Wikipedia 10K Redux

Reconstructed by Reagle from Starling archive; see blog post for context.

Greek_language|Lexicon

Something I thought might be neat to have. Not a full dictionary, but just a list of some of the words that have prominent derivatives in English or other languages. This could be very cool if we ever got a Greek alphabet, and someone who knows Greek.

Alphabet being used - a b g d e z ê th i k l m n x o p r s t u ph ch ps ô - plus h for breathing


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autos, -ê, -o

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Self (reflexive pronoun)

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eu

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Well

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kakos, -ê, -on

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Bad

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monos, -ê, -on

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Alone, solitary, forsaken

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oligos, -ê, -on

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Few, little, small

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polus, pollê, polu

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Many, much

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philos, -ê, -on

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Beloved, dear

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anthos, -ous

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Flower

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astêr

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Star

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bios

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Life

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dêmos

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District, its inhabitants, commoners

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gê

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Earth

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zoon [?]

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Animal

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ichthus [?]

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Fish

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logos, -ou, -o

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Word (to frightened to try to list the verb)

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phuton, -o

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Plant

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chaitê, -hê

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Loose, flowing hair

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makros

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Large

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mikros

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Small

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anthrôpos, -ou, -o

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Human being

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hupnos, -ou, -o

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Sleep

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