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Pocket *' Oxford CLASSICAL GREEK Dictionary iVttLiiii/JK'fll For Reference Not to be taken from this library % SUUIHSAIMFRANCISCOLIBRARY PUBLIC LIBRARY S.S.F. WEST ORANGE AVENUE Pocket Oxford SSF Greek Classical Dictionary Edited by James Morwood JohnTaylor OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS OXPORD UNIVBRSITYPRESS GreatClarendonStreet,Oxford 0x26dp OxfordUniversityPressisadepartmentoftheUniversityofOxford. ItfurtherstheUniversity’sobjectiveofexcellenceinresearch,scholarship, andeducationbypublishingworldwidein Oxford NewYork Auckland Bangkok BuenosAires CapeTown Chennai DaresSalaam Delhi HongKong Istanbul Karachi Kolkata KualaLumpur Madrid Melbourne MexicoCity Mumbai Nairobi SaoPaulo Shanghai Taipei Tokyo Toronto OxfordisaregisteredtrademarkofOxfordUniversityPress intheUKandincertainothercountries PublishedintheUnitedStates byOxfordUniversityPressInc.,NewYork ©OxfordUniversityPress2002 Themoralrightsoftheauthorhavebeenasserted DatabaserightOxfordUniversityPress(maker) Firstpublished2002 Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproduced, storedinaretrievalsystem,ortransmitted,inanyformorbyanymeans, withoutthepriorpermissioninwritingofOxfordUniversityPress, orasexpresslypermittedbylaw,orundertermsagreedwiththeappropriate reprographicsrightsorganization.Enquiriesconcerningreproduction outsidethescopeoftheaboveshouldbesenttotheRightsDepartment, OxfordUniversityPress,attheaddressabove Youmustnotcirculatethisbookinanyotherbindingorcover andyoumustimposethissameconditiononanyacquirer BritishLibraryCataloguinginPublicationData Dataavailable LibraryofCongressCataloginginPublicationData Dataavailable ISBN0-19-860512-9 98765432 10 TypesetinMonotypeArial,Nimrod,Greek486PolytonicandTimesGreekSF byAlliancePhototypesetters,Pondicherry,India PrintedinGreatBritainbyClaysLtd,BungaySuffolk Contents Preface v Acknowledgements vii TheGreekalphabetanditspronunciation ix Abbreviations xii Greek-English 1 Propernames 357 English-Greek 367 Numerals 433 Irregularverbs 435 MapofGreece 448 Preface Itmaybethatthemostincredible comment.Ifthefuturebutnotthe factaboutthestudyofclassical aoristisirregular,thefuturealone GreekinEnglish-speaking isgivenwithoutagloss.Ifthe countriesisnotthatitsurvives, futureisregularornon-existent, remarkablethoughthat theaorist-isgive.nwithagloss.All phenomenonis,butratherthat compoundverbsaregivenwitha therehasnotinrecentmemory hyphenbetweentheprefixandthe existedatwo-wayGreek-English verb,e.g. Ifthe English-GreekdictionaryCanthat readerfeelsthattheverbmaybe besaidofanyotherimportant irregular,heorsheshouldlookup language?Withthepublicationof theuncompoundedform. thisdictionary,however,thisisa ThedictionarycentresonA,ttic factnolonger. Greek(thoughthespelling , TheGreek-Englishsectionofthe not isused).However,its dictionaryisbasedonKarl Feyerabendheritageshould Feyerabend’sPocketGreek ensurethatitisalsoausefulaid Dictionary(ClassicalGreek- forHomericandNewTestament English nowmorethan90years Greek. ), old.Wehavetriedtoseethisslim TheEnglish-Greeksection,which volumeintothemodernworld,not containssome5,000words,is onlybyeliminatingarchaic aimedatthelikelydemandsof Englishandtempering,though,we today'sclassicist.Foranyone hope,notobliteratingthe writingGreeksentencesorproses Germanicinfluence,butalsoby forpublicexaminationsinschools, givingmoreinformationabouta orforuniversitywork,itshould considerablenumberofwords.We proveinvaluable. hopethatwhatwehavedonewill AsinthecompanionGrammar, belargelyself-explanatory. longa,i,and aremarkedwitha ThesectionsonPronunciation, macroninheadwordsexceptwhere Numerals,andthe‘Top101 