Flashcards › World Languages › Ancient Greek

Ancient Greek Basic Nouns

Common Ancient Greek nouns with transliteration and the English word each gave us.

60 cardsGrades 9–12, College, Adult#ancient greek#vocabulary

0 of 60 known
60 cards
  • Person / humanEnglish
    ἄνθρωποςanthrōpos (anthropology)
  • Man (male)English
    ἀνήρanēr (androgynous)
  • WomanEnglish
    γυνήgynē (gynecology)
  • ChildEnglish
    παῖςpais (pediatrics)
  • FriendEnglish
    φίλοςphilos (philosophy)
  • GodEnglish
    θεόςtheos (theology)
  • Word / reasonEnglish
    λόγοςlogos (logic)
  • LifeEnglish
    βίοςbios (biology)
  • Love (selfless)English
    ἀγάπηagapē
  • WarEnglish
    πόλεμοςpolemos (polemic)
  • PeaceEnglish
    εἰρήνηeirēnē (Irene)
  • CityEnglish
    πόλιςpolis (politics)
  • HouseEnglish
    οἶκοςoikos (economy)
  • Land / earthEnglish
    γῆgē (geography)
  • SeaEnglish
    θάλασσαthalassa
  • SunEnglish
    ἥλιοςhēlios (helium)
  • MoonEnglish
    σελήνηselēnē (Selena)
  • StarEnglish
    ἀστήρastēr (astronomy)
  • WaterEnglish
    ὕδωρhydōr (hydrant)
  • FireEnglish
    πῦρpyr (pyre)
  • WindEnglish
    ἄνεμοςanemos (anemometer)
  • TreeEnglish
    δένδρονdendron (rhododendron)
  • HorseEnglish
    ἵπποςhippos (hippopotamus: river horse)
  • DogEnglish
    κύωνkyōn (cynic)
  • LionEnglish
    λέωνleōn (Leo)
  • BirdEnglish
    ὄρνιςornis (ornithology)
  • FishEnglish
    ἰχθύςichthys (ichthyology)
  • BookEnglish
    βιβλίονbiblion (Bible, bibliography)
  • Letter (written)English
    ἐπιστολήepistolē (epistle)
  • NameEnglish
    ὄνομαonoma (anonymous)
  • TimeEnglish
    χρόνοςchronos (chronology)
  • DayEnglish
    ἡμέραhēmera (ephemeral)
  • NightEnglish
    νύξnyx
  • LightEnglish
    φῶςphōs (photograph)
  • Voice / soundEnglish
    φωνήphōnē (telephone)
  • HandEnglish
    χείρcheir (chiropractor)
  • FootEnglish
    πούςpous (octopus: eight feet)
  • HeadEnglish
    κεφαλήkephalē (encephalon)
  • HeartEnglish
    καρδίαkardia (cardiac)
  • EyeEnglish
    ὀφθαλμόςophthalmos (ophthalmologist)
  • EarEnglish
    οὖςous (otitis)
  • BoneEnglish
    ὀστέονosteon (osteoporosis)
  • StoneEnglish
    λίθοςlithos (monolith)
  • GoldEnglish
    χρυσόςchrysos (chrysanthemum: golden flower)
  • TeacherEnglish
    διδάσκαλοςdidaskalos
  • SoldierEnglish
    στρατιώτηςstratiōtēs (strategy: army-leading)
  • KingEnglish
    βασιλεύςbasileus
  • IslandEnglish
    νῆσοςnēsos (Polynesia: many islands)
  • MountainEnglish
    ὄροςoros (orology)
  • Road / wayEnglish
    ὁδόςhodos (period: a way around)
  • MusicEnglish
    μουσικήmousikē (from the Muses)
  • Law / customEnglish
    νόμοςnomos (astronomy: star law)
  • NumberEnglish
    ἀριθμόςarithmos (arithmetic)
  • TruthEnglish
    ἀλήθειαalētheia
  • WisdomEnglish
    σοφίαsophia (philosophy, Sophie)
  • HopeEnglish
    ἐλπίςelpis
  • DreamEnglish
    ὄνειροςoneiros
  • MedicineEnglish
    ἰατρικήiatrikē (pediatrician: child doctor)
  • EarthquakeEnglish
    σεισμόςseismos (seismograph)
  • CircleEnglish
    κύκλοςkyklos (cycle)

Download this deck

Want paper cards? Paste the plain-text download into the flashcard maker.

More Ancient Greek decks