Greek language

Indo-European language

branch of Indo-European language family

symbol with X and P together, representing Christ

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literature of the Byzantine Empire

Ancient Greek dialect

last common ancestor of all varieties of Greek

transliteration or transcription of text from the Greek alphabet into the Latin alphabet

Unicode block (U+0370-03FF)

In historical linguistics, betacism ( , ) is a sound change in which (the voiced bilabial plosive, as in bane) and (the voiced labiodental fricative , as in vane) are confused. The final result of the process can be either /b/ → [v] or /v/ → [b]. Betacism is a fairly common phenomenon; it has taken place in Greek, Hebrew, and several Romance languages.

unknown pre-Indo-European language(s) spoken in prehistoric Greece before the coming of the Proto-Greek language in the Greek peninsula during the Bronze Age

orthographical conventions of Greek, modern and historical

Crasis (; from the Greek , ) is a type of contraction in which two vowels or diphthongs merge into one new vowel or diphthong, making one word out of two (univerbation). Crasis occurs in many languages, including French, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish; it was first described in Ancient Greek.

Iotacism (, iotakismos) or itacism is the process of vowel shift by which a number of vowels and diphthongs converged towards the pronunciation in post-classical Greek and Modern Greek. The term "iotacism" refers to the letter iota, the original sign for , with which these vowels came to merge. The alternative term itacism refers to the new pronunciation of the name of the letter eta as after the change.

linguistic prefix in Greek, used to express negation or absence

short text written on an ancient Greek pottery vessel dated to ca. 740 BC

idiom for something not understandable

Afikoman or Afikomen (Mishnaic Hebrew: אֲפִיקִימוֹן ʾăpîqîmôn; Modern pronunciation: אֲפִיקוֹמָן ʾăpîqômān) based on Greek epikomon [ἐπὶ κῶμον] or epikomion [ἐπικώμιον], meaning "that which comes after" or "dessert"), a word originally having the connotation of "refreshments eaten after the meal", is now almost strictly associated with the half-piece of matzo which is broken in two during the early stages of the Passover Seder and set aside to be eaten as a dessert after the meal.

foundation

digital corpus of pre-1500 Greek literature

8th-century BCE wine cup

ligature for και/ⲕⲁⲓ (“and”), used in Greek and Coptic; analogous to the ampersand (&) in English

grammar of the Modern Greek language

Romano-Greek (also referred to as Hellenoromani; ) is a nearly extinct mixed language (referred to as Para-Romani in Romani linguistics), spoken by the Romani people in Greece that arose from language contact between Romani speaking people and the Greek language. The language is suspected to be a secret language spoken in Thessaly and Central Greece Administrative Unit. Typologically the language is structured on Greek with heavy lexical borrowing from Romani. Dortika is a secret language spoken mainly in Athens by traveling builders from Eurytania Prefecture. In both cases, the languages are

Braille alphabet of the Greek language

grammatical construction

languages employed in the original writings of the Bible: Biblical Hebrew, Biblical Aramaic, Koine Greek

handwritten copy of the Bible in Greek

dialects and differences between the written standard and spoken speech

thumb|350x350px|Achilles mourning the death of Patroclus. Corinthian Chytra Kleos () is the Greek word often translated to "renown" or "glory". It is related to the English word "loud" and carries the implied meaning of "what others hear about you". A Greek hero earns kleos through accomplishing great deeds.

transcription or transliteration of text from the Greek alphabet to Cyrillic script

interjection

how the sounds of Greek are written in the Greek alphabet

compound word composed from combining forms (which act as affixes or stems) derived from classical Latin or ancient Greek roots, such as biology

Glossa (γλῶσσα) is a Greek word meaning "tongue" or "language", used in several English words including gloss, glossary, glossitis, and others.