Iuncta Verba Latina e Verbis Graecis et Formis Iunctuum Specialibus

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"Iuncta Verba Latina e Verbis Graecis et Formis Iunctuum Specialibus"
"Latin Compounds from Greek Words and Special Combining Forms"

This is an addition to my Iuncta Verba Latina e Verbis Graecis post. In this post, I show compound words created from Greek words that have special combining forms. Sometimes a word has more than one special combining form.

• nauphorus -a -um "carrying a ship"
  [ναῦς "ship" + -φορος "-carrying"]
  [naus + -phorus] ναῦς and -φορος Latinized
  [nau- + -phoro-] stems
  [nauphoro-] new stem
  [nauphorus] nominative singular
• gonophorus -a -um "carrying a parent"
  [γονεύς "parent" + -φορος "-carrying"]
  [goneus + -phorus] γονεύς and -φορος Latinized
  [goneu- + -phoro-] stems
  [gono- + -phoro-] eu becomes Connecting Vowel o
  [gonophoro-] new stem
  [gonophorus] nominative singular
• basilophorus -a -um "carrying a king"
  [βασιλεύς "king" + -φορος "-carrying"]
  [basileus + -phorus] βασιλεύς and -φορος Latinized
  [basileu- + -phoro-] stems
  [basilo- + -phoro-] eu becomes Connecting Vowel o
  [basilophoro-] new stem
  [basilophorus] nominative singular
• būphorus -a -um or bouphorus -a -um "carrying a cow"
  [βοῦς "cow" + -φορος "-carrying"]
  [būs + -phorus] βοῦς and -φορος Latinized
  [bū- + -phoro-] stems
  [būphoro-] new stem
  [būphorus] nominative singular
  [bou- + -phoro-] bou- is another way to Latinize the stem βου-
  [bouphoro-] new stem
  [bouphorus] nominative singular
• pantophorus -a -um or pamphorus -a -um "carrying all things"
  [πᾶς "all" + -φορος "-carrying"]
  [pas + -phorus] πᾶς and -φορος Latinized
  [pant- + -phoro-] stems
  [panto- + -phoro-] with Connecting Vowel o
  [pantophoro-] new stem
  [pantophorus] nominative singular
  [pan- + -phoro-] shorten stem of pant-
  [pan- + -phoro-] n before ph becomes m
  [pamphoro-] new stems
  [pamphorus] nominative singular
• hydrophorus -a -um "carrying water"
  [ὕδωρ "water" + -φορος "-carrying"]
  [hydōr + -phorus] ὕδωρ and -φορος Latinized
  [hydrat- + -phoro-] stems
  [hydr- + -phoro-] shortened stem of hydrat-
  [hydro- + -phoro-] with Connecting Vowel o
  [hydrophoro-] new stem
  [hydrophorus] nominative singular
• melitophorus -a -um or meliphorus -a -um "carrying honey"
  [μέλι "honey" + -φορος "-carrying"]
  [meli + -phorus] μέλι and -φορος Latinized
  [melit- + -phoro-] stems
  [melito- + -phoro-] with Connecting Vowel o
  [melitophoro-] new stem
  [melitophorus] nominative singular
  [meli- + -phoro-] shortened stem of melit-
  [meliphoro-] new stem
  [meliphorus] nominative singular
• galactophorus -a -um or galaphorus -a -um "carrying milk"
  [γάλα "milk" + -φορος "-carrying"]
  [gala + -phorus] γάλα and -φορος Latinized
  [galact- + -phoro-] stems
  [galacto- + -phoro-] with Connecting Vowel o
  [galactophoro-] new stem
  [galactophorus] nominative singular
  [gala- + -phoro-] shortened stem of galact-
  [galaphoro-] new stem
  [galaphorus] nominative singular
• megaphorus -a -um or megalophorus -a -um "carrying something large"
  [μέγας "large" + -φορος "-carrying"]
  [megas + -phorus] μέγας and -φορος Latinized
  [mega-/megalo- + -phoro-] stems
  [mega- + -phoro-] mega- used
  [megaphoro-] new stems
  [megaphorus] nominative singular
  [megalo- + -phoro-] megalo- used
  [megalophoro-] new stems
  [megalophorus] nominative singular
• prāuphorus -a -um "carrying something mild"
  [πρᾷος "mild" + -φορος "-carrying"]
  [praos + -phorus] πρᾷος and -φορος Latinized
  [prao-/prāu- + -phoro-] stems
  [prāu- + -phoro-] prāu- used as a combining form, cf. prāulogus
  [prāuphoro-] new stem
  [prāuphorus] nominative singular
• areophorus -a -um "carrying Ares"
  [Ἄρης "Ares" + -φορος "-carrying"]
  [Arēs + -phorus] Ἄρης and -φορος Latinized
  [Ares-/Areu- + -phoro-] stems
  [Areo- + -phoro-] s or u becomes Connecting Vowel o, cf. genitive Areos
  [areophoro-] new stem
  [areophorus] nominative singular