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up in technical words is more transparent in the corresponding abstract
noun. Greek prepositions have widely different values depending on
the case-forms which go with them. The ones given are those which
they usually have in technical terms.

Many Greek words transcribed in accordance with the foregoing
conventions have come into use with htde or no change These include:

(a) Mythical persons such as Medusa, Hydra, Gorgon, Titan, Andro-
meda, Morpheus, Nemesis, and nectar (the drink of the gods)
« The myths have furnished many technical terms for zoological
or botanical genera, constellations, etc

(6) Medical terms of which the following are samples
apdpmg

Siappoia

dvaevrepia

efiTrXaarpov

yayypawa
Ocopat;

arthritis

apoplexy

asthma

diarrhoea

dysentery

emplastron (plaster)

epilepsy

gangreina

thorax

Kcnappoog
XsTrpa

irapaAvaiz

ifxopa

catharsis

catarrhoos

lepra

marasmus

paralysis

proboscis

rheumatismos

phlebotomy (blood-letting)

psora (itch — psoriasis)

(c) A few non-technical words such as the following:

daipwv

doy^a
dpa^a

enigma (riddle)
idea
idea

acme (topa pinnacle)
Kpirrjpiov
(criterion}

asbestos (unquenchable)
Kvdo$
kudos (glory)

basis
opi^cov
horizon

daemon
iravaKsia
panacea

diabolos (slanderer)
7rpa£ig
praxis

dogma
Gtiypa.
stigma (branding)

dtama
cwta^ig
syntax (arrangement)

thema (theme)
vfev
hyphen

ikon (image)
<f>avraaia
phantasia

emphasis
Xapaxrrjp
character

echo

chaos

(i) aycov
(2)

(3) ama

(4)

(5)

(6) avrog

(a) GENERAL NOUNS
(agon) contest — protagonist
(agoge) training — pedagogue (220), galacto-
gogue (127)
(aetid) cause — aetiology (36)
(aesthesis) perception — anaesthesia, aesthetic
(arche) beginning — archaic, archetype (ji),
origin archenteron (301),
archegonium (li),
Archaeopteryx (348)
(autos) self — autolysis (37), autarchy
(202), autonomy (217)