1. AUTOS
Jan. 14/15

2. self autograph - (graph - write) - writing the name of oneself
automobile - ((L.) mobilis - movable) - self moving
autocrat - (kratos - power, strength) - power in one person
autonomy - (nomos - law) - being a law to oneself
autodynamic - (dynamikos - power) - supplying its own power

3. DIY autobiography - (bios - life) - automatic - (matos - think) -
autopsy - (optos - seen) -

4. photos
Jan. 16/17

5. light photograph - (graph - write, draw) - picture drawn by light
photometer - (metron - measure) - a device which measures light
phototropic - (tropos - turn) - turning toward light
photophobia - (phobos - fear) - fear or dislike of light

6. DIY telephoto - (tele - distant) - photophilia - (philia - love) -
photosynthesis - (syn - together, thesis - putting) -

7. kinesis
Jan. 18/23

8. movement kinetic - relating to movement of bodies
kinesiology - (logos - word or study) - study of human movement
cinema - motion pictures (Greeks had no “c”. They used “k”.)
cinematographer - motion picture photographer

9. DIY
kinescope - (skopeo - look at) -
kinetophone - (phone - sound) -

10. skopeo
Jan. 28/29

11. Look at, inspect, consider, examine
scope - all that the eye can see
periscope - (peri - around) - device for seeing around
episcopal - (epi - on, over) - overseen by bishops or “overseers”
bishop - a church overseer

12. DIY microscope - (mikros - small) - telescope - (tele - distant) -
kaleidoscope - (kalos - beautiful; eidos - form) -

13. helios
Jan. 30/31

14. sun Helios - sun god; also called Apollo or Phaethon
heliotrope - (tropos - turn) - plant which turns toward the sun.
helium - light gas used in balloons
perihelion - (peri - around, near) - closest point to the sun in earth’s orbit
aphelion - (apo - away from) - furthest point from the sun in earth’s orbit

15. DIY
helioscope - (skopeo - look) -
heliometer - (metron - measure) -

16. pathos
Feb. 11/12

17. Feeling, Suffering
pathos - dramatic device to cause pity, sympathy, or sorrow
pathetic - marked by suffering or sorrow
pathometer - (metron - measure) - measures feeling; a lie detector
antipathy - (anti - against) - feeling against
telepathy - (tele - far away) - knowing how someone far away feels

18. DIY pathology - (logos - word or study) - apathy - (a - not) -
sympathy - (syn - together) -

19. Vivo
victum
Feb. 13/14

20. live vivid - lively, animated, spirited vivacity - liveliness, vigor
viand - food to support life
victual - (pronounced “vit’l”) - food to support life
victim - religious sacrifice of live animal or person

21. DIY
revive - (re - back again) -
survive - (sur/super - over) -

22. luna
Feb. 19/20

23. moon lunar - of or pertaining to the moon
lunatic - mad; affected by the moon
lunacy - madness caused by the moon
clair de lune - (French) - moonlight
lunambulist - (ambulo, ambulatum - walk) - one whose sleep- walking is caused by the moon

24. DIY
interlunar - (inter - between) -

25. digitus
Feb. 21/22

26. Finger, Toe, Inch
digit - finger, numerals from 0-9, unit of measure the width of a finger (¾ of an inch)
digital computer - a computer which uses numerals to mean whole numbers and decimal fractions
digitalis - the “foxglove” plant from which heart medicine is made

27. DIY
prestidigitation - (praesto - at hand, prompt) -

28. tempus
temporis
Feb. 25/26

29. time temporal - pertaining to time temporary - for a limited time
temporize - play for time; stall
tempo - (Italian from Latin) - time in music; rate of speed at which a piece of music moves
tense - (French: temps) - verb forms which indicate past, present, or future time

30. DIY extemporaneous - (ex - out) -
contemporary - (cum - together, with)-
contemporaries - (cum - together, with)-

31. manus
Mar. 11/26

32. hand manufacture - (facio, factum - making) - make by hand
manifest - (festus - hit) - hit by hand, easily perceived
manicotti - (manica - sleeve) - sleeve-like pasta
manumit - (mitto, missum - send) - to send forth or release from one’s hand.

33. DIY
manuscript - (scribo, scriptum - write) -
manual -

34. sonus
Mar. 29/Apr 1

35. sound sonic - relating to what we can hear
sonnet - a form of rhyming Italian poetry
sonovox - a machine that makes sound effect voices
sonar - a device that hears sound under water
sonata - an instrumental (not vocal) musical composition with three or four movements

36. DIY
consonant - (con - with) -

37. chronos
Apr. 8/12

38. time chronometer - (metron - measure) - device to measure time
chronic - over a period of time; “from time to time”
chronograph - (graph - write, draw) - device to measure and record time

39. DIY synchronize - (syn - together, same) -
chronology - (logos - word, study) -

40. astron
Apr. 15/16

41. star aster - star-shaped flower
asteroid - (eidos - form) - in the form of a star
disaster - (dis - separation or parting from) - separation form the good influence of friendly stars
asteral - pertaining to the stars (asteral navigation - navigating by the stars)
astrodome - covered stadium where sports stars perform

42. DIY astronomer - (onoma - name) -
astrologer - (logos - word, knowledge) -
astronaut - (nauta - sailor) -

43. jacio
jactum
Apr. 17/18

44. throw object - (ob - against) - throw against
objection - arguments “thrown against” a situation
project - (pro - forward) - throw forward
projectile - a thing thrown forward (arrow, bullet, rock)

45. DIY eject - (e, ex - out) - interject - (inter - between) -
reject - (re - back, again) -

46. caput
capitis
Apr. 30/May 1

47. head caput - “off with his head”
capital - top of a column; head, chief or foundation money
captain - head of a group of soldiers
capitulate - put headings on chapters or divisions in a piece of writing
cabbage - vegetable “head”

48. DIY
recapitulate - (re - back, again) -

49. philia
May. 2/3

50. Love, friendship
philosopher - (sophia - wisdom) - one who loves wisdom
philanthropist - (anthropos - man) - one who cares about his fellow man
phillumenist - (lumen - light) - one who collects match covers
philtre - love potion
Anglophile - (Angli - English) - one who loves England

51. DIY Philadelphia - (adelphos - brother) -
philologist - (logos - word) -
Francophile - (Francus - France) -

52. bios
May. 6/7

53. life biography - (graph - write, draw) - written life story
autobiography - (autos - self) - written life story of one’s own life
amphibian - (amphi - both) - creature who can live both on land and in water
bionic - life-like
biotic - pertaining to life

54. DIY biology - (logos - word, study) - microbe - (micro - small) -
antibiotic - (anti - against) -