GREEK TERMS AND EXPRESSIONS

Greek letters are formed in HTML by an ampersand, followed by a pound or number sign, followed by the name of the letter, spelled out in lower case letters, followed by a semi-colon. If the letter is capitalized, then capitalize the first letter of its name. Also, the final “sigma” in a word is indicated by the symbol &#sigmaf; . Letters with diacriticals have separate numerical symbols. Here are some examples: α = α —— Α = Α —— ά = ά.

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  α, Α
• ἃ δεῖ (Greek)— ha dei —the things that must/should be. HTML: ἃ δεῖ
• ἀγαθός (Greek)— agathos. —good. HTML: ἀγαθός
• ἀγάπη (Greek)— agape —love, selfless and perfect love. HTML: ἀγάπη
• Ἁγία Σοφία (Gk.)— Hagia Sophia —Holy Wisdom. HTML: Ἁγία Σοφία
• ἅγιος (Gk.)— hagios —holy. HTML: ἅγιος
• ἄγνωστος (Greek)— agnostos —unknowable. HTML: ἄγνωστος
• ἀδιάφορον (Gk.)— adiaphoron —indifferent, neutral. HTML: ἀδιάφορον
• ἀδύνατος (Gk.)— adunatos —impossible (masc. sing.). HTML: ἀδύνατος
• ἀει θεῑν (Greek)— aei thein —to circulate forever. HTML: ἀει θεῑν
• ἀειρείτη (Gk.)— aeireite —the easy and eternal stream of a good soul, given as etymology of “arete” (from "ever-flowing"?). HTML: ἀειρείτη
• ἀιδής (Gk.)— aides —invisible, secret (from it, the name "Hades"). HTML: ἀιδής
• Ἅιδης (Gk.)— Haides —Hades. the god of the world of the dead, also, the name of the world of the dead. from "aides"—invisible, secret. HTML: Ἅιδης
• αἰδώς (Gk.)— aidos —shame. HTML: αἰδώσ
• αἰθήρ— aither —ether, the brilliance of the sky, luminous air. HTML: αἰθήρ
• αἰσθάνεσθαι (Greek)— aisthanesthai —to sense, to have sensation. HTML: αἰσθάνεσθαι
• αἴσθησις (Greek)— aisthesis —sensation. HTML: αἴσθησις
• αἰσθητικά (Greek)— aisthetika —things pertaining to the senses, aesthetics. HTML: αἰσθητικᮉ
• αἰσχύνη (Greek)— aischyne —shame (Lat. ignominia, infamia, dedecus). HTML: αἰσχύνη
• αἴτιον προκαταρκτικόν (Greek)— aition prokatarktikon —initial or external cause (Galen). In Latin: cause externa, causa evidens. HTML: αἴτιον προκαταρκτικόν
• αἴτιον συνεκτικόν (Greek)— aition sunektikon —connecting cause (Galen). In Latin called causa continens, or causa contentiva. HTML: αἴτιον συνεκτικόν
• αἰτία (Greek)— aitia —causes—written in HTML code as αἰτία
• ἀλήθεια (Greek)— aletheia —truth. HTML: ἀλήθεια
• ἀληθές ἐστιν ὄν (Greek)— alethes estin on —it is true (truly?) being. HTML: ἀληθές ἐστιν ὄν
• ἀναγωγὴν (Greek)— anagogen —climb upwards, ascent, a method of interpretation where a visible fact leads upward to an invisible fact. (the word is presented here in the accusative form, with the letter ν). HTML: ἀναγωγὴν
• ἀνάμνησις (Greek)— anamnesis —recollection, reminiscence (in Plato, of a prior life in the realm of ideas). HTML: ἀνάμνησις
• ἀνδρόγυνη (Gk.) — androgyne —androgyne, hermaphrodite. HTML: ἀνδρόγυνη
• ἀνδρόγυνος (Gk.) — androgynos —androgyne, hermaphrodite. HTML: ἀνδρόγυνος
• ἀνήρ (Gk.)— aner — man (in the specific gender sense). HTML: ἀνήρ
• ἀντιθέσεις (Greek)— antitheseis —(plural) antitheses. HTML: ἀντιθέσεις
• ἀνύπαρκτος (Gk.)— anuparktos —unreal (m.s.). HTML: ἀνύπαρκτος
• ἀπάτη (Greek)— apeta —illusion. HTML: ἀπάτη
• Ἀποκαρτερῶν (Gk.)— Apokarteron —Dying from hunger (title of a story, not extant, by Hegesias of Cyrene). HTML: Ἀποκαρτ&ερῶν
• ἁρμόζειν (Gk.)— harmozein —to join what is diverse, to weld together, to set in order, to adapt according to definite rules. HTML: ἁρμόζειν
• ἁρμονία (Gk.)— harmonia —connection, harmony, arrangement, agreement. HTML: ἁρμονία
• ἀπατήσας (Greek)— apatesas —deceiving one. HTML: ἀπατήσας
• ἄπειρον (Greek)— apeiron — the unlimited. HTML: ἄπειρον
• ἀπόδειξις (Greek)— apodeixis —proof. HTML: ἀπόδειξις
• ἄποιος (Greek)— apoios —without any attributes. HTML: ἄποιος
• ἀπολογία (Greek)— apologia —talk in defense of something. HTML: ἀπολογία
• ἀπόσπασμα (Greek)— apospasma —morsel, fragment. HTML: 0ἀπόσπασμα
• ἀρετή (Greek)— arete —virtue. HTML: ἀρετή
• ἀριθμός (Gk.)— arithmos —number. HTML: ἀριθμός
• ἀριστερόν (Gk.)— aristeron —left (hand, side). HTML: ἀριστερόν
• ἄριστοι (Greek)— aristoi —nobles (plural). HTML: ἄριστοι
• ἄρρεν (Gk.)— arren —male. HTML: ἄρρεν
• ἄρτιον (Gk.)— artion —odd (number). HTML: ἄρτιον
• ἄρχαί (Greek)— archai—plural of arche (see below). HTML: ἄρχαί
• ἀρχή (Greek) — arche —the first principle or beginning of something. HTML: ἀρχή
• ἀτιμία (Greek)— atimia —loss of civil dignity and respect. HTML: ἀτιμία
• ἄτομος (Greek)— atomos —indivisible. HTML: ἄτομος

