Classical RootsLesson 11: travel

roots• TRANS <L. across• EO, IRE, IVI, ITUM <L. to go• ERRO, ERRARE, ERRAVI,

ERRATUM <L. to wander, stray• HODOS <L. journey

TRANS•<L. across

transgress• To go beyond OR over set

limits; to break a rule

(gradi <L. step)

transitive• Describing an action carried

from subject to verb to object

(it = ire <L. to go)

transitory• Lasting only for a short

while

(it = ire <L. to go)

translucent• Permitting light to pass

through, but not transparent

(gradi <L. step)

Practice! • Which word refers to something

that lasts for only a little bit?

transitive? transgress? transitory?

(transitory)

Practice! • Which word means to break a rule?

transitive? transgress? transitory?

(transgress)

Practice! • Which word refers to a verb passing

the action to an object?

transitive? transgress? transitory?

(transitive)

Practice! • Which word refers to something that

allows light to pass through it?

translucent? transgress? transitory?

(translucent)

EO, IRE, IVI, ITUM•<L. to go

ambience• Environment; the

surrounding atmosphere

(amb <L. on both sides )

obituary•Notice of death with

biographical information

(ob <L. because)

transient• Passing quickly; transitory• Staying only a short time • A person or thing having a short stay

(trans <L. across)

Practice! •Which word describes one’s

surroundings?

transient? obituary? ambience?

(ambience)

Practice! • Passing quickly or staying only for

a short time is…

obituary? transient? ambience?

(transient)

Practice! • A notice of one’s death with

information about his or her life is called…

ambiance? obituary? transitory?

(obituary)

ERRO, ERRARE, ERRAVI, ERRATUM

• <L. to wander, to stray

aberration• Straying from what is

normal or accepted

(ab <L. away from)

erratic• Irregular or inconsistent in

movement, habit, quality, or ideas

HODOS• <L. journey

episode•An incident in a person’s

life OR in a story or a play

(epi <L. from, out of)

exodus•Mass departure OR

emigration • (capitalized) the departure

of the Israelites from Egypt with Moses

Practice! • Irregular in movement…

aberration? erratic? episode?

(erratic)

Practice! • Inconsistent in behavior…

aberration? erratic? episode?

(erratic)

Practice! • Inconsistent in habits…

aberration? erratic? episode?

(erratic)

Practice! • Irregular in quality…

aberration? erratic? episode?

(erratic)

Practice! •An incident in a person’s life

aberration? erratic? episode?

(episode)

Practice! • Straying away from what is

normal…

aberration? erratic? episode?

(aberration)

Practice! •A mass departure…

exodus? erratic? episode?

(exodus)

Challenge! • The television _________ is

unfortunately a re-run!

(episode)

Challenge! • Across the Midwest, geese are

___________because they migrate to the south in the winter.

(transient)

Challenge! • Venice is known for its

incredible _________due to the canals, gondolas, and squares.

(ambience)

Challenge! • Sunlight streamed through

the ________stained glass windows.

(translucent)

Challenge! •The Mad Hatter is known

for his _________ behavior.

(erratic)

Challenge! •Middle school is a

_________time in a teen’s life.

(transitory or transient)

Challenge! • If three generations of your

family attending UCLA, but you attend USC, they may call you an ____________!

(aberration)

Challenge! • On the last day of school,

there was a mass _________ of students from the campus.

(exodus)

Challenge! •Summer vacation is too

__________.

(transient or transitory)

Challenge! • She is known for her

___________ because she often disregards school rules.

(transgressions)

Challenge! •War often causes an

___________of refuges.

(exodus)

Challenge! •The poor score on the test

was an _________ of her normal straight A’s.

(aberration )

Challenge! •Most people would prefer

the ________of a tropical island rather than the Arctic.

(ambience)

Challenge! • Across the Midwest, geese are

___________because they migrate to the south in the winter.

(transient)

Challenge! • Due to her ________attendance

in zero period, she risks being dropped from the class.

(erratic)

Challenge! • She recalled the embarrassing

__________from her childhood.

(episode)

Challenge! There is an __________ of people

from the cities to the beaches during vacation.

(exodus)

Challenge! •The sapphire has a

___________ which increases its beauty.

(translucence)

Challenge! • Some people say that

beauty is ________ and does not last as one ages.

(transient)

Challenge! •The sentence contains a ___________ verb.

(transitive)

Challenge! • The person who repeatedly

_________must seek forgiveness.

(transgresses)

Challenge! •Categorize all vocabulary

words as: NOUNS ADJECTIVES VERBS

NOUNS• ambience• obituary• transient• episode• exodus

ADJECTIVES• transitive• transitory• translucent• transient• erratic

VERBS• transgress

Challenge!•What is the noun form of

“transgress”?

(transgression)

Challenge!•What is the adjective form of

“episode”?

(episodic)

Challenge!•What is the adjective form of

“aberration”?

(aberrant)

Challenge!•My grandfather always reads

the __________ to see if any of his childhood friends have passed away.

(obituaries)