First Hour Test for Classics 22, Etymology

Partial credit will be given if appropriate.

I. Transliterate the Greek in the following into English:

ἀλέξανδρα got her ἀτλας and sat down in a meadow full of ἰρις, ἀνεμονη, and ἀστηρ flowers to write a συνοψις of her θεσις.

ἀλέξανδρα ________________________________

ἀτλας ________________________________

ἰρις ________________________________

ἀνεμονη ________________________________

ἀστηρ ________________________________

συνοψις ________________________________

θεσις ________________________________

II. Transliterate the following into Greek:

daphne ________________________________

larynx ________________________________

III. Carefully circle only the prefixes in the following and give their meaning (careful! some may have no prefix, some may have more than one [circle each and give the meaning of each one in that case]):

anarchy ________________________________

method ________________________________

evangelical ________________________________

IV. What do the following prefixes mean (give all meanings in book):

epi- ________________________________

amphi- ________________________________

pros- ________________________________

V. Carefully circle only the letters of each suffix in the following and give their meaning (careful, there may be one, two, or no suffixes):

mathematical ________________________________

analysis ________________________________

cauterize ________________________________

VI. What do the following suffixes mean (give all meanings in book):

-iasis ________________________________

-isk ________________________________

VII. Analyze (“break up”) each word and give the meanings of its eyma (NOT the meaning of the word):

utopia ____________________________________________________________________________

poliencephalitis ____________________________________________________________________________

bathythermograph _______________________________________________________________________

trachyscelis ____________________________________________________________________________

xylophagous ____________________________________________________________________________

anodyne ____________________________________________________________________________

VIII. What do the following stems mean?

hedr- ________________________________

traum(a-, traumat- ________________________________

bacter- ________________________________

gnath- ________________________________

sphyg- ________________________________

IX. Match the items in the first column to the items in the second column

____1. trapezoid____2. astrocyte____3. sophomore____4. melomania____5. chrysanthemum____6. migraine____7. omega____8. drama ____9. callipygous____10. dose ____11. grammar____12. phylactocarp____13. platypus____14. ion____15. phrase____16. sarcophagus____17. nesiote____18. sporangium____19. atom

A. seed container B. flatfootC. star cellD. song crazeE. halfheadF. flesheater G. glamour H. table-shapedI. going J. uncutK. nice buttedL. golden flowerM. a doingN. wise dullardO. islanderP. a sayingQ. big oR. fruit guardS. a giving

X. Short answer: as appropriate, briefly give things like the following for these: examples, explanation, definition, analysis, facts. Your answer should cover the most important information needed to give a full understanding of the concepts listed.

cognates and etymons

Proto-Indo-European

inflection

isolating versus synthetic languages

root morphemes, free morphemes, bound morphemes

prescriptive versus descriptive dicitonaries

Key Periods and dates in the development of English

XI. Multiple choice (careful, more than one may be right):

Calque word

Nonce word

Clipping

Back-formation

Blend

a) doubletb) back-formationc) difficult wordd) direct translatione) none of the above

a) only found in dictionariesb) a word of uncertain meaningc) word made up on the spotd) word whose etymology is unknowne) none of the above

a) short form of a rootb) word formed by removing part of another wordc) part of a foreign word removed to form an English wordd) using the first syllable of each word in a phrase to form a new worde) none of the above

a) a word derived from a longer word in the same languageb) reversion to earlier spelling or meaning of a wordc) syllabic abbreviationd) doublete) none of the above

a) doubletb) aphaeresisc) corruptiond) mondegreene) none of the above