Latin and Greek in Scientific Terminology (CLA 201 H1S, 2023)

• Course Prospectus
  • Grading *** Updated for the 2023 Winter term ***
  • Useful Reference Works for Course and Essay
  • Other Course Materials
• Practice Assessments
• Essay
• Lectures
  • Definitions
  • Latin
  • Greek
  
  

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  Course Prospectus

  
  

  Time & Place: MWF 2:10pm, BR 200, via Zoom in health/weather emergencies.

  Instructor: J.S. Traill
  Lillian Massey 122C, "ATHENIANS"
  e.mail: athenian@chass.utoronto.ca

  TAs: M. Tomcik, C. Paparella
  Department of Classics, Lillian Massey Building
  e.mail: cla201h1@chass.utoronto.ca

  Office Hours: MWF before & after class and by appointment.

  NB: I will arrive early for class & stay after class until all questions have been answered. For private communication please email instructor (athenian@chass.utoronto.ca).

  NB: TAs will answer queries and offer special information sessions about the term paper. Information will be announced on Quercus. For queries about the paper, please email the TAs (cla201h1@chass.utoronto.ca).

  Departmental Secretary: Ms. M. Moren, Lillian Massey 101, 125 Queen's Park Cres, Toronto M5S 2C7, (416) 978 5513

  Course Website: https://attica.artsci.utoronto.ca/cla201.htm

  For Announcements and Grade viewing use the Quercus Course Page: https://q.utoronto.ca/courses/292109

  Text Book: excerpts (pp. 1-229) from Oscar E. Nybakken, Greek and Latin in Scientific Terminology (UofT Library, HathiTrust)

  
  

  Grading

  Assessment	Date	Weight
  Timed Interim Assessment I Latin Component (details)	Wednesday, February 8, 2023 at class time	10%
  Timed Interim Assessment II Greek Component (details)	Monday, March 20, 2023 at class time	20%
  Research Paper (Essay) Topic: Greek and Latin in the Terminology of One Branch of Science (details)	Monday, March 27, 2023 at class time	20%
  Timed Final Assessment All material covered in course (details)	April Final Assessment Period	50%

  
  

  N.B. No aids are permitted. This course is a test of retention and application.

  
  

  Preferred method of submitting answers in Crowdmark

  Timed Interim Assessment I

  Latin component
  Weight: 10%
  Date: Wednesday, February 8, 2023, at CLASS TIME
  Format: Timed online assessment via Crowdmark

  NB: The assessment will be administered synchronously via Crowdmark. Students will be allocated 50 minutes, plus 5 additional minutes (gratia, charis) to complete the assessment at which time it will be submitted online. More detailed instructions for taking and submitting the assessments will be announced.

  NB: Before each Interim Assessment two mini practice assessments will be offered via Crowdmark. Although optional, students are encouraged to complete them in order to reinforce the course material and gain experience using Crowdmark (to avoid any usage issues when using Crowdmark for the Interim and Final Assessments).

  
  

  Timed Interim Assessment II

  Greek component
  Weight: 20%
  Date: Monday, March 20, 2023, at CLASS TIME
  Format: Timed online assessment via Crowdmark

  NB: Same instructions as for Timed Interim Assessment I.

  
  

  Research Paper (Essay)

  Topic of Essay: Greek and Latin in the Terminology of One Branch of Science, 10-12 pages (2,000-2,400 words)
  Weight: 20%
  Due: Monday, March 27, 2023 at CLASS TIME (penalty for lateness 2% per diem), administered by TAs & graded by TAs and Prof.
  Format: PDF document submitted via Crowdmark

  Detailed essay instructions, guidelines, etc.

  NB: RESEARCH PAPER (ESSAY) MUST BE BASED ON A PASSAGE OF NOT MORE THAN 500 WORDS TAKEN FROM AN ARTICLE IN A CURRENT ISSUE (i.e. AFTER October 2022) OF A REPUTABLE (i.e. in Robarts catalogue) SCIENTIFIC JOURNAL. A COPY OF THE PASSAGE, ON WHICH THE SELECTED WORDS HAVE BEEN MARKED, MUST BE SUPPLIED & DATE DOCUMENTED.

  PROHIBITION: Please, NO essays on coronavirus or pandemics or related topics. There have been too many in earlier years.

  The Essay will be an analysis and discussion of the etymology of 20 to 25 words selected by the student from this passage and marked on the supplied copy. TAs will answer questions, provide handout posted at course website for guidance, and offer several essay preparation classes.

  Vous pouvez écrire votre essai et vos épreuves en français, si vous voulez.

  NB: The research paper will be submitted via Crowdmark; more detailed instructions to follow.

  For questions regarding the essay, contact the TAs at the TA email (cla201h1@chass.utoronto.ca).

  
  

  Timed Final Assessment

  Cumulative assessment of all material covered in course
  Weight: 50%
  Date: April Final Assessment Period (consult the Faculty exam timetable)
  Format: Timed online assessment via Crowdmark

  NB: The format of the Final Assessment will be similar to the Interim Assessments, only longer. It is also anticipated that the Faculty will administer the Final Assessment in the same manner as the instructor administered the Interim Assessments.

