Wiktionary:Requested entries (Ancient Greek)

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α, Α

• Αἴθων (Aithōn, “Aethon”), an epithet of the eagle that daily eats the liver of Προμηθεύς (Promētheus) in Greek mythology.
• αἴθυια (aithuia, “a diving bird, perhaps the shearwater”) See Aethia
• ἄκαπνος (akapnos, “without smoke”, “free from smoke”), whence the Latin acapnos (“without smoke”)
• ἀκόλουθος (akolouthos, “following”; “follower”, “attendant”) > Modern Greek ακόλουθος (akólouthos)
• ἄλισμα (alisma, “water plantain”) Alisma plantago-aquatica, formerly Alisma plantago See Alisma
• ἀναλέκτης (analektēs) > Latin analecta
• Ἀντίνοος (Antinoos) = Antinous
• ἀντίπαις (antipais, “like a child”, “little more than a child”; “instead of a boy”, i.e. “no longer a boy”; substantive “a mere boy”) — From ἀντί (anti, “anti-”) +‎ παῖς (pais, “boy”); see the LSJ entry.
• ἀπειρέσιος (apeiresios) = alternative spelling of ἄπειρος (apeiros, “boundless”)
• ἀπείρων (apeirōn) = alternative spelling of ἄπειρος (apeiros, “boundless”)
• Ἀριστοκλῆς (Aristoklēs, “Aristocles”), supposedly the real name of Πλάτων (Platōn, “Plato”); whence the Modern Greek Αριστοκλής (Aristoklís)
• ἀσφόδελος (asphodelos, “asphodel [Asphodelus ramosus]”; oxyt., as adj., ἀσφοδελὸς λειμών: “the asphodel mead which the shades of heroes haunted”, generally “flowery mead”) — From ἀ- (a-) +‎ σφοδελός (sphodelos)? Whence the English asphodel and the Latin asphodelus.
• αὐλῐκός (aulikos, “of the court”, “courtier-like”; an a noun “courtier”), from αὐλή (aulē, “court”)
• ἀφή (aphē, “fine dust sprinkled on the body during athletic contests”) — Whence, supposedly, the Latin afa.
• ἁφή (haphē, “grip”) — Whence the Modern Greek αφή (afí, “sense of touch”).

γ, Γ

• Γεραίστιος (Geraistios), from Γεραιστός (Geraistos)

δ, Δ

• διάλυσις (dialusis) — See the LSJ entry.
• διαλυτικός (dialutikos, “able to sever”, “destructive” (opposed to γεννητικός, “generative”, “productive”); medicine “relaxing”; “embodying a settlement or compromise”), from διάλυσις (dialusis)?
• διόσπυρος (persimmon) See Diospyros
• δυσμενής (dusmenēs)

ε, Ε

• ἔβρος (ebros, “he-goat”)
• εἰκονόδουλος > English iconodule
• ἑλώδης- "marshy"
• ἐναλλαγή (enallagē, “interchange, variation”) > English enallage
• ἐπιθυμέω - as per Matthew 5:27
• ἐπίκωμος
• ἕφεμα (hephema)
• ἕφημα (hephēma)
• ἔναντι (enanti) — opposite

ζ, Ζ

• ζυγοστάτης (zugostatēs, “public weigher”), whence the Latin zygostatēs (“weighmaster”)
• ζίζυφον (zizuphon)

η, Η

• Ἡρώ (Hērō), as in Hero and Leander; whence the English Hero and the Latin Hērō.
• ἡρώϊος (hērōïos)

θ, Θ

• θεωρητικός (theōrētikos) > Late Latin theōrēticus > English theoretic
• θυμία (thumia) = ? — in LSJ

ι, Ι

• ἴκτερος (ikteros, “jaundice”)
• ἶλιγξ (ilinks, “whirling”, “whirlpool”), whence the English ilinx
• ἰύζω (iuzō, “I shout or yell”), whence ἴυγξ (iunks)
• Ἰωνάθαν (Iōnathan, “Jonathan [son of Saul]”)

κ, Κ

• κᾰκόθῡμος (kakothūmos, “ill-disposed”) > κᾰκοθῡμίᾱ (kakothūmiā, “malevolence”)
• καλοκάγαθος (kalokagathos) = gentleman, nobleman
• καταιγίζω (kataigizō, “I rush down like a storm”) — From καταιγίς (kataigis); whence καταιγισμός (kataigismos).
• καταιγίς (kataigis) (from κατά (kata), "downwards" + αἰγίς (aigis) in the sense "rushing storm, hurricane, terrible as the shaken aegis") = "squall descending from above, hurricane", also used metaphorically of gusts of passion (≈ καταιγισμός (kataigismos)) and of battles — whence the Latin cataegis
• καταφρονητής (kataphronētēs, “despiser”) — From καταφρονέω (kataphroneō); whence καταφρονητικός (kataphronētikos).
• κατηχίζω (katēkhizō, “I catechize”) < κατηχέω (katēkheō)
• καυνός (kaunos) - bad
• καψίς (kapsis), claimed by an anonymous editor to be the root of Latin capsa.

