic capital of America”.�

v  Omnivorous adj. feeding on both plants and animals: Human beings are omnivorous, though many choose to be vegetarians. �

v  Challenge Words: omnibus, omniscient

List five more words using the Latin root “omnis”. Use three of your words in complete sentences.

Lesson # 3 All or Nothing Holos=“whole”. < Greek.

v  catholic adj. Universal; including most things Her wide travels reflect her catholic tastes. �

v  (capitalized) Referring to the Roman Catholic church. Spain is a predominantly Catholic country. �

v  Holocaust n. A great destruction, especial by fire: After the great 1906 earthquake, a holocaust swept through San Francisco.

v  (capitalized) Murder by the Nazis of over six million Jews and millions of other people in WWII. Most Americans first learned of the extent of the Holocaust when the Nazi concentration camps were liberated a the end of World War II. �

Examples: holistic, hologram, holograph. Use three words derived from the Greek root “holos” in complete sentences.

Lesson # 3 All or Nothing Totus =“whole”. < Latin.

v  Totalitarian adj. Referring to a form of government in which one person or party holds absolute control: Under Joseph Stalin the Soviet Union became a totalitarian state. �

List five more words using the Latin root “totus”. Use three of your words in complete sentences.

Lesson # 3 All or Nothing

claudo,claudere, clausi, clausum =“to close”. < Latin.

v  Cloister n. 1. a covered walk along the inside walls of a building, usually looking out on a courtyard: The cloister of the country house provided a welcome protection from the tropical sun.�

2. A monastery or similar place of religious seclusion: During the Reformation many cloisters were closed and their monks or nuns dispersed.�

3. v. to seclude as in a monastery: To protect their children from the Black Plague, the parents cloistered them in an isolated village.�

claudo,claudere, clausi, clausum =“to close”. < Latin. (Continued)

v  Preclude v. to prevent to make impossible. Rain precluded their walk, but did not interfere with our field trip. �

v  Recluse n. A person who avoids spending time with other people: The recluse preferred the company of a dog and the library to that of people.

Examples: clause, close, seclude, occlude, conclude�

Use words derived from the Latin roots for “to close” in three complete sentences.