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  β, Β

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  γ, Γ
• γενεαλογία (Greek)—genealogia—genealogy. HTML: γενεαλογία
• γένεσις καὶ φθορά (Greek)— genesis kai phthora —generation and corruption. HTML: γένεσις καὶ φθορά
• γεννήτωρ (Greek)—gennetor—Creator (term appeared in pseudo-Aristotelian De mundo.) HTML: γεννήτωρ
• γένος (Greek)— genos —genus. HTML: γένος
• γεωμετρία— geometria —geometry. HTML: γεωμετρία
• γῆ (Greek)— ge —earth. HTML: γῆ
• γίγνεσθαι (Greek)— gignesthai —to be generated. HTML: γίγνεσθαι
• γνῶσις (Greek)— gnosis —knowledge. HTML: γνῶσις
• γοργίεια σχήματα (Greek)— Gorgian schemata, the schemata of Gorgias (Aristotle). HTML: γοργίεια σχήματα
• γυμνοσοφισταί (Gk.)— gymnosophistai —naked wise men, gymnosophists. Ascetics in India.
• γυνή (Gk.)— gyne —woman. HTML: γυνή

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  δ, Δ
• δεδημιούργεται (Greek)— dedemiourgetai —he makes [everything] (the demiurge). HTML: δεδημιούργεται
• δεξιόν (Gk.)— dexion —right (hand, side). HTML: δεξιόν
• δέον (Greek)— deon—must, ought. HTML: έ = έ
• δημιουργός (Greek)— demiourgos —builder, demiurge. HTML: δημιουργός
• δῆμος (Gk.)— demos —the people. HTML: δῆος
• διάθεσις (Gk.)— diathesis —transitory possessed property. HTML: διάθεσις
• διακόσμησις (Greek)— diakosmesis — (cyclically coming out of) divine fire. HTML: διακόσμησις
• διανόησις (Greek)— dianoesis —dianoia (with an emphasis on the process of dianoia)
• διάνοια (Greek)— dianoia—discursive thought. HTML: διάνοια
• Διὸς Φυλακή (Greek)— Dios Phylake —shining sentinel (the Central Fire in the cosmology of Philolaus). HTML: Διὸς Φυλακή
• διλήμματος (Greek)— dilemmatos — dilemma. HTML: διλήμματος
• διὰ τί (Greek)— dia ti—through what? on account of what? why?. HTML: διὰ τί
• δίς (Greek)—dis—twice. HTML: δίς
• δούλη (Gk.)— doule —female slave, handmaid. HTML: δούλη
• δόξα (Greek)— doxa—opinion, as opposed to ἐπιστήμη [episteme] or scientific well-grounded knowledge. HTML: δόξα
• δόξα ἀληθής (Greek)— doxa alethes—true opinion. HTML: δόξα ἀληθής
• δυάς (Greek)—duas, dyas—two, duality. HTML: δυάς
• δυνάμεις (Greek)— dynameis—(plural) powers, faculties, abilities. HTML: δυνάμεις
• δύναμις (Greek)— dynamis—power. HTML: δύναμις
• δύνασθαι (Greek)— dynasthai—to be able. HTML: δύνασθαι

