Wiktionary:Requested entries (Greek)

See also: Requested entries (Ancient Greek), Category:Requests for translations into Greek, and Category:Requests for attention concerning Greek

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Β, β

• βρώμος (vrómos) — (idiomatic) a lazybones

Γ, γ

• γιαβράνι (giavráni) - a kind of bird, cognate with Bulgarian гарван (garvan)
• γραδίνα (gradína) - a type of grapes, borrowed from Bulgarian градина (gradina)

Δ, δ

• δορυφορικός (doryforikós) — adjective form of the noun: Greek δορυφόρος (doryfóros) from adjective: Ancient Greek δορυφόρος (doruphóros, “spear-bearing; bodyguard”)
• δωδεκαθεΐα (dodekatheḯa /⁠ðo.ðe.ka.θeˈi.a⁠/) — Synonym of δωδεκαθεϊσμός m (dodekatheïsmós). Please include pronunciation.

Ε, ε

• είσθε (eísthe) — Katharevousa form
• έστω και αν (ésto kai an, “even if”) – Not sure about the meaning
• ἐξομολογέω – To reckon, to acknowledge, to praise
• Ελεούσας (Eleoúsas) or Ελεούσα (Eleoúsa) - not sure what it means, but drove past a church with this word in the name
  • M @Supevan Ελεούσα (Eleoúsa), modern genitive singular Ελεούσας (Eleoúsas) (ancient genitive Ἐλεούσης (Eleoúsēs)), epithet of Παναγία (Panagía, “Holy Mary”) -and her churches- used as ecclesiastic term. Feminine of the ancient contracted active present participle ἐλεῶν m (eleôn), ἐλεοῦσα f (eleoûsa), ἐλεοῦν n (eleoûn) (="who has mercy") of ἐλεῶ (eleô), contracted verb of ἐλεέω (eleéō) > ἔλεος n (éleos, “pity, mercy, compassion”) for which also see Kyrie eleison. The Hellenistic “Ἐλεοῦσα@LOGEION” is connected by the Bailly dictionary to “Ἐλαιοῦς” from ἐλαία (elaía, “olive tree”), which is quite different. ‑‑Sarri.greek ^♫ I

Ζ, ζ

• ζοράκι (zoráki) - Turkish: zoraki, Ottoman Turkish: زوراكی (zorāki)

Κ, κ

• κατ' αρχάς (kat' archás, “firstly, initially”, adverb)
• καλαμαρίζω (kalamarízo)
• κομπλιμέντο (kompliménto), κοπλιμέντο (kopliménto, “compliment”)
• κυανέρυθρος (kyanérythros, “blue-red”, adjective) especially referring to Panionios G.S.S.

Λ, λ

• Λ (L) as currency symbol: see Greek lepton
• λασμαρίν n (lasmarín, “rosemary”) (dialectal)

Μ, μ

• μακαρία (makaría) - a type of food
• μάρασμα (márasma) — Early Modern Greek; in dictionaries, translates English blasting and French flétrissure; attested in a work from 1780.
• μαυρότατος (mavrótatos) — superlative of μαύρος Answer: discussed at μαύρος
• Μέξικον n (Méxikon, “Mexico”, noun) — is mentioned in a Latin-German-Modern Greek-French book (Indiculus universalis latino-gallicus [...], P. Franc. Pomey, Norimbergae (Nürnberg), M. DC. LXXI. (1671))
• μοῦ (“personal pronoun (1st ps. sg.), dependent”) – to be distinguished from μου (“possessive pronoun (1st ps. sg.), enclitic”) and ἐμένα (“personal pronoun (1st ps. sg.), independent”)

Ν, ν

• νέμτζης (némtzis) - apparently an old synonym to germanós "German"
• ντόπιος (ntópios) - the modern Greek equivalent to ἐντόπιος (entópios, “local inhabitant”)

Ξ, ξ

• ξαναζεσταμένος (xanazestaménos, “reheated”, participle) — from ξαναζεσταίνω (to reheat)

Ο, ο

• όλως τυχαίως (ólos tychaíos, “coincidentally, as if by chance, as luck would have it”)
• ό,τι φάμε, ό,τι πιούμε και ό,τι αρπάξει ο κώλος μας (ó,ti fáme, ó,ti pioúme kai ó,ti arpáxei o kólos mas, phrase, literally “whatever we eat, whatever we drink and whatever our arse grabs”) (vulgar, well attested) Seems to express a cynical, dismissive and/or self-serving attitude to a topic.

