Ancient Greek

Speech parts

1. Ancient Greek - Noun

2. Ancient Greek - Adjective

3. Ancient Greek - Proper noun

Meaning

the Greek language prior to the Roman Empire

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

greek hellenic latin hellenistic mediterranean classical attic Ancient Greece Classical Greek ancient greeks Old Greek Attic Greek Aeolic Greek Doric Greek original greek

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Hypernyms

greek hellenic Hellenic language

Hyponyms

ionic doric attic aeolic eolic arcadic

Examples

Freedom in capitalist society always remains about the same as it was in ancient Greek republics: Freedom for slave owners. Vladimir Lenin

Chaos does not mean total disorder. Chaos means a multiplicity of possibilities. Chaos is from the ancient Greek words that means a thing that is birthed from the void. And it was about that which is possible, not about disorder. Jok Church

The ancient Greek oral poets all had this anxiety about the deficiencies of their memories and always began poems by praying to the Muse to help them remember. David Antin

For a long time on Earth humans didn't worship good gods; that's a new idea. The ancient Greek gods, the Hindu gods, are fairly amoral, most of them. We get stuck when we insist that God be both good and all-powerful. Barbara Ehrenreich

The ancient Greek definition of happiness was the full use of your powers along lines of excellence. John F. Kennedy

If there is no more market for ancient Greek, there should be no more ancient Greek. If there are no jobs for historians, there should be no history. If there is no money in brains, there should be no brains - except for the brains that make money. Laura Penny

Close letter words and terms

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