| cantons (canto – sing) | song or poem |
| captain (caput – head) | commander of ship |
| decreed (credo – believe) | authoritative law |
| induced (duco – lead) | persuaded |
| genius (genus – orgin) | extraordinary intellectual ability |
| mediate (medius – middle) | resolve |
| negotiate (nego – deny) | to settle by discussion |
| negative (nego – deny) | denying |
| perchance (per – through) | maybe |
| persuades (per – through) | to convince |
| position (positum – placed) | place |
| opposite (positum – placed) | placed across from |
| consanguineous (sanguine – blood) | of the same blood |
| satisfaction (satis – enough) | fulfillment of desires |
| solemn (solus – alone) | sombre |
| resolute (solus – alone) | alone |
| unsound (sonus – a sound) | not dependable |
| usage (usus – use) | use |
| usurp (usus – use) | to seize power |
| reverberate (verbum – word) | echoing |
| concscience (scio – know) | source of judgement |
Latin/Greek root words in Twelfth Night
July 15, 2019