Language Old Greek: Names And Words

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Old Greek, the language of classic Greece, ancestor of modern Greek, since around 1000 BC until around 300 AD

Word	Language	Translations	Name Groups
glykys	Old Greek	sweet	Glykeria
gone	Old Greek	the birth	Antigone, Iphigenia
gregoros	Old Greek	watchful, alert	Gregory/Gregoria
gryps	Old Greek	hooked
hagios	Old Greek		Panagiotis/Panagiota
hagnos	Old Greek	pure, chaste	Agnes, Ariadne
harmonia	Old Greek	the harmony	Harmony
helene	Old Greek	the torch	Helen
helios	Old Greek	the sun	Elio
herma	Old Greek	the cairn (mound of stones as landmark), the heap of stones	Hermes/Ermete
heros	Old Greek		Hera
hieros	Old Greek	sacred, holy	Hieronymus/Hieronyma
hippos	Old Greek	the horse	Hippokrates, Hippolyt/Hippolyta, Philip/Philippa, Xanthippe
homeros	Old Greek		Homer
hyakinthos	Old Greek		Hyacinth/Hyacinth
iasthai	Old Greek	to heal	Jason
ides	Old Greek		Leonid/Leonida
indikos	Old Greek	Indian	Indigo/Indigo
iolanthe	Old Greek	the violet (a flower)	Yolanda
iphi	Old Greek	strong	Iphigenia
iris	Old Greek	the rainbow	Iris
kad	Old Greek	to protrude	Cassandra
kalandros	Old Greek	the lark (a bird)	Calandra
kallistos	Old Greek	most beautiful	Callisto/Callista
kalos	Old Greek	beautiful	Calimero, Callisto/Callista, Calogero/Calogera, Kalliope
karpos	Old Greek	the fruit	Polykarp
kassia	Old Greek	the cassia (the cinnamon plant)	Kassiopeia
katharos	Old Greek	pure	Karin, Katherine
khloros	Old Greek	greenish-yellow	Chloris
khrysos	Old Greek		Cressida
kleitos	Old Greek	famous	Cletus
kleos	Old Greek	the glory	Clea, Cleopas/Cleopha, Clio, Herakles, Kleopatra, Patroklus, Thekla
kore	Old Greek	the maiden, the virgin	Cora, Corinna
kosmos	Old Greek		Cosmo/Cosima
kratos	Old Greek	the power	Hippokrates, Pankraz, Sokrates
krites	Old Greek	the judge, the critic	Democritus
krystallos	Old Greek	the ice	Crystal
kupros	Old Greek	the copper	Cyprian/Cipriana
kyrios	Old Greek	the lord	Cyriacus, Cyrill/Cyrielle, Cyrus/Kyra, Kyrie
lalein	Old Greek		Eulalio/Eulalia
lampo	Old Greek	to shine	Charalampos
laos	Old Greek	the people	Leander/Leandra, Nicholas/Nicole
laros	Old Greek	lovely	Larissa
leon	Old Greek	the lion	Leander/Leandra, Leonid/Leonida, Pantaleon
leucos	Old Greek	bright, white	Luke
leukos	Old Greek	white, bright	Leokadia
lyein	Old Greek		Hippolyt/Hippolyta
lyra	Old Greek	the lyra (a musical instrument)	Lyria
lysis	Old Greek	the release, the loosening	Lysander/Lysandra
maia	Old Greek	the wet nurse, the midwife	Maja
makaros	Old Greek		Macario
margarites	Old Greek	the pearl	Margarete
medomai	Old Greek	to think, to ponder	Diomedes, Medea
melas	Old Greek	black	Melanie, Pamela
meli	Old Greek	the honey	Pamela
melissa	Old Greek	the bee	Melissa
melitta	Old Greek	the bee	Melissa
melodia	Old Greek	the melody
melos	Old Greek	the chant	Melody
meno	Old Greek		Filomeno/Philomena
meros	Old Greek	the part, the thigh	Calimero
meter	Old Greek	the mother	Dimitri/Demetria/Dimitra
methodos	Old Greek	the method	Methodius
monos	Old Greek		Monia
morph	Old Greek	the shape	Morpheus
mortos	Old Greek	mortal	Ambrose/Ambrosia
myron	Old Greek	the myrrh (a bitter resin, highly valued in ancient times)	Myron
myrtos	Old Greek		Myrta
narke	Old Greek	the sleep, the numbness	Narcisse/Narcissa
narkissos	Old Greek	the narcissus	Nargis
naus	Old Greek	the ship	Nausicaa
neos	Old Greek	new	Neo
nikao	Old Greek	to conquer, to overcome	Anicetus
nike	Old Greek	the victory	Andronika, Berenike, Eunice, Nicholas/Nicole, Nike, Nikodemus, Veronica
nostos	Old Greek	homecoming	Nestor
odyssesthai	Old Greek	to hate	Ulysses
onoma	Old Greek	the name	Hieronymus/Hieronyma
ophelos	Old Greek	the help	Ophelia
ops	Old Greek	the voice	Kalliope
orestais	Old Greek		Oreste/Orestina
oros	Old Greek
orphne	Old Greek	the darkness	Orfeo
ouranos	Old Greek	the sky	Uranus
ouron	Old Greek	the urine	Orion
pan	Old Greek	all	Pamela, Panagiotis/Panagiota, Pandora, Pankraz, Pantaleon
panta	Old Greek		Pantaleon
parakaleo	Old Greek	to invoke	Anacletus
parthenos	Old Greek	the virgin, the maid	Parthenia
pater	Old Greek	the father	Cleopas/Cleopha, Kleopatra, Patroklus
pelagos	Old Greek	the sea	Pelagius/Pelagia
penelops	Old Greek		Penelope
petros	Old Greek	the stone, the rock	Peter/Petra
phaidros	Old Greek		Phaedra
phainein	Old Greek	to show, to appear	Epiphany, Tiffany
phemia	Old Greek	the speech, the voice	Euphemia
pherein	Old Greek	to bear, to carry	Berenike, Christoph, Veronica
phileo	Old Greek		Filomeno/Philomena, Philemon
philos	Old Greek	the friend	Philemon, Philine, Philip/Philippa, Theophil
phoibos	Old Greek	bright, pure	Phoebe, Phoebus
phoinix	Old Greek	dark red	Phoenix/Phoenix