Transcript #53 luna – Latin – moon

#51 helios – Greek – sun
heliotrope (tropos – turn) – plant which
turns toward sun
helioscope (skopeo – look) – telescope for
looking at the sun
heliometer (metron – measure) –
instrument for measuring the diameter of
the sun
#52 sol – Latin – sun
solar – pertaining to the sun
parasol (Italian – parare – to ward off) – a
light portable sunshade (like an umbrella)
solstice (sisto, statum – set, cause to stand) –
standing still of the sun
*summer solstice – June 22nd, longest day
*winter solstice – December 22nd, shortest
day
#53 luna – Latin – moon
lunacy – madness caused by the
moon; “moonstruck”
lunambulist (ambulo, ambulatum –
walk) – one whose sleepwalking is
supposedly caused by the moon
lunation – 29 ½ days – a lunar
month or the time from one new
moon to the next
#54 dia – Greek – through,
between, across, apart
diagonal (gony – knee) – line between
2 non-adjacent corners in a figure of
4 or more sides
diagram (graph – write) – a crosssection drawing
diagnosis (gnosis – knowledge) thorough knowledge
#55 trans – Latin – across,
over, beyond, through
transaction (ago, actum – do, drive) –
trade, exchange
transform (formo, foratum – form,
shape) – change to a different form
transparent (pareo – appear) – to be
seen through
#56 geo – Greek – earth
geography (graph – draw) – draw the
earth (make maps)
geology (logos – word, study) – study
of the earth and its formations
geometry (metron – measure) –
branch of study on ways to measure
the earth
#57 terra – Latin – land
territory – land under control of a
government or owner
terra cotta (coquo, coctum – cook) –
“cooked earth”, fired clay pottery,
tiles, etc.
extraterrestrial (extra – outside) –
outside the earth’s atmosphere
#58 dormio – Latin – sleep
dormant – sleeping
dormitory– place for sleeping
dormitive – something that causes
sleep
#59 hypnos – Greek – sleep
hypnotize – put into a hypnotic sleep
or trance
hypnology (logos – word, study) –
study of sleep
hypnophobia (phobos – fear) – fear of
sleep
#60 annus – Latin – year
anniversary (verto, versum – turn) –
celebration marking the turning of a
year
centennial (centum – hundred) – every
hundred years
annuity – amount of money paid
yearly
#61 lithos – Greek – stone
megalith (megas – large) – large stone
lithology (logos – study) – study of
rocks or stone
lithosphere (sphaira – ball, globe) – the
rock crust of the earth
#62 petros – Greek – rock
petrified (facio/factum – make, do) –
made into rock
petroleum (oleum – olive, olive oil) –
oil from rocks
petroglyph (glyphein – carve) – rock
carving