A Minimum of Greek

192 Pages·7.188 MB·Greek-English

by  Auden H.W., Taylor A.E.

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A MINIMUM OF GREEK
A HAND BOOK OF GREEK
DERIVATIVES
For the Greek-less Classes of Schools andfor
Students of Science
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HENRY Wi AUDEN, M.A.
PRINCIPAL OF UPPER CANADA COLLEGE, TORONTO; LATE SIXTH FORM MASTER
OF FETTES COLLEGE, EDINBUKGH; FORMERLY SCHOLAR OF CHRIST'S
COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE; AND BELL UNIVERSITY SCHOLAR
A. E. TAYLOR, M.A.
ASSISTANT MASTER AT UPPER CANADA COLLEGE, TORONTO
TORONTO
MORANG & LIMITED
CO.,
1906
COPYRIGHT BY
MORANG & CO., LIMITED,
1906.
COPYRIGHT IN GREAT BRITAIN.
PREFACE
THE educated man must know some Greek. What-
ever his training.has been, he usually does know some
Greek at middle age, i.e. he can understand and derive
Greek scientific words fairly correctly, but his knowledge
has often been reached by circuitous and toilsome paths.
This little book is an attempt to give this knowledge in
a more systematic and well-ordered fashion, and thus
save trouble and an unnecessary tax on the memory.
It is easier to have some system for the explanation of
such words as dacryocystoblennorrliagia or cryptogenetic
actinomycosis than to rely merely on the memory. Greek
is the international language of science, and we are
nowadays all of us scientific a few hours spent in
;
acquiring a well-ordered elementary knowledge at the
start are amply repaid.
It is just possible, too, that this knowledge, though
very elementary, might lead some to take a further
interest in the Greek language because it is the most
perfect of languages, and in Greek literature because
it contains the thoughts of the greatest thinkers in the
world, and so realize the claims of Greek to a place in
any scheme of true education. If there be one such
convert, we shall be content.
The book does not profess to be exhaustive, or to deal
with every Greek derivative, but the intelligent user will
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not, we think, go astray. We are, of course, indebted
to German predecessors, notably Dr. Hemme and Dr.
Flaischel, whose little books are the most successful
of the many German books on this subject. In Ger-
many no boy passes through a secondary school of any
sort without following a course of work such as is out-
lined in this booklet, and where Germany leads, educa-
tionally, we may usually follow with advantage.
HENRY W. AUDEN.
ALLAN E. TAYLOR.
TORONTO, 1906.
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