Greek: (({1))}
Use
Use this template for Greek words for which the Ancient Greek description is not satisfactory or limiting. Such words can be:
- Words of Koine Greek such as Greek: κράββατος (krábbatos, "bed").
- Words of Late Antiquity and Atticist words of Byzantine literature, such as Greek: ἀθεμιτογαμία (athemitogamíā, "unlawful marriage").
- Names, such as Greek: Αγησίλαος (Agēsílaos, "Agesilaus") and Greek: Σωκράτης (Sōkrátēs, "Socrates").
- Hellenized Latin and Hebrew names, such as Greek: Ἰουστινιανός (Justinian), Greek: Αὐρήλιος (Aurelius) and Greek: Ἰωσήφ (Joseph).
- Words that have remained unchanged throughout the history of the Greek language such as Greek: θάλασσα (thálassa, "sea") and Greek: ἄνθρωπος (ánthrōpos, "man"). Their meaning may be the same.
- Newly coined scientific (or not) words from Ancient Greek roots, such as haemophilia and astronaut.
Consider using one of these more specific templates:
((lang-grc-x-aeolic))for Aeolic Greek((lang-grc-x-attic))for Attic Greek((lang-grc-x-biblical))for Biblical Greek((lang-grc-x-byzant))for Byzantine Greek((lang-grc-x-classic))for Classical Greek((lang-grc-x-doric))for Doric Greek((lang-grc-x-hellen))for Hellenistic Greek((lang-grc-x-ionic))for Ionic Greek((lang-grc-x-koine))for Koinē Greek((lang-grc-x-medieval))for Medieval Greek((lang-grc-x-patris))for Patristic Greek
Syntax
((lang-grc-gre
| Text in Ancient Greek in Greek alphabet
| Text in Ancient Greek transliterated in Latin alphabet (optional)
| Translation in English (optional))),
e. g. :
- ((lang-grc-gre|ἄτομος)) = Greek: ἄτομος
- ((lang-grc-gre|ἄτομος|átomos)) = Greek: ἄτομος, translit. átomos
- ((lang-grc-gre|ἄτομος|átomos|atom)) = Greek: ἄτομος, translit. átomos, lit. "atom"
- ((lang-grc-gre|ἄτομος||atom)) = Greek: ἄτομος, lit. "atom"
See also
((lang-el))for Modern Greek.((lang-grc))for Ancient Greek instead of Greek explicitly stated.((lang|el))tags Modern Greek text, without the label (for use with custom display, and other uses).((lang|grc))tags Ancient Greek text, without the label (for use with custom display, and other uses).((transl|grc))tags text as "Ancient Greek Transliteration" (has no visible effect other than tool tip when pointer is placed on text).