  Spelled κάψις (kapsis). -Atelaes λάλει ἐμοί 12:59, 8 May 2013 (UTC)

• κλινικός (klinikos, “pertaining to a bed”), whence the Late Latin clinicus
• κοῦρος (kouros), Ionic variant of κόρος (koros, “boy”); whence the English kouros.
• κράσπεδα (kraspeda) (in the Latin sentence "Vers. 20. attigit foemina τὰ κράσπεδα vestimenti Christi.") = (some kind of plural?) form of κράσπεδον?
• κράσπεδον (kraspedon) = the edge / border / margin / hem of a thing, esp. of cloth; also, metaphorically: the edge of a country, the skirts of an army
• κύφελλα (kuphella) = "hollows of the ears"; "clouds of mist", "clouds of arrows"
• κλάζω (klazō)

λ, Λ

• λατρικός (latrikos)
• λιθοκόλλητος (lithokollētos) — See φολίς 3.
• λιποθυμία (lipothumia) = swoon
• λοετροχόος (loetrokhoos) — See Ruijgh 2011 here.

μ, Μ

• μᾰ́γνης (magnēs, “magnet”)
• μακραίων (makraiōn, “lasting long”; of persons “long-lived”, “agèd”)
• μακρακές (makrakes)
• μακράν (makran) — accusative feminine form of μακρός (makros), used as an adverb
• μακραυχένοπλος (makraukhenoplos, “furnished with long shafts”)
• μακραύχην (makraukhēn, “long-necked”)
• μακρέτειος (makreteios, “agèd”)
• μακρηγορέω (makrēgoreō, “I speak at great length”, “I am long-winded”)
• μακρηγορία (makrēgoria, “long-windedness”, “tediousness”)
• μακρήγορος (makrēgoros, “speaking at great length”)
• μακρημερία (makrēmeria, “the season of long days [in summer]”)
• μακροθυμία (makrothumia) = long-suffering, patience
• μακρότονος (makrotonos, “stretched out”), adjective, Koine Greek
• μακροτόνως (makrotonōs, “with long [prosodic] quantity”), adverb, Koine Greek
• μάλα (mala, “very”) > μᾶλλον (māllon)
• μάνυ (manu, “small”) (Hesychios)
• Ματταθίας (Mattathias) — From the Hebrew מַתִּתְיָהוּ (Matityáhu, literally “gift of God”); whence, via intermediate terms, the Latin names Matthaeus and Matthiās.
• μαῦρος (mauros) — Dark, Black
• μεγαίρω (megairō)
• μεγαλοψυχία (megalopsukhia) = greatness of soul, magnanimity
• μεγᾰλόψῡχος (megalopsūkhos, “great-souled man”, “magnanimous one”) > English megalopsychos
• μέγεθος (megethos) = greatness
• Μενεκράτης (Menekratēs)
• μεσοποτάμιος (mesopotamios, “between rivers”) — Koine Greek; from μέσος (mesos, “between”) + ποταμός (potamos, “river”) + -ιος (-ios); whence Μεσοποταμία (Mesopotamia).
• μετουσίωσις (metousiōsis) = transubstantation
• μετρίως (metriōs)
• μικρογραφέω (mikrographeō, “I write with a short vowel”)
• μικρογραφία (mikrographia, “writing with a short vowel”) [noun]
• μικροθυμία (mikrothumia) = faint-heartedness
• μικρόψυχος (mikropsukhos) = mean-spirited man
• Μῐχαίᾱς (Mikhaiās, “Micah”) — From the Hebrew מִיכָיְהוּ (literally “who is like Yah?”), theophoric form of מִיכָה (mikha); whence the Latin Michaeās.
• Μιχᾳηλεῖον (Mikhāēleion), whence the Latin Michaēlium
• μονόφθογγος (monophthongos, “monophthong”, “single vowel”), whence the English monophthong
• μυιαν (muian) - flies - see e.g. Ps 78:45 LXX κυνόμυιαν ("dog-flies"); 2 Kings 1:2 - του Βάαλ μυίαν θεόν Ακκαρών (the Baal fly god of Akkaron) *** This is the accusative-singular form of μυῖα (muia) (I did create an entry for κυνόμυια, though) Chuck Entz (talk) 08:04, 23 July 2012 (UTC)
• μύσταξ (mustaks)

