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Greek to English
Translating words from Greek to English requires the use of a Greek-English dictionary or a web-based translator. Consulting a person fluent with the language will greatly help in learning the correct pronunciation of words.
638 Questions
What does ne desit virtus look like writtin in greek?
The phrase "ne desit virtus" translates to "let virtue not fail." In Greek, this can be expressed as "μη ἀπολείπει ἀρετή" (mē apoleipei aretē). The phrase emphasizes the importance of maintaining virtue and moral excellence.
What is the Greek word for Joshua?
The Biblical Greek for Joshua is the same as the word for Jesus: Iesous
How to write the name kathryn in greek?
Kathryn -> Κάθριν [kathreen]
Catherine / Katherine < Greek Κατερίνη / Κατερίνα / Αικατερίνη[katerini/katerina/ekaterini]
Greek is older. It is attested earlier and reached its classical form earlier than Latin.
The oldest inscriptions in a recognizable, but archaic, form of Greek are the Mycenean inscriptions written in the Linear-B script, dating back to at least the 13th century B.C. The Homeric poems (Iliad, Odyssey) go back to roughly the 7th century B.C. (though opinions differ), and the classic dramatists Aeschylus and Sophocles lived in the 5th century B.C.
By contrast, the earliest Latin inscriptions go back only to the 6th century B.C. (a little earlier if you admit the Praeneste fibula, which most scholars consider a forgery), and the earliest substantial literary remains, including of the plays of Plautus and the poetry of Ennius, date from the third and second centuries B.C. The classical period of Latin literature is considered to have begun around 75 B.C.
The Greek singular is Athene (person of Athens) and the plural is Athenai -- so it is the city of the Athenians, or Athens.
The modern name of Athens (Αθήνα, Athína) is now singular in Greek, since the monotonic form of the Greek language was adopted in the 1970s.
"Philanthropy", from philia "affection" and anthropos "man".
What is the Greek word for sailor?
If you google the word Nautilus, you will find that it came from the Greek word ( ναυτίλος) which means Sailor.
What is the greek word for depressed?
ΘΛΙΜΜΕΝΟΣ / θλιμμένος (m.). ΘΛΙΜΜΕΝΗ / θλιμμένη (f.)
or: ΣΕ ΚΑΤΑΘΛΙΨΗ / σε κατάθλιψη (as in the health/medical condition)
What is the Greek word for a theater?
Theatre is a Greek word: théatron ( or in modern spelling théatro).
What is the Greek word for starlight?
ΑΣΤΡΟΦΩΣ / αστρόφως, or, ΑΣΤΡΟΦΕΓΓΙΑ / αστροφεγγιά.
ΞΑΣΤΕΡΙΑ / ξαστεριά is commonly used, too.
What does the Greek word 'abacus' come from?
ORIGIN late Middle English (denoting a board strewn with sand on which to draw figures): from Latin, from Greek abax, abak- 'slab, drawing board,' of Semitic origin; probably related to Hebrew ' āḇāq 'dust.'
What does gliki mou ear mean in greek?
γλυκύ μου έαρ = my sweet spring
From an Easter's lamentation of Good Friday:
"Ω γλυκύ μου έαρ, γλυκύτατόν μου Τέκνον, πού έδυ σου το κάλλος;"
"Oh my sweet spring, my sweetest Child, where did your beauty immerge?"
Is a verse taken by an ancient Greek hymn (probably dedicated to Adonis).
Does the word disaster have the Greek word meaning star?
Surprisingly, yes.
The word is Latin, but its elements were borrowed from Greek.
Dis- means bad, unfavorable, negative (eg. displeasure)
-aster comes from the greek word άστρον (transliterated astron, pronounced ass-tron) which means a star.
Literally the word means unfavorable star influence, and it gradually evolved to its modern meaning.
The Greeks used (and still use) another word for it: catastrophe.