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  ε, Ε
• ἐγκώμιον (Greek)— enkomion (enkonion)—encomium, song of praise, of glory. HTML: ἐγκώμιον
• ἔθνος (Greek)—ethnos—people, crowd, tribe. HTML: ἔθνος
• ἔιδη (Greek)—eide—plural of eidos?. HTML: ἔιδη
• εἰδος (Greek)— eidos —an idea, (Latin species). HTML: εἰδος
• εἶναι (Greek)— einai —to be. HTML: εἶναι
• εἰσαγωγή (Greek)— eisagoge—introduction, outline. HTML: εἰσαγωγή
• Εἰσαγωγή εἰς τὰ φαινόμενα (Greek)— Eisagoge eis ta phainomena —introduction to astronomy (title of a book by Geminos of Rhodes). HTML: Εἰσαγωγή εἰς τὰ φαινόμενα
• ἐκ τοῦ γένους καὶ τῶν διαφορῶν τὰ εἴδη (Greek)— ek tou genous kai ton diaphoron ta eide —from the genus and the differences are the species. (Aristotle, Met., 1057 b 7). HTML: ἐκ τοῦ γένους καὶ τῶν διαφορῶν τὰ εἴδη
• ἐκμαγεῖον (Greek)— ekmageion—a molding stuff or plastic for receiving impressions; a model, an imitation. HTML: ἐκμαγεῖον
• ἑκούσιον (Greek)— hekousion—ability of free choice. HTML: ἑκούσιον
• ἔκστασις (Greek)— ekstasis —ecstasy, standing outside of oneself. HTML:ἔκστασις
• ἔλεγχος (Greek)— elenchos—conscience; counter-argument, refutation, objection. (see also συνειδός—): HTML: ἔλεγχος
• ἐλευθερία (Greek)— eleutheria —freedom. HTML: ἐλευθερία
• ἐμπειρία (Greek)— empeiria. HTML: ἐμπειρία
• ἐγκυκλία παιδεία— egkuklia paideai [enkyklia paideia]—well-rounded education. HTML: ἐγκυκλία παιδεία
• ἕν (Gk.)— hen —one. html: ἕν
• ἔνδειξις (Greek)— endeixis —marking out, proof; transition from what is observed to what is not apparent. HTML: ἔνδειξις
• ἐνέργεια (Greek)— energeia —active power, active state, at work. HTML: ἐνέργεια
• ἐνθουσιασμός (Greek)— enthousiasmos —enthusiasm, according to the Homeric tradition, the divine source of inspiration in the artist. HTML: ἐνθουσιασμός
• ἔννοια (Gk.)— ennoia —thought. HTML: ἔννοια
• Ἔνοπτρον (Greek)— Enoptron —mirror (title of a work by Eudoxus). HTML: Ἔ = &#7964 or miniscule: ἔ = ἔ
• ἐντελέχεια (Greek)— entelecheia —entelechy. HTML: ἐντελέχεια
• ἕξεις (Greek)— hexeis —stable dispositions (plural of “hexis”). HTML: ἕξεις
• ἕξις (Gk.)— hexis —stable disposition (sing.). HTML: ἕξις
• ἐπιδεικτικὸς λόγος— epideiktikos logos —exemplary speech, a genre invented by Gorgias of Leontini. HTML: ἐπιδεικτικὸς λόγ&ος
• ἐπίγνωσις— epignosis —acceptance, recognition, access to the mysteries of God (New Testament). HTML: ἐπίγνωσις
• Ἐπίκουρος (Greek)— Epikouros —Epicurus. HTML: Ἐπίκουρος
• ἐπιστήμη (Greek)— episteme— scientific knowledge (as opposed to δόξα [doxa], opinion). HTML: ἐπιστήμη
• ἐποχή (Greek)—epoche—in philosophy, putting the world in brackets, bracketing the world (Husserl), a deliberate suspension of belief in the world’s existence in order to think about it neutrally. HTML: ἐποχή
• ἔργον (Greek)—ergon—product, work. HTML: ἔργον
• Ἑρμαφρόδιτος (Gk). Hermaphroditos —Hermaphroditos, son/daughter of Aphrodite and Hermes (sometimes spelled with a feminine ending. Ἑρμαφρόδιτος
• ἔρως (Greek)—eros—love, sexual love. HTML: ἔ = ἔ
• ἔστι γάρ […] ἑκάστη πως ᾀρετή […] μετὰ φρονήσεως (Greek)— [esti gar […] heaste pos areté […] metá phroneseos]—wherefore [&hellip] every virtue somehow […] [is] about phronesis.(Aristotle, Eudemian Ethics, 1234 a 29).
  HTML: ἔστι γάρ […] ἑκάστη πως ᾀρετή […] μετὰ φρονήσεως
• ἔρως (Greek)—eros—love, sexual life, in Freud it is identified with the life instinct. HTML: ἔρω&σ.
• ἑτερόμηκες (Gk.)— oblong. HTML: ἑτερόμηκες
• εὐδαιμονία [eudaimonía]—happiness—HTML: εὐδαιμονία
• εὐεξία (Gk.)— euexia (or euhexia?) —a good state (or hexis). HTML:
• εὐήθεια (Greek)— euetheia —simplicity of soul. HTML: εὐήθεια
• εὐθύ (Gk.)— euthu —straight. HTML: εὐθύ
• ἔχειν (Gk.)— echein —to have. HTML: ἔχειν

