greek

Definition of greek in English English dictionary: The language of the Greek people, spoken in Greece and in Greek communities; Unintelligible speech or text, such as foreign speech or text, or regarding subjects the listener is not familiar with, such as mathematics or technical jargon; or statements that the listener does not understand or agree with; A member of a college fraternity or sorority, which are commonly characterised by being named after Greek letters. (See also Greek system)
Was Joe a Greek in college?.; Of or relating to Greece, the Greek people, or the Greek language; unintelligible, especially regarding foreign speech or text, or regarding subjects the speaker is not familiar with, such as mathematics or technical jargon; Of or pertaining to a fraternity or sorority; An inhabitant, resident, or a person of descent from Greece; to display a placeholder instead of text, especially to optimize speed in displaying text that would be too small to read; Anal sex; to fill a template with nonsense text (particularly the Lorem ipsum), so that form can be focused on instead of content; Nonsense writing or talk; gibberish; {a} belonging to Greece, Grecian; {n} a native of Greece, the greek language; {i} native of Greece, resident of Greece; The language of the Greek people, spoken in Greece, Cyprus, south Albania, parts of south FYROM, parts of Bulgaria and parts of Turkey and partially characterised by being written using the Greek alphabet. It is descended from Proto-Greek via Ancient Greek and other forms of Greek; A Greek is a person who comes from Greece; {s} of or pertaining to Greece, of Greek origin; Greek or Ancient Greek was the language used in Greece in ancient times. relating to Greece, its people, or its language. Greek alphabet Greek Civil War Greek fire Greek Independence War of Greek language Greek law Greek mythology Greek Orthodox Church Greek pottery Greek religion Greek Revival Maximus the Greek; Nonsense talk or writing; gibberish; Greek is the language used in Greece. I had to learn Greek; {i} Greek language; Greek means belonging or relating to Greece; A PERSON OF GREEK HERITAGE At the time of Christ, Greece was a part of the Roman Empire Although no longer a world power, Greece was still the main cultural influence of the world at the time of Christ It influenced civilization, culture, philosophy, language, literature, and arts Romans adopted Greek culture and greek traditions Every educated man in the Roman Empire spoke Greek Thus we see tremendous greek influence in Palestine at the time of Christ After the death of Christ the gospel was spread throughout the world in the Greek Language; the Hellenic branch of the Indo-European family of languages a native or inhabitant of Greece of or relating to or characteristic of Greece or the Greeks; "Greek mythology"; "a grecian robe; A native, or one of the people, of Greece; a Grecian; also, the language of Greece; term applied to all sororities and fraternities; A swindler; a knave; a cheat; the Hellenic branch of the Indo-European family of languages; a native or inhabitant of Greece; A general name applied to all fraternity and sorority members; Members of fraternities and sororities are called Greeks; Lykos; member(s) of a Greek-letter organization (fraternity or sorority); A member of a fraternity or sorority; Requires Greek localization kit English to Greek Standard lexicon English to Greek Gold lexicon Greek to English Standard lexicon; the name applied to all sorority and fraternity members; - The gibberish or nonsense text placed in a "dummy" to signify where the copy will eventually be; of or relating to or characteristic of Greece or the Greeks; "Greek mythology"; "a grecian robe"; In desktop publishing, an approximate representation of text used when there is insufficient screen space to show it in properly readable form By extension, any onscreen text that is garbled; Kalimera, Yasas Hawaiian: Aloha; Of or pertaining to Greece or the Greeks; Grecian; Term used to describe Greek-letter organizations and their members; X: (Glis ) - (Muscardinus) - (Dryomys) - (Eliomys); A general name applied to all fraternity and sorority members Recruitment - Is a formal schedule of events organized by the sororities on each campus to meet collegians who have registered for membership recruitment Recruitment consists of 3-4 rounds of parties/events, lasting anywhere from a few days to a couple of weeks, depending on the number of chapters on campus and the number of women registered for Recruitment; Something unintelligible; as, it was all Greek to me; Gk; Grecian