ν, Ν

• Νᾱζᾰραῖος (Nāzaraios)
• Νᾱζῑραῖος, Νᾱζειραῖος (Nāzīraios, Nāzeiraios, “Nazirite”) — Koine Greek; whence the Latin Nāzīraeus.
• νημᾰτώδης (nēmatōdēs, “fibrous”, “in filaments”) — Koine Greek
• νικομάχας (nikomakhas) = "conqueror in the fight"
• Νικόμαχος (Nikomakhos) = Nicomachus (son of Aristotle)

ο, Ο

• ὀνοκένταυρα (onokentaura, “a kind of tailless ape”, “a kind of demon haunting wild places”) ― That's according to Liddell and Scott. Presumably from ὄνος (onos, “ass”) + κένταυρος (kentauros, “centaur”).
• ὀνοκένταυρος (onokentauros), a by-form of ὀνοκένταυρα (onokentaura); whence the Latin onocentaurus
• ὀξεῖα (okseia) — Five feminine forms of ὀξύς (oksus) and whence the English oxia.
• ὀξυθυμία (oksuthumia) = vivacity
• ὀξυθύμια (oksuthumia) = refuse deposited at cross-roads near the statues of Hecate
• ὁράματα (horamata), the nominative plural form of ὅραμα (horama); please include its pronunciation using {{grc-ipa-rows}}.
• ὀργάνων (organōn)
• ὅρμος (hormos)- chain
• ὀσμᾶσθαι (osmasthai) (osmeterium etym)
• Όσροηνῆ (Osroēnē) (Osroene) -- the correct form is: Ὀσροηνή (Osroēnē) or Ὀρροηνή (Orrhoēnē)
• ὀσφύς (osphus, “loins, lower part of the back”)
• ὀξύτονος (oksutonos), whence the English oxytone

π, Π

• πάθη (pathē) = passion
• παιδεραστής (paiderastēs, “pederast”), whence παιδεραστία (paiderastia)
• παιδοτρίβης (paidotribēs, “teacher of gymnastics”), whence the English paedotribe
• πάμψυχος (pampsukhos) ≟ πᾶμ (pam) + ψυχή (psukhē) — The meaning is unclear; the LSJ entry is confusing.
• παντελής (pantelēs)
• παράγω (paragō, “to derive”)
• παραγωγόν (paragōgon, “derivative”)
• παρασείειν (paraseiein) => παρασείω (lemma)
• παρασείσαντι (paraseisanti) in the phrase "φεύγειν παρασείσαντι"
• παρθενεία (partheneia, “virginity”)
• περισπάω (perispaō)
• περισπωμένως (perispōmenōs, “pronounced with a circumflex, esp. on the last syllable”), adverb
• πήρα (pēra), whence the Latin pēra (“bag”, “satchel”; “wallet”); the link is blue because of a Modern Greek verb-form entry.
• πονηροὶ (ponēroi)
• πόσαι (posai)
• προαίρεσις (proairesis) = reasoned choice (used by Aristotle)
• προεπιθυμία (proepithumia) = condition preceding desire
• προθυμία (prothumia) = readiness, willingness, eagerness
• προσαγορεύω (prosagoreuō, “I address or greet”, “I address or greet as —”, “I call by name”, “I bid [someone] greetings or farewell”, “I appeal to [someone, in argument]”)
• προσήλυτος (prosēlutos, “one that has arrived at [a place]”, “stranger”, “sojourner”; “one who has come over to Judaism”, “convert”, “proselyte”), whence the Late Latin prosēlytus — See the LSJ entry.
• πρόσθεσις (prosthesis, “addition”), whence the English prothesis and prosthesis
• πῶρος (pōros, “tufa; stone”)

ρ, Ρ

• Ῥ (Rh) — majuscule rho with a spiritus asper
• ῥ (rh) — minuscule rho with a spiritus asper
• ῤ (r) — minuscule rho with a spiritus lenis
• ῥαθυμία (rhathumia), ῥᾳθυμία (rhāthumia) = easiness of temper, (a) taking things easily
• ῥάπτω (rhaptō, “I sew”) > -ρραφία (-rrhaphia) > English -rrhaphy