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  ζ, Ζ
• ζῆν (Gk.)— zen —to live. HTML: ζῆν
• ζῷον λογικόν (Greek)—zoon logikon—rational animal (Aristotle) HTML: ζῷον λογικόν

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  η, Η
• ἡδονή (Greek)—hedone—pleasure. HTML: ἡδονή
• ἦθικά (Greek)—ethika—ethics. HTML: ἦθικά
• ἦθος (Greek)—ethos, custom. HTML: ἦθος
• ἡ θεωρητικὴ φρόνησις (Greek)—he theoretike phronesis—theoretical phronesis. HTML: ἡ θεωρητικὴ φρόνησις
• ἠρεμοῦν (Gk.)— eremoun —at rest. HTML: ἠρεμοῦν
• ἥττω (Greek)— etto —worse, inferior. HTML: ἥττω

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  θ, Θ
• θάνατος (Greek)— thanatos —death, in Freud, the death instinct. HTML: θάνατος
• θάτερον (Greek)— thateron —difference. HTML: θάτερον
• θεός (Greek)— theos —god (Philo uses the word to mean the power of a god). HTML. θεός
• θρησκεία (Greek)— threskeia —religious worship, as one of the four domains of culture. HTML: θρησκεία
• θεωρία (Greek)—theoria”— knowledge for its own sake, one of the four domains of culture. HTML:θεωρία (Greek)
• θεᾶσθαι (Greek)—theasthai—to behold (the root of the word “theory”). HTML: θεᾶσθαι
• θῆλυ (Gk.)— thelu —female. HTML: θῆλυ
• θυμικόν (Greek)— thymikon —of anger (adjective, neuter), referring to the irascible power (see thymos below). HTML: θυμικόν
• θυμοειδές (Greek)— thymoeides —related to anger (?, adjective fem.?). See thymos below. HTML: θυμοειδές
• θυμός (Greek)— thymos —anger. HTML: θυμός

