βρικόλακας

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Greek

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Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Byzantine Greek βουρκόλακας (bourkólakas), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Bulgarian върколак (vǎrkolak), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Slavic *vьlkolakъ (werewolf).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vɾiˈkolakas/
  • Hyphenation: βρι‧κό‧λα‧κας

Noun

βρικόλακας (vrikólakasm (plural βρικόλακες)

  1. (mythology, folklore) vampire (the Greek folklore depiction, a dead person who rises from the grave at night and drinks the blood of the living)
    Πήγαινε να κοιμηθείς, πριν έρθει ο βρικόλακας να σε φάει!Pígaine na koimitheís, prin érthei o vrikólakas na se fáei!Go to sleep before the vampire comes to eat you!
  2. (figuratively) unpleasant reminder, unpleasant remnant (of the past)
    Το Άουσβιτς και τα άλλα στρατόπεδα εξόντωσης είναι οι βρικόλακες του ολοκαυτώματος.To Áousvits kai ta álla stratópeda exóntosis eínai oi vrikólakes tou olokaftómatos.Auschwitz and the other extermination camps are the unpleasant reminders of the Holocaust.

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