theycarrythecircumflexaccentor irregularverbs’havebeen iotasubscript,whileshortvowels reproducedfromtheOxford arenevermarked;forthedetails, GrammarofClassicalGreek seethesectiononpronunciation (Oxford,2001).Irregularverbs (pp.ix-xi).Wehave,however,not fromthelasthavebeenmarked markedvowellengthatallinthe withadaggerinthetext.Ifother English-Greeksection,sinceitcan verbshaveirregularfuturesand becheckedbylookingupthewords aorists,thesearegivenwithout foundthereintheGreek-English Preface vi section.Ontheotherhand,thelist Englishnamesthroughoutare of propernamesdoesinclude givenintheirLatinizedspelling macrabecausethesenamesarenot sincethisishowtheynormally intheGreek-Englishsection. appearinthatlanguage. VII Acknowledgements Thoughthecreationof thisbook characteristicallysupportive hadforsometimebeenamuch- spirit,PatEasterlingsuggested cherishedambitionof its thattheHellenicSocietymightbe compilers,itwasatameetingof willingtobackthisproject. theGreekCommitteeoftheJoint Throughtheadmirablebrokering Associationof ClassicalTeachers ofRussellShoneandBrian inspring2001thatitallatonce Sparkes,thishasindeedprovedto seemedfeasible.Thatfact,andthe bethecase,andwearedelightedto factthatitnowappearsassoonas expressourconsiderablegratitude autumn2002,arenotonly forthefundsawardedbythe indicativeofwhatweseeasthe society’sschoolssub-committee paramountimportance, inthe andmadeavailablethroughthe parlousstateofGreekstudies generosityoftheLeventis today,ofthespeedyappearanceof Foundation.Thesehaveenabledus thedictionaryTheyalsobetokena tocommissionthesecretarialhelp considerabledebttoanumberof withoutwhichthedictionary individualsandinstitutions. couldnotpossiblyhavebeen producedinthetime.Richard Gratitudeisduefirstofalltothe Ashdownehasnotonlykeyedin OxfordUniversityPressfor theentirebookbutcontributed understandingtheurgentneedfor muchvaluableeditorialand anewdictionaryofclassical typographicaladvice.Weowehim Greek,andespeciallytheneedfor agreatdeal.NikolettaKanavou, theEnglish-Greekvocabulary. MyrtoHatzimichali,LukePitcher, Wehopethatitwillnotappear andAndrewHodgsonhaveshown supererogatoryinanOxfordbook themselvesadmirably tomakethepoint,butthefactis conscientiousproof-readersaswell thatthePressofthatuniversity asimprovingthedictionaryby hasshownanimpressivesenseof theirhelpfulsuggestions. itscommitmenttoclassical scholarshipinitsendeavourto Wearedeeplyindebtedto keepthesubjectaliveinEnglish- colleaguesfromLeicester speakingcountries.Everyonein University-GrahamShipley,Eva ourprofessionhasgoodcausetobe Parisinou,andColinAdams-who gratefultoVivianMarr havestrengthenedthedictionary (dictionariesandgrammars),to veryconsiderablybysuggesting DickCapelDavies(school theinclusionofwordsand publications)andtoHilaryO’Shea translationswhichwillmakeit (academicpublications). Inthe moreusefulforancienthistorians, springof2001,showinga aswellasforstudentsofclassical Acknowledgements viii civilizationandEgyptology.John Inacknowledgingthegenerous Penneyhasshowncharacteristic helpwehavereceivedfromothers, generosityinclarifyinganumber we,of course,acceptcomplete of philologicalpointsforthe responsibilityforanyerrorsor compilers.DellaThompsonof the misjudgementsthatappearinthe OxfordUniversityPresshas followingpages. provedamostsupportiveeditor. JamesMorwood GrocynLecturer,ClassicsFaculty, WadhamCollege, Oxford John Taylor HeadofClassics, TonbridgeSchool Proprietary terms Theinclusioninthisbookofany purposesanon-proprietaryor wordswhichare,orareassertedto generalsignificance,norisany be,proprietarynamesor otherjudgementimplied trademarksdoesnotimplythat concerningtheirlegalstatus. theyhaveacquiredforlegal
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