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  ι, Ι
• ἵμερος (Greek)—himeros—desire (of a god). HTML: ἵμερος
• ἰσαπόστολος (Greek)—isápostolos—equal to the apostles—this was how the Byzantine emperors regarded themselves. HTML:ἰσαπόστολος
• ἰσηγορία (Greek)— isegoria — equal freedom to speak in the assembly. HTML: ἰσηγορία
• ἰσόκωλα (Greek)— isokola —equal limbs, connecting a pair of sentences (Gorgias), see also ”parisoseis“. HTML: ἰσόκωλα
• ἰσονομία (Greek)— isonomia —equality before the law, equal protection by the law. HTML: ἰσονομία
• ἰσότης (Greek)— isotes —equality. HTML: ἰσότης

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  κ, Κ
• καχεξία (Gk.)— kachexia —a bad state or hexis. HTML: καχεξία
• καλοκάγθία (Greek)— HTML. kalokagathia —the beautiful-and-good (description of virtue and justice) HTML: καλοκάγθία
• καλός (Greek)— kalos —beautiful. HTML:καλός
• καλός κἀγαθός (Greek)— kalos kagathos —the beautiful and good (the ideal of the Greeks). HTML: καλός κἀγαθός
• καμπύλον (Gk.)— kampylon — curved, bent. HTML: καμπύλον
• καταλλάττειν (Gk.)— kattallattein —to exchange, to accept into the community, to reconcile, or change an enemy into a friend. HTML: καταλλάττειν
• καταλλαξία (Gk.)— katallaxia — (from kattallattein), in von Hayek’s terminology “order produced by the play of market forces due to human activity, which (activity) is is applied to rules of the the law or right of property, injuries, and contract”. HTML: καταλλαξία
• καταστερισμοί (Greek)— katasterismoi —constellations. HTML: ί = ί
• κέντρον (Greek)— kentron —center. HTML: κέντρον
• κῆπος (Greek)— kepos —garden (Epicurus’ school). HTML: κῆπος
• κίνησις (Greek)— kinesis —motion. HTML: κίνησις
• κόσκικον (Greek)— koskikon—sieve. HTML: ό = ό
• κόσμος (Greek)— kosmos—world, cosmos. HTML: κόσμος
• κόσμος νοητός (Greek)— kosmos noetos—the noetic world (the noetic world is identified with the logos). HTML: κόσμος νοητός
• κρᾶσις (Greek)— krasis—temperature, blending, mixing (Latin, temperamentum). HTML: κρᾶσις
• κράτος (Greek)— kratos—power, authority. This appears in such English words as autocrat, democrat, aristocrat. HTML:κράτος
• κρεῖττον (Greek)— kreitton — better, stronger. HTML: κρεῖττον
• κύριαι δόξαι (Greek)— kyriai doxai —main thoughts. HTML: κύριαι δόξαι
• κύριος (Greek)— kyrios—lord, ruler (the word comes into the Christian liturgy verbatim in the exclamation “Kyrie eleison”—Lord have mercy.). HTML: κύριος

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  λ, Λ
• λῇμμα (Greek)— lemma —income, profit, gain, gratification; a thing taken, an assumption (from lambanein). HTML: λῇμμα
• Λογοδαίδαλος (Greek)— Logodaidalos —Dedalus of words, Plato’s epithet for Gorgias Λογοδαίδαλος
• λόγοι (Greek)— logoi —words, meanings (plural). HTML: λόγοι
• λόγοι σπερματικοί (Greek)—logoi spermatikoi—seminal words, seminal reasons. λόγοι σπερματικοί
• λόγος (Greek)— logos—word, meaning, definition. HTML: λόγος

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  μ, Μ
• μανία (Greek)—mania; noble madness. HTML:μανία
• μέθεξις (Greek)—methexis—participation. HTML: έθεξις
• μελέτη (Gk.)—care, attention, study, practice, exercise. HTML: μελέτη
• μεσόλαβον (Greek)— mesolabon —Eratosthenes’ machine for doubling a cube. HTML: ό = ό
• μετρεῖν (Greek)— metrein —to measure, HTML: μετρεῖν
• μίμησις (Greek)— mimesis —imitation HTML: μίμησις
• μίξις (Greek)— mixis —mixture. HTML:μίξις
• μνήμη (Greek)—mneme—memory. HTML: μνήμη
• μονάς (Gk.)— monas —unity, unit, monad (in later philosophical terminology. HTML: μονάς
• μορφή (Greek)—morphe—form. HTML: μορφ&#8053.