Greek Christian Scriptures: the New Testament
Greek Orthodox: Describing any Eastern Orthodox Church that is ethnically Greek or uses Greek liturgy
Greek Orthodox Church: Any of a number of organizations based primarily in Greece and affiliated with the Eastern Orthodox Church of Christianity
Greek alphabet: The alphabet consisting of the above letters plus the following four obsolete letters:
Ϝ ϝ (digamma), Ϻ ϻ (san), Ϙ ϙ (qoppa/koppa), Ϡ ϡ (sampi).
Greek alphabet: The 24-letter alphabet of the modern Greek language, consisting of the following letters presented in upper case (majuscule) and lower case (minuscule) pairs:
Α α, Β β, Γ γ, Δ δ, Ε ε, Ζ ζ, Η η, Θ θ, Ι ι, Κ κ, Λ λ, Μ μ, Ν ν, Ξ ξ, Ο ο, Π π, Ρ ρ, Σ σ, Τ τ, Υ υ, Φ φ, Χ χ, Ψ ψ, Ω ω.
Greek fire: A flammable substance first used by the Greeks of Constantinople to set fire to enemy ships, buildings etc
There is yet spirit in him,” said Malvoisin apart to Mont–Fitchet, “were it well directed — but, like the Greek fire, it burns whatever approaches it.”.
Greek house: A building in which the members of a fraternity or sorority reside or meet, especially one located on or near the campus of a college or university
About 50 students live in the average Greek house.
Greek houses: plural form of Greek house
Greek letter: Any of the characters in the Greek alphabet
Greek letters: plural form of Greek letter
Greek number: Greek numeral, a word or symbol used to represent a number by Greek speakers
Greek number: The numbers or number system used in Greece. Modern Greece uses the decimal number system
Greek numbers: plural form of Greek number
Greek numeral: One of the Greek numerals. A symbol formed from one or more of the letters of the Greek alphabet which has been modified by the addition of a mark, thus: Δ' θ'. These are used to numerate monarchs, chapters, etc as Roman numerals are used in English
Greek numeral: One of the words of the Greek language used to represent a number
Greek numerals: The words used to represent numbers in the Greek language
Ordinal numeral – have feminine (-η) and neuter (-ο) forms.
Greek numerals: A system of numerals represented by letters of the Greek alphabet. These are used for special purposes, where in English Roman numerals might be used. The numerals are formed by the addition of a mark to the upper or lower case letter: Γ' δ' θ' In addition to the usual Greek letters three additional symbols are used: stigma (ϛ), koppa (ϟ) and sampi (ϡ); stigma (Ϛ or ϛ) may also be represented by ΣΤ' or στ'
Greek salad: A salad, popular in Greece, normally consisting of tomatoes, olives and feta cheese among other ingredients
Greek salads: plural form of Greek salad
Greek system: The system of fraternities and sororities in North American colleges
greek cypriot: Greek Cypriots are the ethnic Greek population of Cyprus. They form the island's largest ethnic community, comprising nearly 80 percent of the population. The Greek Cypriots are mostly Eastern Orthodox Christians, members of the Orthodox Church of Cyprus, an autocephalous church headed by an Archbishop. In a broader sense the term also includes Maronites, Armenians and Latins who were given the option of adhering to one of two constituent communities (Greek and Turkish) per the 1960 Constitution and who voted to join the Greek Cypriot Community
Greek Catholic: member of the Greek Orthodox Church
Greek Church: Greek Orthodox Church, branch of the Orthodox Church which is the national church of Greece
Greek Church: The Eastern Orthodox Church
Greek Civil War: (1944-45, 1946-49). Two-stage conflict during which Greek communists unsuccessfully tried to gain control of Greece. The two principal Greek guerrilla forces that had resisted Nazi Germany's occupation the communist-controlled National Liberation Front-National Popular Liberation Army (EAM-ELAS) and the Greek Democratic National Army (EDES) came into conflict after EAM-ELAS set up a provisional government that rejected the Greek king and his government-in-exile. When Germany withdrew from Greece in 1944, the communists and royalist guerrillas were brought together by the British in an uneasy coalition. Because the communist guerrillas refused to disband their forces, a bitter civil war broke out in late 1944 that was put down by British forces. After elections that the communists did not participate in, the Greek king was restored to his throne. In 1946 a full-scale guerrilla war was reopened by the communists. The U.S. government took over the defense of Greece, creating the Truman Doctrine as justification. After fierce skirmishes in the mountains, in 1949 the communists announced the end of open hostilities. An estimated 50,000 Greeks died in the conflict, which left a legacy of bitterness
