Asked by nazir

Read this sentence from the first paragraph of The Myth of Achilles.

When Achilles was still a baby, Thetis tried to make him immortal by dipping him in the river Styx.
The word immortal includes the Latin root mort, meaning “death,” and the Latin prefix im, meaning “not.” What does immortal mean?

A.
everlasting

B.
not alive

C.
unknown

D.
very young

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
A. everlasting

"Immortal" = im- (not) + mort (death) → not subject to death; unable to die, everlasting.