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take up his night's lodging in that caravansary. The guards let him know, in a very angry manner, that the house he was in was not a caravansary, but the king's palace. It happened that the king himself passed through the gallery during this debate, and smiling at the mistake of the dervis, asked him how he could possibly be so dull as not to distinguish a palace from a caravansary.

12. "Sir," says the dervis, "give me leave to ask your majesty a question or two. Who were the persons that lodged in this house when it was first built?" The king replied, his ancestors. "And who," says the dervis, "was the last person that lodged here?" The king replied, his father. "And who is it," says the dervis, "that lodges here at present?" The king told him that it was he himself. "And who," And who," says the dervis, "will be here after you?" The king answered, the young prince, his son. "Ah, sir," said the dervis, “a house that changes its inhabitants so often, and receives such a perpetual succession of guests, is not a palace, but a caravansary.'

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A LIST OF WORDS DERIVED FROM THE LATIN

WHICH BY THE AID

OF THEIR ETYMOLOGY ARE SELF-EXPLANATORY.

**The numbers refer to the Latin Roots.

Ab-breviation (12).

Abs-tractedly (233).

| Celestial (25).
Champaign (14).
Circular (21).
Circu-lation (89).

Circum-stance (211).

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Ad-mire (114).

Ad-monition (120).

Ad-vise (249).

Com-plaisance (156).
Com-plicate (159).
Com-pose (163).

De-lusion (100).

De-monstration (121).

De-nomination (131).

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(The numbers refer to the Latin roots.)

Ab from, away: abject (82); a-: avert (245); abs-: abstract (233). Ad- to: adhere (77); a-: ascribe (192); ac-: accede (17); af-: affluent (65); ag- aggravate (74); al-: ally (97); am-: ammunition (125); an-: annex (127); ap-: append (151): ar-: arrive (182); as-: assume (216); at-: attract (233).

Ante- before: antecedent (17); anticipate (15).

Circum- around: circumspect (205); circu-: circuit (47).

Con- with, together: construct (212); co-: cohere (77); cog-: cognomen (131); col-: collect (92); com-: compose (163); cor-: correct (178). Contra- against: contradict (38); contro-: controversy (245); counter-: counterfeit (54).

De- down, from: depose (163); deviate (247).

Dis- apart: dispel (150); di-: disperse (203); dif-: diffuse (70).

Ex- out: export (161); e-: egress (73); ec-: eccentric (18); ef-: efflux (65).

Extra- beyond: extravagant (239).

In- into: inject (82); il-: illusion (100); im-: impress (167); ir-: irruption (184).

In- not: (before an adjective) inanimate (5); ig-: ignominious (131); il-: illegible (92); im-: impatient (147); ir-: irreverent (244). Inter- between: interpose (163); intersect (193).

Intro- to within: introduce (43).

Juxta- by the side of: juxtaposition (163).

Ob- in the way, against: obstacle (211); 0-: omit (118); oc-: occur (35); of-: offer (57); op-: oppose (163); os-: ostentation (221). Per- through: perspire (207); pel-: pellucid (103).

Post- after: postpone (163); postscript (192).

Pre- before: predict (38); prefer (57).

Preter- beyond: preternatural (126).

Pro- for, forth, out: propel (150); pronoun (131); pol-: pollute (102); por-: portend (221); pur-: pursue (195).

Re- back, again: recline (24); red-: redeem (46).
Retro- backwards: retrograde (73); retrospect (205).
Se- aside, apart: seduce (43); sed-: sedition (47).

Sine- without: sinecure (34); sim-: simple (159); sin-: sincere (19). Sub- under: sublunary (101); su-: suspect (205); suc-: succumb (33); suf-: suffer (57); sug-: suggest (72); sum-: summon (120); sup-: support (164); sur-: surreptitious (176); sus-: suspend (161). Subter- under: subterfuge (69).

Super- over, above: supervisor (249); sur-: (French) survey (249). Trans- across, over: transfer (57); tra-: traduce (43).

DERIVATIVE WORDS FORMED FROM LATIN

ROOTS.

[When two words occur in the noun-roots, the second is the genitive case of the first. When two words occur in the verb-roots, the latter is either a form of the verb called the supine (ending in um), or a part of the verb called the perfect participle (ending in us).]

1. Acuo (I make sharp): acute, acumen.

2. Aequus (equal): equilibrium (96), adequate, equability. 3. Ager (a field): peregrination, agriculture (26).

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