Greek Orthodox Christian: member of the Greek Orthodox Church
Greek Orthodox Church: The state church of Greece, an autonomous part of the Eastern Orthodox Church. the main group of Christian churches in Eastern Europe and southwest Asia, which was formed in the 11th century by separating from the Catholic Church. The Russian Orthodox Church, the main Christian group in Russia, is closely related. orthodox. Independent Eastern Orthodox church of Greece. The term is sometimes used erroneously for Eastern Orthodoxy in general. It remained under the patriarch of Constantinople until 1833, when it became independent. It is governed by 67 metropolitan bishops, presided over by an archbishop
Greek Revival: An architectural style imitating elements of ancient Greek temple design, popular in the United States and Europe in the first half of the 19th century. Architectural style based on 5th-century-BC Greek temples that spread throughout Europe and the U.S. in the early 19th century. The revival was symptomatic of the public's preoccupation with Greek culture at the time. Architects often tacked majestic facades with Grecian columns onto existing buildings; banks and institutions became imitation Doric temples; and homes in the Greek Revival style often had large porticoes made up of heavy pilasters and reinterpreted pediments. The British Museum (1847), utilizing the Greek Ionic order on a massive scale, is the most powerful English example of the style. In the U.S., where the style was adopted on a large scale, many strange distortions found acceptance. See also Neoclassical architecture
Greek alphabet: Writing system developed in Greece 1000 BC, the direct or indirect ancestor of all modern European alphabets. Derived from the North Semitic alphabet via that of the Phoenicians, it modified an all-consonant alphabet to represent vowels. Letters for sounds not found in Greek became the Greek letters alpha, epsilon, iota, omicron, and upsilon, representing the vowels a, e, i, o, and u. This greatly increased the accuracy and legibility of the new system. While the Chalcidian version of the Greek alphabet probably gave rise to the Etruscan alphabet and thus indirectly to the Latin alphabet, in 403 BC Athens officially adopted the Ionic version. This became the classical Greek alphabet, which had 24 letters, all capitals ideal for monuments; various scripts better suited to handwriting were later derived from it
Greek choir: group of people who appear in Greek plays
Greek cross: A cross formed by two bars of equal length crossing in the middle at right angles to each other
Greek cross: cross consisting of an upright crossed in the middle by a horizontal of the same length
Greek fire: An incendiary preparation first used by the Byzantine Greeks to set fire to enemy ships. Any of several flammable mixtures used in ancient and medieval warfare, particularly a petroleum-based mixture invented by the Byzantine Greeks in the 7th century. Flammable materials such as pitch and sulfur had been used in war since ancient times, but true Greek fire was especially deadly. Thrown in pots or discharged from tubes, it apparently caught fire spontaneously, and water could not put it out. Greek fire launched from tubes mounted on ship prows wrought havoc on the Arab fleet attacking Constantinople in 673. Its effectiveness was a prime reason for the long survival of the Byzantine Empire. The recipe was so secret that its precise composition remains unknown