σ, Σ

• σατυρίσκος (saturiskos) — The diminutive form of σάτυρος (saturos); whence the English satyrisk.
• σοῦχος (soukhos) — crocodile. See -suchus
• Σπάρτακος (Spartakos), Spartacus
• συνετίσαντά (sunetisanta)
  • A word with two oxiae? That can't be right, can it? — I.S.M.E.T.A. 16:07, 10 February 2014 (UTC)
• συνέχω (sunekhō, “I hold”, “I keep together”), whence the Modern Greek συνεχής (synechís, “constant”, “continuous”, “sustained”)
• συριακός (suriakos)
• σφῆκες (sphēkes), nominative and vocative plural of σφήξ (sphēks)
• σφήν (sphēn) — wedge
• Σωφηνή (Sōphēnē) (Sophene)

τ, Τ

• τάρανδος (tarandos, “reindeer”)
• τάριχος (tarikhos, “fish”)
• τηνάλλως (tēnallōs)
• τιμαί (timai) = honours
• τιμῆς (timēs) in the phrase "μᾶλλον ἀξιοῦται τιμῆς"
• τίνες (tines)
• τοπάρχης (toparkhēs, “ruler of a small district”) — From τόπος (topos, “place”) +‎ -αρχης (-arkhēs, “ruler”); whence the English toparch.
• τοπαρχία (toparkhia) — From τοπάρχης (toparkhēs); whence the Latin toparchia.
• τράχηλος (trakhēlos, “neck”) > English trachel-
• τριαντάφυλλον (triantaphullon, “rose”, literally “thirty-leaved”), Byzantine Greek; from τριάντα (trianta) + φύλλον (phullon); whence the Modern Greek τριαντάφυλλο (triantáfyllo, “rose”).
• τριξός (triksos), Ionic form of τρισσός (trissos)
• τρίς (tris)
• τρισσός (trissos) = threefold, triple
• τριττός (trittos), Attic form of τρισσός (trissos)
• τρίφθογγος (triphthongos, “triphthong”, adjectivally “having three voices”)

υ, Υ

• ὑδραργυρίζω (hudrargurizō, “I am like quicksilver”) — From ὑδράργυρος (hudrarguros); whence ὑπερυδραργυρίζω (huperudrargurizō).
• ὑδράργυρος (hudrarguros, “quicksilver (artificially prepared from cinnabar-ore)”) — From ὕδωρ (hudōr, “water”) + ἄργυρος (arguros, “silver”); whence the Latin hydrargyrus and (probably) the Modern Greek υδράργυρος (ydrárgyros).
• ὕδραυλος (hudraulos, “hydraulic organ”) — From ὕδωρ (hudōr, “water”) + αὐλός (aulos, “flute”: “pipe”); whence the Latin hydraulus.
• ὑδρο- (hudro-), prefix that makes words related to water.

  i.e. hydro-. Mglovesfun (talk) 10:26, 26 June 2012 (UTC)

• ὑπατικός (hupatikos, “of consular rank”)
• ὕπατος (hupatos)
• ὑπερόπτης (huperoptēs)
• ὑπερυδραργυρίζω (huperudrargurizō, “I become quicksilver”) — From ὑδραργυρίζω (hudrargurizō).

φ, Φ

• Φαρισαϊκός (Pharisaïkos, “Pharisaic”), from Φαρισαῖος (Pharisaios, “Pharisee”) +‎ -ικός (-ikos, “-ic”).
• φαύλας (phaulas) in the phrase "φαύλας ἐπιθυμίας" (= "bad desires"?)
• φεύγειν (pheugein) in the phrase "φεύγειν παρασείσαντι"
• φιλανθρωπία (philanthrōpia) = altruism? — Blue-linked because of a Modern Greek entry.
• φιλότης (philotēs) = friendship, love, affection
• φολιδοῦσθαι (pholidousthai) — From φολίς (pholis). What's the lemma?
• φοῦρνος (phournos)

χ, Χ

• Χάζαροι (Khazaroi, “Khazars”) — Byzantine Greek
• χαῦνος (khaunos) = vain
• Χεβρών (Khebrōn, “Hebron”) — blue-linked because of the synonymous Modern Greek entry

ψ, Ψ

• ψιλογραφέω (psilographeō, “I write with a single vowel [i.e., not a diphthong]”)

ω, Ω

• ὠλιγοψύχησε (ōligopsukhēse) (is it a compound ωλιγο+ψύχησε ??)

  ὀλιγοψυχέω (oligopsukheō) —This unsigned comment was added by Fsojic (talk • contribs) at 14:02, 8 February 2014 (UTC).