Greek Dictionary

A

  • aeno: terrible (Aenocyon)
  • agrio: wild, fierce (Agriotherium)
  • ailuros: cat (Ailurus, Pristinailurus)
  • anchi: near (Anchitherium)
  • anomalus: abnormal (Anomalopteryx)
  • ankale: bent arm (Ancalecetus)
  • apteryx: without wings (Megalapteryx)
  • artios: even-numbered

B

  • bar: heavy (Barytherium)
  • basil: royal (Basilosaurus)
  • boo: ox, cattle (Bootherium)
  • boro: greedy (Borophagus)
  • bothr: trench (Bothriodon)
  • brad: slow (Bradypus)
  • bront: thunder (Brontornis)
  • bubal: buffalo (Bubalus)

C

  • cainos: new (Ammitocyon kainos)
  • camel: camel (Camelus; Camelops)
  • cardi: heart (Eocardia)
  • carp: wrist
  • castor: beaver (Castor; Palaeocastor, Castoroides)
  • ceb: monkey (Cebus; Panamacebus)
  • cephal: head (Tylocephalonyx; Thylacinus cynocephalus)
  • cera, cerat: horn (Ceratotherium; Diceros)
  • cerc: tail (Dasycercus; Pholidocercus)
  • cercop: long-tailed monkey (Cercopithicus)
  • cet: whale (Ambulocetus; Cetotherium)
  • choer: young pig (Choerolophodon; Neochoerus)
  • clad: branch (Cladosictis)
  • coel: hollow (Coelodonta; Spenocoelus)
  • crani: skull (Macrocranion)
  • cyn: dog (Sparasscynus; Cynodictis)
  • cyon: dog (Amphicyon; Simocyon)

D

  • dactulos: finger (Oxydactylus)
  • deinos: terrible, prodigious (Dinornis, Deinotherium)
  • dektes: biter (Sarcodectes)

E

  • elephas: elephant

F

G

  • gaea: earth ()
  • geny: jaw (Geniohyus)
  • gompho: mail (Gomphotherium)
  • gon: angle (Platygonus)

H

  • hadr: stout (Hadropithecus)
  • harpax: grappling hook (Harpagornis)
  • hippos: horse (Hippotherium, Mesohippus)
  • homo: same (Homotherium)
  • hypo: under (Hypohippus)
  • hys: female pig (Mylohyus)

I

  • ichthy: fish (Ichthyolestes)
  • ischy: strong (Ischyrocyon)

J

K

  • kalobamon: walking on stilts (Kalobatippus)
  • kephale: head
  • ketus: whale (Ambulocetus, Cetotherium)

L

  • lagos: rabbit (Nuralagus)

M

  • mega: big (Megalapteryx)
  • meso: middle (Mesohippus)
  • meion: lesser (Miohippus)
  • mylo: molar (Mylodon, Stenomylus)

N

O

  • odous: tooth
  • ornis: bird (Pachyornis)
  • osteon: bone
  • oxys: sharp (Oxyaena, Oxydactylus)

P

  • pachys: thick (Pachyornis)
  • pan: all (Panthera)
  • para: beside (Parahippus)
  • pous: foot
  • pteryx: wing

R

S

  • sarx: flesh (Sarcodectes)
  • souchus: crocodile (Lorosuchus)
  • smilē: knife (Smilodon, Thylacosmilus)

T

  • ther: hunter (Panthera)
  • therion: wild beast (Homotherium)

U

X

  • xen: strange
  • xer: dry
  • xiph: sword

Y

Z

  • ziph: sword (Ziphius)
  • zoe: life