Greek language: Indo-European language spoken mostly in Greece. Its history can be divided into four phases: Ancient Greek, Koine, Byzantine Greek, and Modern Greek. Ancient Greek is subdivided into Mycenaean Greek (14th-13th centuries BC) and Archaic and Classical Greek (8th-4th centuries BC). The language of the latter periods had numerous dialects (e.g., Ionic, Attic). The second phase, Koine (Hellenistic Greek), arose during the reign of Alexander the Great in the 4th century BC. A common language with simplified grammar, it spread throughout the Hellenized world. Purists who rejected Koine as a corruption of Attic Greek successfully advocated adoption of the Classical language for all writing. Thus, the written form, Byzantine Greek (5th-15th centuries AD), stayed rooted in the Attic tradition while the spoken language continued to develop. Modern Greek, dating from the 15th century, has many local dialects. Standard Modern Greek, Greece's official written and spoken language, is largely based on a form called Demotic (used in popular speech) but includes elements of Katharevusa, the written language formerly used in government and public life
Greek law: Legal systems of the ancient Greeks. Each city-state administered its own laws, many of which were laid down in written statutes. The harsh law code of Draco and the more humane one of Solon are two of the most famous. Unlike Roman law, Greek law produced little analytical jurisprudence, though the philosophers examined abstract concepts of justice. Those who sat in judgment based their verdicts less on notions of equity than on the statutes' literal meaning. Both private and criminal procedures began with the summoning of the defendant to the magistrate and the filing of a written complaint. A type of arbitration was available in civil suits. Enforcement of a judgment was generally left to the plaintiff
Greek love: {i} (Slang) anal intercourse
Greek mythology: Oral and literary traditions of the ancient Greeks concerning their gods and heroes and the nature and history of the cosmos. The Greek myths and legends are known today primarily from Greek literature, including such classic works as Homer's Iliad and Odyssey, Hesiod's Works and Days and Theogony, Ovid's Metamorphoses, and the dramas of Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides. The myths deal with the creation of the gods and the world, the struggle among the gods for supremacy and the triumph of Zeus, the love affairs and quarrels of the gods, and the effects of their adventures and powers on the mortal world, including their link with natural phenomena such as thunderstorms or the seasons and their connection with cultic sites or rituals. Among the great stories of Greek mythology and legend are those of the Trojan War, the voyage of Odysseus, Jason's search for the Golden Fleece, the exploits of Heracles, the adventures of Theseus, and the tragedy of Oedipus. See also Greek religion
Greek mythology: collection of stories from the time of ancient Greece containing tales of many Gods
Greek pottery: Pottery made in ancient Greece. Its painted decoration has become the primary source of information about the development of Greek pictorial art. It was made in a variety of sizes and shapes, according to its intended use; large vessels were used for storage and transportation of liquids (wine, olive oil, water), smaller pots for perfumes and unguents. The earliest style, known as the Geometric style ( 1000-700 BC), features geometric patterns and, eventually, narrative scenes with stylized figures. From the late 8th to the early 7th century BC, a growing Eastern influence resulted in the "Orientalizing" of motifs (e.g., sphinx, griffin), notably in pieces made in Corinth ( 700 BC), where the painters developed black-figure pottery. Athenians adopted the black-figure style and from 600 BC on became the dominant manufacturers of Greek pottery. They invented red-figure pottery 530 BC. By the 4th century BC the figured decoration of pottery had declined, and by the end of the century it had died out in Athens
Greek religion: Beliefs, rituals, and mythology of the ancient Greeks. Though the worship of the sky god Zeus began as early as the 2nd millennium BC, Greek religion in the established sense began 750 BC and lasted for over a thousand years, extending its influence throughout the Mediterranean world and beyond. The Greeks had numerous gods who controlled various natural or social forces (e.g., Poseidon the sea, Demeter the harvest, Hera marriage). Different deities were worshiped in different localities, but Homer's epics helped create a unified religion, in which the major gods were believed to live on Mount Olympus under the rule of Zeus. The Greeks also worshiped