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α, Α

• Αἴθων (Aíthōn, “Aethon”), an epithet of the eagle that daily eats the liver of Προμηθεύς (Promētheús) in Greek mythology.
• ἀναλέκτης (analéktēs) > Latin analecta
• ἀντίπαις (antípais, “like a child”, “little more than a child”; “instead of a boy”, i.e. “no longer a boy”; substantive “a mere boy”) — From ἀντί (antí, “anti-”) +‎ παῖς (paîs, “boy”); see the LSJ entry.
• ἀξιόπιστος (axiópistos, “trustworthy”), whence the English axiopistical
• ἀπειρέσιος (apeirésios) = alternative spelling of ἄπειρος (ápeiros, “boundless”)
• ἀπείρων (apeírōn) = alternative spelling of ἄπειρος (ápeiros, “boundless”)
• Ἀραμαῖος (Aramaîos, “pertaining to Aram or Syria”), whence the Latin Aramaeus, and whence, in turn, the English Aramaean
• αὐλῐκός (aulikós, “of the court”, “courtier-like”; an a noun “courtier”), from αὐλή (aulḗ, “court”)
• ἁλτῆρες (haltêres) – haltere
• ἁφή (haphḗ, “fine dust sprinkled on the body during athletic contests”) — Whence, supposedly, the Latin afa.
• ἁφή (haphḗ, “grip”) — Whence the Modern Greek αφή (afí, “sense of touch”).
• Ἄρβανον (Árbanon) principality of Arbanon. Mangêzd (talk)

β, Β

• βούαν (boúan)
• βωμίσκος (bōmískos)

γ, Γ

• Γεραίστιος (Geraístios), from Γεραιστός (Geraistós)
• Γέρασα (Gérasa, “Jerash”) — See el:w:Γέρασα.
• Γερασηνός (Gerasēnós, “Gerasene”) — From Γέρασα (Gérasa); whence the Late Latin Gerasēnus.
• Γέργεσα (Gérgesa), variant of Γέρασα (Gérasa)
• Γεργεσηνός (Gergesēnós) — From Γέργεσα (Gérgesa); whence the Late Latin Gergesēnus.
• *γέγειος (gégeios) (ion.) primitive, antique, old, ancient. G.Z.
• *γεγωνός (gegōnós) 1. loud-sounding, sonorous, bright clear sound ; 2. loud of voice. G.Z.
• γνώμων (gnṓmōn, “indicator, pointer, gide”)

δ, Δ

• δεσπόσυνος (despósunos, “of or belonging to the master or lord”)
• διαιτέω (diaitéō, “I turn by entreaty”)
• διαιτός (diaitós) = κριτής (kritḗs)
• διλογία (dilogía, “repetition”)
• δίλογος (dílogos, “doubtful”)
• διόσπυρος (persimmon) See Diospyros

ε, Ε

• ἔβρος (ébros, “he-goat”)
• εἰκονόδουλος (eikonódoulos) > English iconodule
• ἐκλάμπω (eklámpō, “shine or beam forth”, of a fever “burst forth violently”, of sound “be clearly heard”; “be distinguished”; “flash forth”; astrology, synonymous with διαυγάζω “influence by [its] rays”)
• ἔκλαμψις (éklampsis, “shining forth”, “brightness”; metaphorically “sudden development”)
• ἐλάττωσις (eláttōsis) = some kind of rhetorical figure? Cf. the Latin extenuātiō.
• ἑλώδης (helṓdēs) - "marshy"
• ἧλος (hêlos) - "nail" see Helostoma
• ἐναλλαγή (enallagḗ, “interchange, variation”) > English enallage
• ἐπίκωμος (epíkōmos)
• ἕφεμα (héphema)
• ἕφημα (héphēma)
• ἔρεβος (érebos) 1. obscurity, teneber; part of the hell; 2. Erebos son of Chaos. Mangêzd (talk)
• ἐτητυμια (etētumia)

ζ, Ζ

• ζυγοστάτης (zugostátēs, “public weigher”), whence the Latin zygostatēs (“weighmaster”)
• ζίζυφον (zízuphon)

