"He is not vegetarian."
Translation:Αυτός δεν είναι χορτοφάγος.
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So I have trouble memorizing the word vegetarian and thought I could associate χορτο with "horti" in horticulture to help me remember. But it turns out that the prefix is indeed Latin (hortus - garden), instead of Greek. Etymology is so hard! Am I wrong and the two words are just coincidentally close in sound / appearance?
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In Greek, (το) χόρτο / (τα) χόρτα means grass, greens. -φάγος actually comes from the verb τρώω (eat), which is very irregular. So χορτοφάγος is literally a person who eats (only) grass.
(The word for herbivore, by the way, is φυτοφάγος, from φυτό = plant)
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Ευχαριστώ! I'm so used to Latin-based languages that Greek is so refreshing and fun!
I believe the Greek and Latin words are related to each other (and also to English yard and garden).
See this discussion: https://www.duolingo.com/comment/17556409. I can't quite make out what transliteration rules have been followed in this course, but it seems very likely that there are more than one spelling mismatches in your answer - if transliteration for this sentence is available.
May I ask, why don't you use a Greek keyboard? You'll never see Greek written in the Latin alphabet outside texts from friends or in online comments and even then, everyone follows different spelling rules according to their own visual preferences (and knowledge of orthography ;).
http://www.wordreference.com/engr/lazy
Just remember to use the appropriate grammatical gender of the adjective for the person you're describing. ;)
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If you still need one, here is an online Greek keyboard: http://gate2home.com/Greek-Keyboard