various gods of the countryside: Pan, nymphs, naiads, dryads, Nereids, and satyrs (see satyr and silenus), along with the Furies and the Fates. Heroes from the past, such as Heracles and Asclepius, were also venerated. Animal sacrifices were of great importance, usually made at a temple on the altar of the god. Other cultic activities included prayers, libations, processions, athletic contests, and divination, particularly through oracles and birds. Great religious festivals included the City Dionysia at Athens and the festival of Zeus in the western Peloponnese that included the Olympic Games. Death was seen as a hateful state; the dead lived in the realm of Hades, and only heroes enjoyed Elysium. Great wrongdoers suffered in Tartarus. Mystery religions emerged to satisfy the desire for personal guidance, salvation, and immortality. Greek religion faded with the rise of Christianity and lost its last great advocate with the death of Julian in AD 363. See also Greek mythology
Greek salad: A salad of lettuce and raw vegetables, such as cucumbers, tomatoes, and onions, garnished with olives and feta and dressed with olive oil and vinegar
Greek salad: salad containing vegetables olive oil and feta cheese
Greek tavern: cafe in Greece where wine and food are served
Greek tragedy: ancient Greek dramas in which the protagonist meets with disaster
greek alphabet: the alphabet used by ancient Greeks
greek architecture: the architecture of ancient Greece
greek calendar: Any of various calendars used by the ancient Greek states
greek calendar: The Julian calendar, used in the Greek Church
greek calends: A time that will never come, as the Greeks had no calends
greek catholic: a member of the Greek Orthodox Church
greek cross: a cross with each of the four arms the same length
greek deity: a deity worshipped by the ancient Greeks
greek fire: a mixture used by Byzantine Greeks that was often shot at adversaries; catches fire when wetted
greek mode: any of the descending diatonic scales in the music of classical Greece
greek monetary unit: monetary unit in Greece
greek mythology: the mythology of the ancient Greeks
greek orthodox church: state church of Greece; an autonomous part of the Eastern Orthodox Church
greek partridge: of mountainous areas of southern Europe
greek valerian: erect or spreading perennial of the eastern United States
Ancient Greek: All the Greek languages spoken between the Dorian invasion and the fall of the Roman Empire
Byzantine Greek: Collectively, the continuum of forms of the Greek language as written and spoken during the time of the Byzantine Empire (CE 330–1453), preceded by Koine Greek and succeeded by Modern Greek. (ISO 639-3 code: gkm.)
Classical Greek: The form of Ancient Greek language used during the classical period of Greek literature: approximately 600 to 300 BC. The language of the poets and philosophers: Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides, Aristophanes, Thucydides, Aristotle, etc
Demotic Greek: The Greek vernacular language which became the official Modern Greek in 1976 when Katharevousa was replaced
Hellenistic Greek: Koine, the Greek language from the time of Alexander the Great (say 325 BCE) until the foundation of Constantinople (330 CE)
Mediaeval Greek: Alternative spelling of Mediæval Greek
Medieval Greek: Alternative spelling of Mediæval Greek
Mediæval Greek: Byzantine Greek
Next day I paid a visit to a Chancery barrister of my acquaintance whose hobby was mediæval Greek, and who had written a monograph on Aldus Manutius. He examined the thing with delight, pronounced the caligraphy fifteenth century, and promised to write out the contents for me in decent Greek script.
Modern Greek: The Greek language as spoken since the 16th century
Mycenaean Greek: The most ancient attested form of the Greek language, spoken on the Greek mainland and on Crete in the 16th to 11th centuries BC, written in Linear B script
Old Greek: A form of the Greek Language intermediate between Ancient Greek and Modern Greek; spoken roughly between the first and sixteenth centuries
Proto-Greek: The earliest form of the Greek language, the common ancestor of the Greek dialects, including Mycenean and the classical Greek dialects, spoken by the ancestors of the Greeks even before they settled in Greece around 2000 BC
St Giles' Greek: A secret language, as spoken by beggars and thieves