  
  

  Useful Reference Works for Course and Essay

  • A good English dictionary, e.g. The Oxford English Dictionary (online via UofT)
  • Taber's Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary (online via UofT)
  • P.G.W. Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, Oxford 1982 (online via UofT, though not easily searchable)
  • C.T. Lewis & C.S. Short, A Latin Dictionary, Oxford 1879 (online); also by C.T. Lewis, An Intermediate Latin Dictionary (abridgement of preceding)
  • H.G. Liddell & R. Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon, ed. 9, Oxford 1940 (online); also by the same, An Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon (abridgement of preceding)
  • Much data on web, of varying quality & disparate location. Perseus website excellent (Greek headword search; Latin headword search), as is its younger sibling Logeion (Latin and Greek headword search).
  
  

  Other Course Materials

  • Periodic table of the elements, a document of such import that it was previously the obverse of the course prospectus (printable pdf; online interactive version)
  
  

  NB: CLA 201 taught at UTM and in Summer School specializes in medical vocabulary and is a different course from ours.

  
  

  Valete, In/struct/or et Sociae Docendi (TAs) CLA CCI

  
  

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  Practice Assessments

  
  

  More details and general instructions for practice assessments

  
  

  N. B. Practice Assessments will have N words to dissect and N words to compose.

  N.B. No aids are permitted. This course is a test of retention and application.

  
  

  Answer sheet for Practice Assessment A

  Answer sheet for Practice Assessment B

  Answer sheet for Interim Assessment I

  Answer sheet for Practice Assessment Alpha

  Answer sheet for Practice Assessment Beta

  Answer sheet for Interim Assessment II

  
  

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  Essay

  
  

  Essay instructions and Guidelines

  
  

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  Lectures

  Notes and word lists

  
  

  Definitions

  Text pp. 1-8, DEFINITIONS, do parts 1-3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 12

  To Simplify Unit 1:
  No need for distinction of ROOT or STEM or BASE

  e.g. (exempli gratia = for sake of an example):
  FIX- (from Latin figere, fixum = to fasten)

  Combine all 3 and call "Root".

  PREFIX, e.g. PRE-fix (LAT prae = in front of) NB in word "prefix" pre- from prae is a prefix.

  SUFFIX, e.g. fix-ATE (action of fastening) NB in word "suffix" suf- an assimilated form from sub (= under) is a prefix.

  COMBINING VOWEL, e.g. dors-I-fix (LAT dorsum = back), useful but not important

  VOWEL GRADATION, e.g. Annual, perEnnial (from Lat annus = year)

  HYBRID WORD, e.g. tele-vision (tele GK = far + videre, visum LAT = see)

  Omit: 8. Elision, 9. Transliteration, 10. Loan Words, 11. Derivatives and Coined Words (Neologisms).

  
  

  Latin

  Latin Units 2 - 16
  Latin Prefixes, Suffixes, Numbers

  Latin unit 2 lecture notes

  Latin unit 3 lecture notes

  Latin unit 4 lecture notes

  Latin unit 5 lecture notes

  
  Hereon 4 pages of text per diem, i.e. 4 pages per class

  Latin unit 6 lecture notes (Text pp. 87 -- 90)

  Latin unit 7 lecture notes (Text pp. 90 bot -- 94 bot)

  Latin unit 8 lecture notes (Text pp. 95 -- 98)

  Latin unit 9 lecture notes (Text pp. 99 -- 102)

  Latin unit 10 lecture notes (Text pp. 103 -- 106)

  Latin unit 11 lecture notes (Text pp. 107 -- 110)

  Latin unit 12 lecture notes (Text pp. 111 bot -- 114 bot)

  Latin unit 13 lecture notes (Text pp. 115 -- 118)

  Latin unit 14 lecture notes (Text pp. 119 -- 122)

  Latin unit 15 lecture notes (Text pp. 123 -- 126)

  Latin unit 16 lecture notes (Text pp. 127 -- 131)

  
  

  Greek

  Greek units 1-16
  Greek Prefixes, Suffixes, and Numbers (Text pp. 132-151)

  Greek unit 1 lecture notes

  Greek unit 2 lecture notes

  Greek unit 3 lecture notes

  
  Hereon various pages of text per diem, i.e. various page ranges as indicated per class

  Greek unit 4 lecture notes (Text pp. 152 -- 156)

  Greek unit 5 lecture notes (Text pp. 157 -- 161)

  Greek unit 6 lecture notes (Text pp. 162 -- 165)

  Greek unit 7 lecture notes (Text pp. 166 -- 171)

  Greek unit 8 lecture notes (Text pp. 172 -- 176)

  Greek unit 9 lecture notes (Text pp. 177 -- 180)

  Greek unit 10 lecture notes (Text pp. 181 -- 186)

  Greek unit 11 lecture notes (Text pp. 187 -- 192)

  Greek unit 12 lecture notes (Text pp. 193 -- 199)

  Greek unit 13 lecture notes (Text pp. 200 -- 205)

  Greek unit 14 lecture notes (Text pp. 206 -- 211)

  Greek unit 15 lecture notes (Text pp. 212 -- 217)

  Greek unit 16 lecture notes (Text pp. 218 -- 223)

  
  
  

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  Last updated: January 10, 2023