The Pocket Oxford Classical Greek Dictionary

468 Pages·2002·54.84 MB·English

by  James Morwood, John Taylor

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CLASSICAL
GREEK
Dictionary
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Pocket Oxford
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Greek
Classical
Dictionary
Edited by
James Morwood
JohnTaylor
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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
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