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  ν, Ν
• νεῖκος (Greek)— neikos—strife. HTML: ῖ = ῖ
• νοεῖν (Greek)— noein —to think, to understand. HTML: νοεῖν
• νόησις (Greek)– noesis –perception, knowing, understanding (with an emphasis on the act or process). HTML: νόησις
• νόμος (Greek)— nomos—law. HTML: ό = ό
• νοῦς (Greek)— nous—mind, HTML: νοῦς

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  ξ, Ξ

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  ο, Ο
• ὁ τῶν πάντων πατήρ (Greek)—ho ton panton pater—the father of all things (War is the father of all things—Heraclitus). HTML: ὁ τῶν πάντων πατήρ
• ὀρθὸς λόγος (Greek)—orthos logos—right reason (Latin recta ratio). HTML: ὀρθὸς λόγος
• ὀρθὴ δόξα (Greek)—orthe doxa—right opinion. HTML: ὀρθὴ δόξα
• ὁμοίως Θεῷ (Greek)— homoiosis theo —process of becoming similar to a god. HTML: ὁμοίως Θεῷ
• ὁμοιοτέλευτα (Greek)— homoioteleuta— having ends that rhyme. HTML: ὁμοιοτέλευτα
• ὁμούσιος (Greek)— homousios —equal in substance. HTML: ὁμούσιος
• ὁμος (Greek)— homos —the same, just the same, the same one. HTML: ὁμος
• ὀργή (Greek)— orge —anger. HTML: ὀ&ργή
• ὁμοιούσιος—similar in essence, HTML:ὁμοιούσιος—from: ὅμοιος (Greek)—homoios—similar).
• οὐσία [ousía]—substance, a real existing thing as distinct from accidents (features). HTML: οὐσία
• οὐσία δευτέρα (Greek)— ousia deutera —second substance. The abstract conception of substance (Aristotle). HTML: οὐσία δευτέρα
• οὐσία κυρίως (Greek)—first substance, substance in the leading sense (Aristotle). HTML: οὐσία κυρίως
• οὐσία πρώτη (Greek)— ousia prote —first substance, the concrete substance (Aristotle). HTML: οὐσία πρώτη

