polysyllable Pous, pados foot octopus, chiropodist Protos first protoplasm, prototype Pseudes false pseudonym, pseudo-classic Psyche breath, soul, psychology, psychopathy mind Pyr fire pyrography, pyrotechnics Scopos watcher scope, microscope Sophia wisdom philosophy, sophomore Techne art technicality, architect Tele far, far off telepathy, telescope {*Temno cut } {*Tomos that which is } epitome, anatomy, tome { cut off } Theos god theosophy, pantheism Therme heat isotherm, thermodynamics {Tithenai place } epithet, hypothesis, {Thesis a placing, } anathema { arrangement } Treis three trichord, trigonometry Zoon animal zoology, protozoa, zodiac

    Greek Prefixes

Prefix Meaning English embodiments

A, an no, not aseptic, anarchy Amphi about, around, ambidextrous, amphitheater (Latin ambi) both Ana up, again anatomy, Anabaptist Anti against, opposite antidote, antiphonal, antagonist Cata down catalepsy, cataclysm Dia through, across diameter, dialogue Epi upon epidemic, epithet, epode, ephemeral Hyper over, extremely hypercritical, hyperbola Hypo under, in smaller hypodermic, hypophosphate
                  measure
Meta after, over metaphysics, metaphor Para beside paraphrase, paraphernalia Peri around, about periscope, peristyle Pro before proboscis, prophet Syn together, with synthesis, synopsis, sympathy

VI

    WORDS IN PAIRS

Our first task in this volume was the study of words in combination.  Our second was the study of individual words in two of their aspects—­first, as they are seen in isolation, next as they are seen in verbal families.  Now our third task confronts us.  It is the study of words as they are associated, not in actual blood kinship, but in meaning.

Such an association in meaning may involve only two words (pairs) or larger groups.  In this chapter we shall confine ourselves to the study of pairs.

Of the relationship between pairs there are three types.  In the first the words are hostile to each other.  In the second they may easily be confused with each other.  In the third they are parallel with each other.  We shall examine the three types successively.