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Definition of greek
Thanks for using this online dictionary, we have been helping millions of people improve their use of the english language with its free online services. English definition of greek is as below...
Greek (n.) A
native,
or one of the
people,
of
Greece;
a
Grecian;
also, the
language
of
Greece..
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Q
::
Q () the
seventeenth
letter
of the
English
alphabet,
has but one sound (that of k), and is
always
followed
by u, the two
letters
together
being
sounded
like kw,
except
in some words in which the u is
silent.
See Guide to
Pronunciation,
/ 249. Q is not found in
Anglo-Saxon,
cw being used
instead
of qu; as in cwic,
quick;
cwen,
queen.
The name (k/) is from the
French
ku, which is from the Latin name of the same
letter;
its form is from the
Latin,
which
derived
it,
through
a Greek
alphabet,
from th
Gradus
::
Gradus
(n.) A
dictionary
of
prosody,
designed
as an aid in
writing
Greek or Latin
poetry..
Conistra
::
Conistra
(n.)
Originally,
a part of the
palestra,
or
gymnasium
among the
Greeks;
either
the place where sand was
stored
for use in
sprinkling
the
wrestlers,
or the
wrestling
ground
itself.
Hence,
a part of the
orchestra
of the Greek
theater..
Antistrophe
::
Antistrophe
(n.) In Greek
choruses
and
dances,
the
returning
of the
chorus,
exactly
answering
to a
previous
strophe
or
movement
from right to left.
Hence:
The lines of this part of the
choral
song..
Helicon
::
Helicon
(n.) A
mountain
in
Boeotia,
in
Greece,
supposed
by the
Greeks
to be the
residence
of
Apollo
and the
Muses..
Tetrapla
::
Tetrapla
(sing.)
A Bible
consisting
of four
different
Greek
versions
arranged
in four
columns
by
Origen;
hence,
any
version
in four
languages
or four
columns..
Yama
::
Yama (n.) The king of the
infernal
regions,
corresponding
to the Greek
Pluto,
and also the judge of
departed
souls.
In later times he is more
exclusively
considered
the dire judge of all, and the
tormentor
of the
wicked.
He is
represented
as of a green
color,
with red
garments,
having
a crown on his head, his eyes
inflamed,
and
sitting
on a
buffalo,
with a club and noose in his
hands..
Uniate
::
Uniate
(n.) A
member
of the Greek
Church,
who
nevertheless
acknowledges
the
supremacy
of the Pope of Rome; one of the
United
Greeks.
Also used
adjectively..
Azymite
::
Azymite
(n.) One who
administered
the
Eucharist
with
unleavened
bread;
-- a name of
reproach
given by those of the Greek
church
to the
Latins.
Syzygy
::
Syzygy
(n.) The
coupling
together
of
different
feet; as, in Greek
verse,
an
iambic
syzygy..
Purist
::
Purist
(n.) One who
maintains
that the New
Testament
was
written
in pure
Greek.
D
::
D () The
fourth
letter
of the
English
alphabet,
and a vocal
consonant.
The
English
letter
is from
Latin,
which is from
Greek,
which took it from
Ph/nician,
the
probable
ultimate
origin
being
Egyptian.
It is
related
most
nearly
to t and th; as, Eng. deep, G. tief; Eng.
daughter,
G.
tochter,
Gr.
qyga`thr,
Skr.
duhitr.
See Guide to
Pronunciation,
Ã178,
179, 229..
Pyrrhic
::
Pyrrhic
(a.) Of or
pertaining
to an
ancient
Greek
martial
dance.
Mythology
::
Mythology
(n.) A body of
myths;
esp., the
collective
myths which
describe
the gods of a
heathen
people;
as, the
mythology
of the
Greeks..
Chiton
::
Chiton
(n.) An under
garment
among the
ancient
Greeks,
nearly
representing
the
modern
shirt..
Strophic
::
Strophe
(n.) In Greek
choruses
and
dances,
the
movement
of the
chorus
while
turning
from the right to the left of the
orchestra;
hence,
the
strain,
or part of the
choral
ode, sung
during
this
movement.
Also
sometimes
used of a
stanza
of
modern
verse.
See the Note under
Antistrophe..
Greek
::
Greek (n.) A
swindler;
a
knave;
a
cheat.
A
::
A () The first
letter
of the
English
and of many other
alphabets.
The
capital
A of the
alphabets
of
Middle
and
Western
Europe,
as also the small
letter
(a),
besides
the forms in
Italic,
black
letter,
etc., are all
descended
from the old Latin A, which was
borrowed
from the Greek
Alpha,
of the same form; and this was made from the first
letter
(/) of the
Phoenician
alphabet,
the
equivalent
of the
Hebrew
Aleph,
and
itself
from the
Egyptian
origin.
The Aleph was a
consonant
letter,
with a
guttural
Iotacism
::
Iotacism
(n.) The
frequent
use of the sound of iota (that of
English
e in be), as among the
modern
Greeks;
also,
confusion
from
sounding
/, /, /, /, //, etc., like /..
Universe
::
Universe
(n.) All
created
things
viewed
as
constituting
one
system
or
whole;
the whole body of
things,
or of
phenomena;
the / / of the
Greeks,
the
mundus
of the
Latins;
the
world;
creation..
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