greek | (n) the Hellenic branch of the Indo-European family of languages, Syn. Hellenic, Hellenic language |
greek | (n) a native or inhabitant of Greece, Syn. Hellene |
greek | (adj) of or relating to or characteristic of Greece or the Greeks or the Greek language, Syn. Hellenic, Grecian |
greek alphabet | (n) the alphabet used by ancient Greeks |
greek architecture | (n) the architecture of ancient Greece |
greek catholic | (n) a member of the Greek Orthodox Church |
greek cross | (n) a cross with each of the four arms the same length |
greek deity | (n) a deity worshipped by the ancient Greeks |
greek fire | (n) a mixture used by Byzantine Greeks that was often shot at adversaries; catches fire when wetted |
greek mode | (n) any of the descending diatonic scales in the music of classical Greece |
Greek | a. [ AS. grec, L. Graecus, Gr. ?: cf. F. grec. Cf. Grecian. ] Of or pertaining to Greece or the Greeks; Grecian. [ 1913 Webster ] Greek calends. See under Greek calends in the vocabulary. -- Greek Church (Eccl. Hist.), the Eastern Church; that part of Christendom which separated from the Roman or Western Church in the ninth century. It comprises the great bulk of the Christian population of Russia (of which this is the established church), Greece, Moldavia, and Wallachia. The Greek Church is governed by patriarchs and is called also the Byzantine Church. -- Greek cross. See Illust. (10) Of Cross. -- Greek Empire. See Byzantine Empire. -- Greek fire, a combustible composition which burns under water, the constituents of which are supposed to be asphalt, with niter and sulphur. Ure. -- Greek rose, the flower campion. [ 1913 Webster ]
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Greek | n. 1. A native, or one of the people, of Greece; a Grecian; also, the language of Greece. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. A swindler; a knave; a cheat. [ Slang ] [ 1913 Webster ] Without a confederate the . . . game of baccarat does not . . . offer many chances for the Greek. Sat. Rev. [ 1913 Webster ] 3. Something unintelligible; as, it was all Greek to me. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ] |
Greek calendar | . 1. Any of various calendars used by the ancient Greek states. The Attic calendar divided the year into twelve months of 29 and 30 days, as follows: 1. Hecatombæon (July-Aug.). 2. Metageitnion (Aug.-Sept.). 3. Boëdromion (Sept.-Oct.). 4. Pyanepsion (Oct.-Nov.). 5. Mæmacterion (Nov.-Dec.). 6. Poseideon (Dec.-Jan.). 7. Gamelion (Jan.-Feb.). 8. Anthesterion (Feb.-Mar.). 9. Elaphebolion (Mar.-Apr.). 10. Munychion (Apr.-May). 11. Thargelion (May-June). 12. Scirophorion (June-July). A fixed relation to the seasons was maintained by introducing an intercalary month, “the second Poseideon, ” at first in an inexact way, afterward in years 3, 5, 8, 11, 13, 16, 19 of the Metonic cycle. Dates were reckoned in Olympiads. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ] 2. The Julian calendar, used in the Greek Church. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ] |
Greekess | n. A female Greek. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ] |
Greekish | a. [ Cf. AS. Grēcisc. ] Peculiar to Greece. [ 1913 Webster ] |
Greek kalends | or . A time that will never come, as the Greeks had no calends. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ] Variants: Greek calends |
greeklike | adj. of or relating to or characteristic of Greece or the Greeks; as, greeklike struggles. Syn. -- grecian. [ WordNet 1.5 ] |
Greekling | n. A little Greek, or one of small esteem or pretensions. B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ] |
希 | [ぎ, gi] (n, n-pref) (abbr) (See 希臘) Greece; Greek #3,190 [Add to Longdo] |
ポリス | [porisu] (n) (1) police; (2) polis (ancient Greek city state) (gre #8,522 [Add to Longdo] |
ストア(P);ストアー | [sutoa (P); sutoa-] (n) (1) store; (2) (ストア only) stoa (classical Greek colonnade or portico); (P) #9,761 [Add to Longdo] |
アマゾン | [amazon] (n, adj-no) (1) the Amazon river; (2) Amazon (woman of Greek mythology) #12,542 [Add to Longdo] |
カオス(P);ケーオス;ケイオス | [kaosu (P); ke-osu ; keiosu] (n) (カオス is from Greek #13,399 [Add to Longdo] |
正教 | [せいきょう, seikyou] (n) orthodoxy; (Greek) orthodox church; (P) #18,440 [Add to Longdo] |
アテナ | [atena] (n) Athena (Greek goddess); Athene #19,348 [Add to Longdo] |
アレス | [aresu] (n) Ares (Greek god) [Add to Longdo] |
エリス | [erisu] (n) (1) (See 準惑星) Eris (dwarf planet); (2) Eris (Greek goddess of strife) [Add to Longdo] |
カサレヴサ | [kasarevusa] (n) (See デモティキ) katharevousa (traditional literary form of modern Greek) (gre [Add to Longdo] |