it's all Greek to me: I don’t understand any of it; it makes no sense
it was expected of me, or it was considered an honor, to lecture on seventeenth-century philosophy: Descartes (which was all Greek to me), Descartes to Spinoza.
Byzantine Greek: {i} extinct language spoken in the Byzantine Empire
Greeks: plural of Greek
Late Greek: The Greek language as used in late antiquity and the early Byzantine period
Maximus the Greek: born 1480, Árta, Greece died 1556, near Moscow, Russia; feast day January 21 Greek scholar and linguist. Educated in Paris, Venice, and Florence, he became part of a circle of humanist scholars and was influenced by the Dominican reformer Girolamo Savonarola. He became a Greek Orthodox monk and was chosen to translate Greek liturgical and theological texts into Russian, thus making possible the dissemination of Byzantine culture throughout Russia. In Moscow he became involved in a religious controversy when he joined a faction called the Nonpossessors, who advocated renunciation of property ownership by the church. Arrested for heresy in 1525, he was imprisoned for 20 years in a monastery. After his death he was venerated as a saint
Medieval Greek: The Greek language as used from about 800 to about 1500
Modern Greek: Greek since the early 16th century. Also called New Greek
War of Greek Independence: (1821-32) Rebellion of Greeks within the Ottoman empire. The revolt began under the leadership of Alexandros Ypsilanti (1792-1828). He was soon defeated, but in the meantime other rebels in Greece and on several islands gained control of the Peloponnese and declared Greek independence (1822). Three times the Turks attempted invasions. Internal rivalries prevented the Greeks from extending their control and consolidating their position. With Egyptian reinforcements, the Turks successfully invaded the Peloponnese and captured several cities, but the intervention of the European powers saved the Greek cause. A settlement was finally reached at an 1830 London conference, declaring Greece an independent monarchical state
ancient greek: the Greek language prior to the Roman Empire
greeks: A term generally referring to delta, gamma, vega, theta, and rho, all of which measure the change in the price of a derivative when there is a change in an input to the pricing formula
greeks: The ancient settlers of Greece who also lived along the Thracian coast and existed in large numbers in Anatolia They became the dominant people f the Roman Empire in the period after Constantine moved its center to the east
greeks: third-person singular of greek
greeks: plural of , greek
greeks: Collectively, "greeks" refer to the financial measures delta, gamma, lambda, rho, theta, and vega, which are sensitivity measures used in evaluating derivatives
greeks: Members of a fraternity or sorority The term Greek is used because a majority of fraternities and sororities use Greek letters to distinguish themselves
greeks: The letters used to describe certain measures of the sensitivity of the value of an option with respect to various factors There are five main Greek letters used to specify an option's price sensitivity The five Greek letters are: (1) Delta (sensitivity in relation to movements of the underlying stock), (2) Gamma (sensitivity in relation to speed of movement of the underlying), (3) Vega (sensitivity in relation to volatility), (4) Theta (sensitivity in relation to time) (5) Rho (sensitivity in relation to interest rates)
it is Greek to me: I cannot understand it, it is incomprehensible to me
it's all Greek to me: this makes no sense; I don't understand this
late greek: the Greek language in the 3rd to 8th centuries
medieval greek: the Greek language from about 600 to 1200 AD
modern greek: the Greek language as spoken and written today
war of greek independence: the Greeks rebelled against Turkish rule in 1821; with the support of England and France and Russia they won independence in 1828 at Navarino (although the country included only half its present size)

greek

Hyphenation

Greek

Turkish pronunciation

grik

Synonyms

grecian, hellenic

Pronunciation

/ˈgrēk/ /ˈɡriːk/

Etymology

[ 'grEk ] (noun.) before 12th century. From Latin Graecus, from Ancient Greek Γραικός (Graikos, “a character in Greek mythology”) (a son of Thessalos, the king of Phthia), whom Ἑλλάς (Hellas, “Greece”), and Ἕλληνες (Hellenes), were also named after; see also Ἕλλην and Hellen.