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- proper noun All the
Greek languages spoken between theDorian invasion and the fall of theRoman Empire . - noun A native or inhabitant of
Ancient Greece .
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Examples
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But unlike credit, whose Latin form was inherited from Indo-European, the word card ultimately reflects borrowing into Latin from Ancient Greek.
The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010
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"We're fishermen," Peter and Andrew told him, in Ancient Greek.
IBM's Watson wins! First Jeopardy! -- next, bad puns? Alexandra Petri 2011
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I found it among the examples given in Liddell & Scott, the preeminent dictionary of Ancient Greek, for the family of words that begin with epistroph-.
Archive 2009-05-01 Yvonne Rathbone 2009
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I found it among the examples given in Liddell & Scott, the preeminent dictionary of Ancient Greek, for the family of words that begin with epistroph-.
Meet Aphrodite Epistrophia Yvonne Rathbone 2009
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New book scheduled to come out soon on masculinity in Ancient Greek culture.
On the Naming of Names gailcarriger 2008
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The active use of both Ancient Greek and Latin in New Zealand has always been limited and peripheral.
Book & Print in New Zealand: A Guide to Print Culture in New Zealand Penny Griffith 1885
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A large house was immediately erected for a Lancasterian school; but no teacher for such a school could be found, since no one was allowed to teach in Greece, except in Ancient Greek, without a diploma from the government; and all was under the superintendent of public schools, who would allow no one to serve the mission.
History Of The Missions Of The American Board Of Commissioners For Foreign Missions To The Oriental Churches, Volume I. Rufus Anderson 1838
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Catch up on Ancient Greek or other poets and philosophers ... or have a meaningful conversation about deep subjects.
The Seattle Times 2011
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He said: These classically-educated students emulated the carousing drinking camaraderie of Ancient Greek and Roman culture.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph Telegraph Staff 2011
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The story told by the Ancient Greek historian Pausanias, forgotten today, was popular in the early 18th century.
NYT > Home Page By SOUREN MELIKIAN 2010
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