Word Roots:Classics 30
Wednesday,
September 1, 2010: Unit 9
Today’s Goals
• To go over what’s covered in tomorrow’s quiz.
• To go over Week 5 Worksheet 1
• To go over material from Unit 9
• To learn a couple biology terms
Tomorrow’s Quiz
• Know the answers to the questions and exercises from Unit 8 and 9.
• Know the irregular plurals at the end of Unit 9• Be able to do exercises (including transliteration) like those
on Week 5 Worksheet 1.• Half the questions will be drawn directly from worksheet.• Half will be variants on those questions.
• Know the Biology terms back through Thursday, August 26.
Biology Term I
• amoeba– {amoeba/amoeb} = changing, alternating– An amoeba is a microrganism whose
shape is constantly changing.
• Compare:– amoeboid– amoebocyte
Biology Term II
• pseudopod– {pseudo} = false, imitation– {pod} = foot– A pseudopod is protusion of cytoplasm that
usually serves for locomotion or apprehension.
• Compare:– pseudopodium (= pseudopod)
Unit 9 Word Elements
• {uni}• {du}{bi}• {tri}• {quadru/quadri/quadr}• {quinqu/quinque}• {sex}• {sept/septem}• {octo/octi}• {nov/novem}• {cent/centi}• {mill/milli}
• {pleg}• {digit}• {foli}• {cycle}• {anni/enni}• {pare/pari/para}• {later}• {pede/ped}
More Unit 9 Elements
• {primo}• {second}• {terti}• {quart}• {quint}• {sext}• {sept}• {octav}• {non}• {decim}• {centi}• {milli}
• {heno}• {duo/dy}• {tri}• {tetra/tetrad}• {pent/penta}• {hexa/hex}• {hept/hepta}• {octo}• {ennea/ennead}• {deca}• {hecto}• {kilo}
More Unit 9 Elements
• {agon} (1)• {cephal}• {multi}• {pan}• {olig/oligo}• {chromat}• {orama}• {hemi}
• {prot/proto}• {deuter/deutero}• {gam}• {nom}• {agon} (2)• {pol}• {seque}• {lac}
Irregular Plurals
• alumnus• alumna• colossus• persona• (agendum)• medium• psychosis• stimulus• synopsis• (sequela)• lacuna• gladiolus
• nucleus• focus• stratum• datum• millennium• index• neurosis• memorandum• centennium• verterbra• analysis• synthesis
One More Clause Pattern• English is fond of using a noun or pronoun connected
with an infinitive as the object of a sentence.– I want you to go home.– I told Mary to wash the dishes.
• Note that the noun or pronoun is the doer of the action (you go home; Mary washes).
• Contrast this:– I learned Latin to read Caesar.
• Here “Latin” will not do the reading.
One More Clause Pattern
• This use of a noun or pronoun plus an infinitive is common in English, but there is no standard way to refer to it.
• We’ll call it pattern G:Subject-Transitive Verb-Actor-Infinitive
S-TV-A-I
What is the pattern of These Clauses?
• I am sad.
• Bill will give Mary a hug.
• Tom, my friend, will prove you wrong.
• I wanted you to eat the bananas.
• I wanted bananas to make a smoothie.
• You’ll get the idea.
• He got awfully annoying.
A Variant on S-TV-A-I
• Sometimes infinitives in this pattern do not have the word “to.”
• This happens after verbs of sensation, and the verbs “make,” “have,” “let,” “help” and some others.– He made me go. – I heard him cry. – I felt it move! – John let us come along.
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