Ancient Greek (language)

Ancient Greek is a language that belongs to the Indo-European language family. Its parent language is Proto-Hellenic, a proto-language. In Ancient Greek, words like Thumos (θῡμός · thūmós) and Menos (μένος · ménos) are related to mental activity or other psychological processes. To transcribe the Ancient Greek language from speech to writing, scripts (writing systems) like Greek are used.

For example, the sentence below utilizes both the Ancient Greek language and Greek script:

Θα επαινέσω μόνο τον άρχοντα της σοφίας
I will only praise the lord of wisdom

Psychological words in Ancient Greek: A–Z

Entry
Signs
Simple definition
noun
μένος (ménos)
mind; courage; spirit
noun
νόος (nóos)
mind
noun
θῡμός (thūmós)
vital force, spirit, life

Citation

MLA 8

PsychLing Contributors. "Ancient Greek." PsychLing, OMNIKA Foundation, 25 Jul. 2023, psylng.org/mli/indo/grc. Accessed 12 Dec. 2024.

APA 6

PsychLing (2023, July 25). Ancient Greek. Retrieved from https://psylng.org/mli/indo/grc

CMS 16

PsychLing Contributors. "Ancient Greek." Las Vegas, NV: OMNIKA Foundation. Created July 25, 2023. Modified October 9, 2023. Accessed December 12, 2024. https://psylng.org/mli/indo/grc.

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HDSC

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EDG

Beekes, Robert S. P., and Lucien van Beek. Etymological Dictionary of Greek. 2 vols. Leiden, Netherlands: Brill, 2010.

Hopper

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DLP

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DoL

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Ethnologue

Eberhard, David M., Gary F. Simons, and Charles D. Fennig, eds. "Ethnologue: Languages of the World. 25th ed." Dallas, TX: SIL International, 2022. Accessed August 20, 2023. https://www.ethnologue.com. [Visit]

Glottolog

Hammarström, Harald, Robert Forkel, Martin Haspelmath, and Sebastian Bank. "Glottolog: A Database of Languages." Leipzig, Germany: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. Created 2011. Accessed July 28, 2023. https://glottolog.org. [Visit]

IDS

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Middle Liddell

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OI PIE

Mallory, James P., and Douglas Q. Adams. The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European World. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press, 2006.

BDAG

Montanari, Franco, ed. The Brill Dictionary of Ancient Greek. Leiden, Netherlands: Brill, 2015.

Allo

OMNIKA Foundation Contributors. "Allo: A Modern Dictionary for Dead Ancient Languages." Las Vegas, NV: OMNIKA Foundation. Created March 15, 2019. Accessed July 28, 2023. https://ancientlanguages.org. [Visit]

OMNIKA

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ScriptSource

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