η, Η

• ἡμερούσιος (hēmeroúsios, “daily”)
• Ἡρώ (Hērṓ), as in Hero and Leander; whence the English Hero and the Latin Hērō.
• ἤπιος (ḗpios)
• ἠπιως (ēpiōs)
• ἤιος (ḗios) : the potent, who strike from far.
• ἡλιαστής

θ, Θ

• θαλάττιος ὢν, μήπως χερσαῖος γένῃ (thaláttios ṑn, mḗpōs khersaîos génēi, proverb, literally “being a man of the sea, you cannot be a man of the land”)
• θαμβός (thambós, “astonished”) — Distinct from θάμβος (thámbos, “amazement”).
• θεσμοθέτης
• θεωρητικός (theōrētikós) > Late Latin theōrēticus > English theoretic
• θυμία (thumía) = ? — in LSJ
• θεοντα (theonta)

ι, Ι

• ἴκτερος (íkteros, “jaundice”)
• ἶλιγξ (îlinx, “whirling”, “whirlpool”), whence the English ilinx
• ἰύζω (iúzō, “I shout or yell”), whence ἴυγξ (íunx)

κ, Κ

• κᾰκόθῡμος (kakóthūmos, “ill-disposed”) > κᾰκοθῡμίᾱ (kakothūmíā, “malevolence”)
• καλοκάγαθος (kalokágathos) = gentleman, nobleman
• κάλυμμα (kálumma) = covering
• καμάκιον (kamákion) Koine, diminutive of κάμαξ (kámax, “long wood pole”)
• καταιγίζω (kataigízō, “I rush down like a storm”) — From καταιγίς (kataigís); whence καταιγισμός (kataigismós).
• καταφρονητής (kataphronētḗs, “despiser”) — From καταφρονέω (kataphronéō); whence καταφρονητικός (kataphronētikós).
• κατηχίζω (katēkhízō, “I catechize”) < κατηχέω (katēkhéō)
• κατοπτρικός (katoptrikós, “of or in a mirror”), from κάτοπτρον (kátoptron)
• κάτοπτρον (kátoptron, “mirror”)
• καυνός (kaunós) - bad
• κάλαμον (kálamon) (calamón)
• κέλευθος (kéleuthos, “path”)
• κλινικός (klinikós, “pertaining to a bed”), whence the Late Latin clinicus
• κομή (komḗ, “hair [of head]”)
• κομίζω (komízō, “care for, carry away”)
• κύφελλα (kúphella) = "hollows of the ears"; "clouds of mist", "clouds of arrows"

λ, Λ

• λατρικός (latrikós)
• λεγόμενος, λεγομένη, λεγόμενον (legómenos, legoménē, legómenon), middle/passive participle of λέγω (légō)
• Λεοννάτος (Leonnátos, “one of the generals of Alexander the Great”, “one of the officers of Perseus”), whence the Latin Leonnātus
• λιθοκόλλητος (lithokóllētos) — See φολίς (pholís) 3.
• λιποθυμία (lipothumía) = swoon
• λοετροχόος (loetrokhóos) — See Ruijgh 2011 here.
• λόκαλος m (lókalos, “an unknown bird”)
• λόκκη f (lókkē) = χλαμύς (khlamús)
• λοκός (lokós): λοκρός (lokrós), φαλακρός (phalakrós)
• Λοκριστί (Lokristí, “in Locrian manner”, adverb)
• Λοκροί (Lokroí, “the Locrians”), whence:
  • Λοκρικός (Lokrikós, “Locrian”, adjective)
• λουτήρ (loutḗr, “a washing- or bathing-tub”), whence the Latin lūtēr
• λυκοθήρας (lukothḗras) ≟ wolf-hunter
• λυκ (luk) [luk] originaly λυϙ (luq) [luq] : luceo, light...

