Category:Ancient Greek terms by usage

Ancient Greek terms categorized by the manner and context in which they are used by speakers.

• Category:Ancient Greek terms with archaic senses: Ancient Greek terms with individual senses that are no longer in general use but still encountered in older literature, sometimes still used for special effect, and typically recognized by native speakers.
• Category:Ancient Greek autological terms: Ancient Greek terms that possess the property they themselves describe.
• Category:Ancient Greek colloquialisms: Ancient Greek terms that are likely to be used primarily in casual conversation rather than in more formal written works, speeches, and discourse.
• Category:Ancient Greek derogatory terms: Ancient Greek terms that are intended to disparage, demean, insult or offend.
• Category:Ancient Greek ecclesiastical terms: Ancient Greek terms used only by religious figures.
• Category:Ancient Greek endearing terms: Ancient Greek terms that are used to show affection or endearment to another person.
• Category:Ancient Greek hapax legomena: Ancient Greek terms that are attested only once in the entire corpus.
• Category:Ancient Greek higher register terms: Ancient Greek terms belonging to a higher linguistic register, such as literary terms; such terms are somewhat less common or known.
• Category:Ancient Greek historical terms: Ancient Greek terms that refer to obsolete things or concepts.
• Category:Ancient Greek humorous terms: Ancient Greek terms that are humorous, amusing or joking.
• Category:Ancient Greek offensive terms: Ancient Greek terms that are typically considered to offend people.
• Category:Ancient Greek poetic terms: Ancient Greek terms whose usage is typically restricted to works of poetry.
• Category:Ancient Greek terms with rare senses: Ancient Greek terms with individual senses that are rarely found in general use and may not be recognized by some native speakers.
• Category:Ancient Greek rare terms: Ancient Greek terms that are rarely found in general use and may not be recognized by some native speakers.
• Category:Ancient Greek short forms: Ancient Greek terms that are short forms of other terms, often used informally.
• Category:Ancient Greek slang: Ancient Greek colloquial terms that are typically used to mark membership in a cultural subgroup.
• Category:Ancient Greek terms of address: Ancient Greek terms used to refer to another person.
• Category:Ancient Greek terms with historical senses: Ancient Greek terms with senses that refer to things or concepts mainly known for their historical value.
• Category:Ancient Greek terms with transferred senses: Ancient Greek terms with transferred senses.
• Category:Ancient Greek terms with uncertain meaning: Ancient Greek terms whose meaning is unknown or disputed.
• Category:Ancient Greek vulgarities: Ancient Greek terms whose tone (rather than the meaning) is offensive to polite company.