Something I thought might be neat to have. Not a full dictionary, but just a list of some of the words that have prominent derivatives in English or other languages. This could be very cool if we ever got a Greek alphabet, and someone who knows Greek. (Note: if someone who actually knows Greek sees this page, please check the suffixes of the words below, I know of myself that many of them are little more than educated guesses).
Alphabet being used - a b g d e z ê th i k l m n x o p r s t u ph kh ps ô - plus h for breathing (the 'h' is not considered an independent letter in Greek, thus words starting with h are alphabetized under the second letter). Note that in general the Greek 'u' becomes a 'y' when the word is used in English or other modern languages, while a 'k' often becomes a 'c'.
| anêr, andros | man |
| anthos, -ous | flower |
| anthrôpos, -ou, -o | human being |
| arakhnê | spider |
| astêr | star |
| autos, -ê, -o | self (reflexive pronoun) |
| barbaros | stranger, non-Greek |
| bios | life |
| gê | earth |
| graphein | to write |
| gunê | woman |
| dêmos | district, its inhabitants, commoners |
| eu | well |
| zoon [?] | animal |
| iathros | doctor |
| ikhthus | fish |
| kakos, -ê, -on | bad |
| lithos | stone |
legein
logos, -ou, -o | to pick up, count, say
thought, word (verbal noun) |
| makros | Large |
| melanos | pigmented, black |
| mikros | small |
| monos, -ê, -on | alone, solitary, forsaken |
| neos [?] | new, young |
| oligos, -ê, -on | few, little, small |
| homoios | equal |
| pais | boy, child |
| polus, pollê, polu | many, much |
| sauros | lizard |
| sophein | to know |
| hupnos, -ou, -o | sleep |
| pan | all, complete |
| peri | around |
philos, -ê, -on
philia | beloved, dear
love, friendship |
| phobia | fear |
| phuton, -o | plant |
| khaitê, -hê | loose, flowing hair |
| psukhos | spirit, mind, psyche |
The table is nice but eta, η, had been é and omega, ω, was ó. based on Perseus. Who changed this?
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