μ, Μ

• μάγαδις (mágadis) - a musical instrument
• μαγίς (magís) - kneaded mass?
• μᾰ́γνης (mágnēs, “magnet”)
• μακραίων (makraíōn, “lasting long”; of persons “long-lived”, “agèd”)
• μακρακές (makrakés)
• μακραυχένοπλος (makraukhénoplos, “furnished with long shafts”)
• μακραύχην (makraúkhēn, “long-necked”)
• μακρέτειος (makréteios, “agèd”)
• μακρηγορέω (makrēgoréō, “I speak at great length”, “I am long-winded”)
• μακρηγορία (makrēgoría, “long-windedness”, “tediousness”)
• μακρήγορος (makrḗgoros, “speaking at great length”)
• μακρημερία (makrēmería, “the season of long days [in summer]”)
• μακρότονος (makrótonos, “stretched out”), adjective, Koine Greek
• μακροτόνως (makrotónōs, “with long [prosodic] quantity”), adverb, Koine Greek
• μάνυ (mánu, “small”) (Hesychios)
• μαῦρος (maûros) — Dark, Black
• μεγαίρω (megaírō)
• μεγαλοψυχία (megalopsukhía) = greatness of soul, magnanimity
• μεγᾰλόψῡχος (megalópsūkhos, “great-souled man”, “magnanimous one”) > English megalopsychos
• μείωσις (meíōsis) = some kind of rhetorical figure? Cf. the Latin extenuātiō.
• Μενεκράτης (Menekrátēs)
• μενοινάω (menoináō)
• μεσοποτάμιος (mesopotámios, “between rivers”) — Koine Greek; from μέσος (mésos, “between”) + ποταμός (potamós, “river”) + -ιος (-ios); whence Μεσοποταμία (Mesopotamía).
• μετουσίωσις (metousíōsis) = transubstantation
• μετρίως (metríōs)
• Μέξικον n (Méxikon) - Mexico (is mentioned in a Latin-German-Modern Greek-French book (Indiculus universalis latino-gallicus [...], P. Franc. Pomey, Norimbergae (Nürnberg), M. DC. LXXI. (1671))
• μικρογραφέω (mikrographéō, “I write with a short vowel”)
• μικρογραφία (mikrographía, “writing with a short vowel”) [noun]
• μικροθυμία (mikrothumía) = faint-heartedness
• μικρόψυχος (mikrópsukhos) = mean-spirited man
• Μιχᾳηλεῖον (Mikhāiēleîon), whence the Latin Michaēlium
• 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 (muîa) (I did create an entry for κυνόμυια, though) Chuck Entz (talk) 08:04, 23 July 2012 (UTC)
• μύσταξ (mústax)
• μόρφνος (mórphnos). Mangêzd (talk)
• μαγνῆτις (magnêtis)

ν, Ν

• Νᾱζᾰραῖος (Nāzaraîos)
• Ναζαρηνός (Nazarēnós, “Nazarene”) — The page has a Modern Greek entry; it needs an Ancient Greek one.
• Νᾱζῑραῖος, Νᾱζειραῖος (Nāzīraîos, Nāzeiraîos, “Nazirite”) — Koine Greek; whence the Latin Nāzīraeus.
• νημᾰτώδης (nēmatṓdēs, “fibrous”, “in filaments”) — Koine Greek
• νικομάχας (nikomákhas) = "conqueror in the fight"

ο, Ο

• ὁμοιόμορφος (homoiómorphos, “of like form”) [1]
• ὀνοκένταυρα (onokéntaura, “a kind of tailless ape”, “a kind of demon haunting wild places”) ― That's according to Liddell and Scott. Presumably from ὄνος (ónos, “ass”) + κένταυρος (kéntauros, “centaur”).
• ὀνοκένταυρος (onokéntauros), a by-form of ὀνοκένταυρα (onokéntaura); whence the Latin onocentaurus
• ὀξυθυμία (oxuthumía) = vivacity
• ὀξυθύμια (oxuthúmia) = refuse deposited at cross-roads near the statues of Hecate
• ὀργάνων (orgánōn)
• ὅρμος (hórmos)- chain
• ὀσμᾶσθαι (osmâsthai) (osmeterium etym)
• Ὀσροηνή (Osroēnḗ) (Osroene) – also spelled Ὀρροηνή (Orrhoēnḗ)
• ὀσφύς (osphús, “loins, lower part of the back”)
• ὀφείλεια (opheíleia, “indebtedness”)