Π, π

• Παρθενία f (Parthenía) — Virginia (is mentioned in a Latin-German-Modern Greek-French book (Indiculus universalis latino-gallicus [...], P. Franc. Pomey, Norimbergae (Nürnberg), M. DC. LXXI. (1671))
• πετάω τη σκούφια μου (για κάτι) (petáo ti skoúfia mou (gia káti), “Ι am crazy (for something, e.g. journeys, quarrellings)”)
• πιάνω πουλιά στον αέρα (piáno pouliá ston aéra, “I am very clever”)
• πριμιτίφ (primitíf, “primitivist (art)”, noun) — artist, usually self-taught, whose technique is reminiscent of or imitates the art of primitive—i.e. by academic criteria clumsy, innocent, and simple—but may be distinguished for their originality, resourcefulness, ingenuity, and expressive power.
• προτεινόμενος m (proteinómenos, “proposed, suggested”)
• πτερνισμόν (pternismón, “trickery? heel?”) - From Psalm 41:9 Septuagint. Odd version of "pterna, heel"
• παράλογα (paráloga)
• Πιπέρι (Pipéri) - an island close to Milos
• πάπος (pápos) - a bird, please🙏🏻

  variant of πάπια (pápia, “duck”). cf also ancient πάππος (páppos, “little bird”)

• παίδαρος (paídaros)

Σ, σ

• σαλπιγξ (salpinx) - a horn
• σήμαντρον (símantron) - a wooden board used as a musical instrument in Greek Orthodox churches
• 'σκασαν ('skasan) - probably a shortening of a word relating to running

  το 'σκασαν (with elision from το έσκασαν) is the 3rd pers. plur. aorist of το σκάω (to skáo, “to flee”)

• στραπατσάδα (strapatsáda) - a Greek dish
• στήνω (stíno): pitch, erect, install, set up, mount
• στο σύνολο (sto sýnolo, “in total”) -- note: multi-part term, possibly SOP, but it seems pretty useful.
• σύγγραμμα (sýngramma)

Τ, τ

• Ταμοξιφαίνη (Tamoxifaíni) {concatenating.} Ô.Z.A.
• ταυτομετάβατος (taftometávatos) — as in "ἢ ταυτομετάβατοι [ἀντωνυμίαι]" - reflexive and reciproce [context: pronouns]. Used in at least one grammar written in Greek. Is it attestable as for WT:CFI?

  Found only in one very old Dictionary of Latin. At the time, was written in ancient style ταὐτομετάβατος, and is the author's synonym of the Hellenistic αὐτοπαθής / Modern αυτοπαθής --User:Sarri.greek 09:32, 25 September 2020 (UTC)

• τεϊοποτείο n (teïopoteío, “tea shop”) — From τέιο n (téio, “tea”). Please include pronunciation.
• τελείωσις (teleíosis) — something about completion and/or perfection; mostly (?) religious usage
• τζιαι (tziai) — Cypriot Greek. I'm guessing it means "crumb". https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28468098 PierreAbbat (talk) 07:28, 29 March 2022 (UTC)
  • not only Cypriot attn.PierreAbbat . Regional dialectal form of και (“and”) pronouncing [ce] with t͡s or d͡z Sorry, I do not have bibliography. ‑‑Sarri.greek ^♫ I 08:18, 29 March 2022 (UTC)
• τρίχωμα (tríchoma) — see trichoma. Is this a real word? It seems to be mainly in dictionaries, seldom actually used. -reply: it is a normal word: the sum of all hair (animals, but also certain parts of human) From τρίχα. --Sarri.greek

Χ, χ

• χαμψί (champsí) - European anchovy. Borrowed via Ottoman Turkish into many languages, see Bulgarian хамсия (hamsija) for some examples. Chernorizets (talk) 03:56, 31 August 2023 (UTC)