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PART 11.
A
VOCABULARY
OF
WORDS DERIVED FROM 1'HE GREEK;
A.
A-BYSS, $. from a, a, not, without, nnll (3U(1'O'OS, bussos *,
a bollom. A bottomless pit.
Academy, $. from aKaO'lI''''' akadiJmia, the name of a
public sehool at Athens. The word is now used to
designate a society of persons, established for the
improvement ofknowledge ; thus we say, "the Royal
Academy." The word also implies a school where
)'oung persons arc instructed in a private way.
Ache, s. from axos, aeMs, pain. Continued pain.
Acme, s. from aKft1), akmiJ, a point. The summit of
any tl~jng, the crisis of a disease.
Acousticks, $. from aKOVW, ak~uii. I hear, and ....XV'l.
tcehne, an art. The theory of sounds•
... From b"th~s, which also signifies" a bollom," we
have taken the prefix - but - to denote the bottom or
end of a thing, as when we speak of " the but-end of a
guu."