π, Π

• παιδεραστής (paiderastḗs, “pederast”), whence παιδεραστία (paiderastía)
• παιδοτρίβης (paidotríbēs, “teacher of gymnastics”), whence the English paedotribe
• πάλη (pálē, “the finest meal”, “any fine dust”), also spelt παλή (palḗ) — Homographic with another word meaning "wrestling". The link is blue because of a Modern Greek entry.
• πάμψυχος (pámpsukhos) ≟ πᾶμ (pâm) + ψυχή (psukhḗ) — The meaning is unclear; the LSJ entry is confusing.
• πάγκρεας (pánkreas) — Has Modern Greek; needs Ancient Greek.
• παντελής (pantelḗs)
• παραβάλλω (parabállō) — Has Modern Greek; needs Ancient Greek.
• παράγω (parágō, “to derive”) — Blue-linked because of a Modern Greek entry.
• παραγωγόν (paragōgón, “derivative”)
• παρασείειν (paraseíein) => παρασείω (lemma)
• παρασείσαντι (paraseísanti) in the phrase "φεύγειν παρασείσαντι"
• παρθενεία (partheneía, “virginity”)
• περισπώμενον (perispṓmenon), whence the English perispomenon
• περισπωμένως (perispōménōs, “pronounced with a circumflex, esp. on the last syllable”), adverb
• πολέμιος (polémios, “enemy”) / πτολέμιος (ptolémios, “enemy”) nominal form / derives from the adjectival form
• πολέμιος (polémios, “hostile, enemy”) adjectival form / the nominal form "enemy" clearly derives from this
• πονηροί (ponēroí) — Blue-linked because of a Modern Greek entry.
• πολέμαρχος
• προαίρεσις (proaíresis) = reasoned choice (used by Aristotle)
• προεπιθυμία (proepithumía) = condition preceding desire
• προθυμία (prothumía) = readiness, willingness, eagerness
• προπαιδεύω (propaideúō, “I give preparatory instruction”)
• προσαγορεύω (prosagoreúō, “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 (prosḗlutos, “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 (prósthesis, “addition”), whence the English prothesis and prosthesis
• πῶρος (pôros, “tufa; stone”)
• πηκτίς (pēktís) - an ancient harp

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 (rhathumía), ῥᾳθυμία (rhāithumía) = easiness of temper, (a) taking things easily
• ῥῆσις (rhêsis, “utterance”, “speech”)
• -ρραφία (-rrhaphía) > English -rrhaphy
• ῥύτωρ (rhútōr). Mangêzd (talk)
• ῥυτήρ (rhutḗr) protector. Mangêzd (talk)

  This is not a possible spelling, AFAIK; you probably mean ῥῡτήρ (rhūtḗr). — I.S.M.E.T.A. 18:48, 27 June 2015 (UTC)

• Sorry I made a mis‑spelling... Mangêzd (talk) 01:54, 1 July 2015 (UTC)

• ῥύσιος (rhúsios). Mangêzd (talk)
• ῥύω (rhúō). Mangêzd (talk)
• ῥόπτρα (rhóptra)

σ, Σ

• σατυρίσκος (saturískos) — The diminutive form of σάτυρος (sáturos); whence the English satyrisk.
• σοῦχος (soûkhos) — crocodile. See -suchus
• στατός (statós, “standing”, “stationary”)
• στιγμή (stigmḗ) — Has Modern Greek; needs Ancient Greek.
• συνέχω (sunékhō, “I hold”, “I keep together”), whence the Modern Greek συνεχής (synechís, “constant”, “continuous”, “sustained”)
• συνετίσαντά (sunetísantá) συντίνω (suntínō)
  • A word with two oxiae? That can't be right, can it? — I.S.M.E.T.A. 16:07, 10 February 2014 (UTC)
    • Quite right; here's the likely lemma form. — Eru·tuon 08:00, 23 March 2016 (UTC)
• συριακός (suriakós)
• σφήν (sphḗn) — wedge
• Σωφηνή (Sōphēnḗ) (Sophene)
• σφίδη (sphídē)
• σειρά (seirá) 1. rope, 2. chain, 3. lasso, noose, streaming node to the Scythians & Parthians putted in the necks of their enemies.

