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Ovipositor of long-horned grasshopper (the two cerci are also visible). The ovipositor is a tube-like organ used by some animals, especially insects, for the laying of eggs.In insects, an ovipositor consists of a maximum of three pairs of appendages.
The name may be converted into a Latinised form first, giving -ii and -iae instead. Words that are very similar to their English forms have been omitted. Some of the Greek transliterations given are Ancient Greek, and others are Modern Greek. In the tables, L = Latin, G = Greek, and LG = similar in both languages.
This is a list of Latin words with derivatives in English language. Ancient orthography did not distinguish between i and j or between u and v. [1] Many modern works distinguish u from v but not i from j. In this article, both distinctions are shown as they are helpful when tracing the origin of English words. See also Latin phonology and ...
Root Meaning in English Origin language Etymology (root origin) English examples ob-, o-, oc-, of-, og-, op-, os-[1]against: Latin: ob: obduracy, obdurate, obduration ...
The following is an alphabetical list of Greek and Latin roots, stems, and prefixes commonly used in the English language from P to Z. See also the lists from A to G and from H to O . Some of those used in medicine and medical technology are not listed here but instead in the entry for List of medical roots, suffixes and prefixes .
The word root ped-(usually in the combining forms peda-, pedi-, and pedo-) in English and various other Western languages has multiple Latin and Ancient Greek roots, and multiple meanings. Ped- (sometimes spelled paed- , pæd- , or rarely paid- , depending on the word and the language or dialect) is a root in English and many other Western ...
Studying word order in Latin helps the reader to understand the author's meaning more clearly. For example, when a verb is placed at the beginning of a sentence, it sometimes indicates a sudden action: so complōsit Trimalchio manūs means not just "Trimalchio clapped his hands" but "Trimalchio suddenly clapped his hands".
Eustace, also rendered Eustis, (/ ˈ juː s t ɪ s / YOOS-tis) is the rendition in English of two phonetically similar Greek given names: . Εὔσταχυς (Eústachys) meaning "fruitful", "fecund"; [1] literally "abundant in grain"; its Latin equivalents are Fæcundus/Fecundus