τ, Τ

• τάρανδος (tárandos, “reindeer”)
• τεσσαρεσκαιδέκατος (tessareskaidékatos, “fourteenth”)
• τεσσαρεσκαιδεκέτης (tessareskaidekétēs, “fourteen years old”)
• τερεβινθίνη (terebinthínē)- giving English terebinth
• τηνάλλως (tēnállōs)
• τοπάρχης (topárkhēs, “ruler of a small district”) — From τόπος (tópos, “place”) +‎ -αρχης (-arkhēs, “ruler”); whence the English toparch.
• τοπαρχία (toparkhía) — From τοπάρχης (topárkhēs); whence the Latin toparchia.
• τράχηλος (trákhēlos, “neck”) > English trachel-
• τριαντάφυλλον (triantáphullon, “rose”, literally “thirty-leaved”), Byzantine Greek; from τριάντα (triánta) + φύλλον (phúllon); whence the Modern Greek τριαντάφυλλο (triantáfyllo, “rose”).
• τριξός (trixós), Ionic form of τρισσός (trissós)
• τρισσός (trissós) = threefold, triple
• τριττός (trittós), Attic form of τρισσός (trissós)
• τραγέλαφος (tragélaphos)

υ, Υ

• Ὑακίνθια (Huakínthia, “Hyacinthia”), from Ὑάκινθος (Huákinthos, “Hyacinthus”)
• ὑδραργυρίζω (hudrargurízō, “I am like quicksilver”) — From ὑδράργυρος (hudrárguros); whence ὑπερυδραργυρίζω (huperudrargurízō).
• ὑδράργυρος (hudrárguros, “quicksilver (artificially prepared from cinnabar-ore)”) — From ὕδωρ (húdōr, “water”) + ἄργυρος (árguros, “silver”); whence the Latin hydrargyrus and (probably) the Modern Greek υδράργυρος (ydrárgyros).
• ὕδραυλος (húdraulos, “hydraulic organ”) — From ὕδωρ (húdōr, “water”) + αὐλός (aulós, “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)

• ὑπερόπτης (huperóptēs)
• ὑπερυδραργυρίζω (huperudrargurízō, “I become quicksilver”) — From ὑδραργυρίζω (hudrargurízō).
• Ὑρίη (Huríē, “Hyria, a town in Boeotia on the Eurīpus”), whence the Latin Hyriē
• υσπληξ (usplēx) — a device for starting races. See http://nemeangames.org/nemea-stadium/hysplex.html .

φ, Φ

• φαλακρός (phalakrós) — Has Modern Greek; needs Ancient Greek.
• Φαρισαϊκός (Pharisaïkós, “Pharisaic”), from Φαρισαῖος (Pharisaîos, “Pharisee”) +‎ -ικός (-ikós, “-ic”).
• φιλανθρωπία (philanthrōpía) = altruism? — Blue-linked because of a Modern Greek entry.
• φολιδοῦσθαι (pholidoûsthai) — From φολίς (pholís). What's the lemma?
• φοῦρνος (phoûrnos)

χ, Χ

• Χάζαροι (Kházaroi, “Khazars”) — Byzantine Greek
• χαῦνος (khaûnos) = vain
• χασμωδία (khasmōdía), also spelled χασμῳδία (khasmōidía) (as associated with ἀοιδός (aoidós)?) - 1. yawn (noun), 2. in grammar/metrics hiatus

  As a mentioning of χασμωδία (khasmōdía) having both meanings there is for example Pape. For Byzantine Greek one can find χασμῳδία (khasmōidía) in modern prints of the works of Eustathius of Thessalonica (12th century) like this one with Latin translation.

  From χάσμα (khásma), -ώδης (-ṓdēs), -ία (-ía) literally like yawn-ous-ness?

  Yawn-ful-ness is probably more idiomatic. — I.S.M.E.T.A. 08:47, 27 February 2017 (UTC)

ψ, Ψ

• ψάμαθος (psámathos), related to ψάμμος (psámmos) and ἄμαθος (ámathos)