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  π, Π
• παίγνιον (Greek)— paignion —frolic, play, toy. HTML: παίγνιον
• παιδαγωγία (Greek)— paidagogia —education. HTML: παιδαγωγία
• παιδεία (Greek)— paideia —education, upbringing—HTML: παιδε&0#805;α
• Πανάριον (Greek)— Panarion —medicine chest (title of a book by Epiphanius, known in Latin as Adversus haereses. HTML: &Amp;Pi;ανάριον
• πανουργία (Greek)— panourgia —villainy, knavery. HTML: πανουργία
• παράδειγμα (Greek)— paradeigma —paradigm, model. HTML: παράδειγμα
• Παράκλητος (Greek)— paracletus—paraclete, advocate (Holy Spirit). HTML: Παράκλητος
• παρέγκλισις (Greek)— paregklisis [parenclisis]—swerve (of atoms), called clinamen in Latin. HTML: παρέγκλισις
• παρισώσεις (Greek)— parisoseis —presenting pairs of equal lengths of sentences in rhetoric (see “isokola”).
• πάσχον (Greek)— paschon —that which passively receives, a term used to describe matter (the Stoics continuing Aristotle’s teaching about matter). HTML: πάσχ& omicron;ν
• πατήρ (Greek)— pater —father. HTML: πατήρ
• Πεισιθάνατος (Gk.)— Peisithanatos —he who exhorts to death (title given to Hegesias of Cyrene). Πεισιθάνατος
• πενία (Greek)— penia —poverty, need. HTML: ί = ί
• πένταθλον (Greek)— pentathlon —pentathlon, athletic contest with five events. HTML: πένταθλον
• πέρας (Gk.)— peras —limited. HTML: πέρας
• Περὶ μετεῶρων (Greek)— Peri meteoron —on things in the sky (title of a work by Geminos of Rhodes). HTML: Περὶ μετεῶρων (Greek)—
• Περὶ Ψυχῆς (Greek)— Peri Psyches —On the soul, About the Soul; the name of a work by Aristotle, commonly known by its Latin title of De anima. HTML: Περὶ Ψυχῆς
• περιττόν (Gk.)— peritton —even (number). HTML: περιττόν
• πλῆθος (Grk.)— plethos —many, multitude, crowd, size, magnitude. πλῆθος
• πλοῦτος (Gk.)— ploutos —wealth, riches (also the name of a god). HTML: πλοῦτος
• πνεῡμα (Greek)mdash; pneuma —spirit. HTML:πνεῡμα
• πνεῢμα Θεοῢ (Greek)—pneuma Theou—breath of God, according to the Homeric tradition, the source of the artist’s inspiration. HTML: πνεῢμα Θεοῢ.
• πόθος (Greek)— pothos—longing. HTML: ό = ό
• ποιητὴς καὶ πατήρ (Greek)— poietes kai pater —maker and father (the demiurge). HTML: ποιητὴς καὶ πατήρ
• ποίησις (Greek)— poiesis —human action that produces something, in Latin called ars (art), one of the four domains of culture. HTML: ποίησις
• ποιοῦν (Greek)— poioun —active, acting—in Aristotle’s doctrine as continued by the Stoics, this describes the role of form as opposed to passive matter.
• πόλις (Greek)— polis —city, state. HTML: πόλις
• πονός (Gk.)— ponos —pain. HTML: πονός
• πολυώνυμον (Greek)— polyonymon —many-named (Philo’s description of the logos). HTML: πολυώνυμον
• πόρος (Greek)— poros —abundance. HTML: ό = ό
• πότε (Greek)— pote —when. HTML: πότε
• ποῦ (Greek)— pou —where. HTML: ποῦ
• πράξις (Greek)— praxis —practice, practical activity, human moral action, one of the four domains of culture.—HTML: πράξις
• πρόνοια (Greek)— pronoia —providence. HTML: πρόνοια
• πρὸς ἕν (Greek)— pros hen —toward one, to one—this describes a type of analogy in Aristotle’s thought, of many things that have a relation based on some on thing. HTML: πρὸς ἕν
• πῶς (Greek)— pos —how. HTML: πῶς

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  σ, Σ, ς
• σκότος (Gk.)— skotos —darkness, dark. HTML: σκότος
• Σοφία (Greek)— Sophia —wisdom (capitalized as personified). HTML: Σοφία
• σόφος (Gk.)— sophos —wise. HTML: σόφος
• στάσις (Greek)— stasis —rest. HTML: στάσις
• στέρησις (Gk.)— steresis —privation, lack. HTML: στέρησις
• στοιχεῑον (Greek)— stoicheion —element. HTML: στοιχεῑον
• συνειδός (Greek)— syneidos—conscience (see also ἔλεγχος—elenchos—conscience). HTML: συνειδός
• συνεκδοχικῶς (Greek)— synekdochikos —by synecdoche, a figure of speech where the whole represents the part. HTML: συνεκδοχικῶς
• σύνθεσις (Greek)— synthesis —composition, connection. HTML: σύνθεσις
• σύνολον (Greek)— synolon, synholon —a composite, composed of. HTML: σύνολον
• σφαῖρος (Greek)— sphairos —sphere. HTML: σφαῖρος

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  τ, Τ
• τὰ ὄντα (Greek)— ta onta —the beings, beings. HTML: τὰ ὄντα
• τάξις (Gk.)— taxis —order. HTML: τάξις
• ταυτόν (Greek)— tauton —the same. identity-unity. HTML:
• τέχνη ῥητορική (Greek)— techne rhetorike —the rhetorical art. HTML: τέχνη ῥητορική
• τεκμήριον (Greek)— tekmerion —proof. HTML: τεκμήριον
• τέλος (Gk.)— telos —final end, purpose, goal. HTML: τέλος
• τὴν δὲ γῆν, ἓν τῶν ἄστρων οὖσαν (Greek)— ten de gen, hen ton astron ousan — The earth, which is one of the stars (Pythagorean doctrine, related by Aristotle in De caelo. HTML: τὴν δὲ γῆν, ἓν τῶν ἄστρων οὖσαν
• τετράγωνον (Gk.)— tetragonon —square. HTML: τετράγωνον
• τὸ ἄνω σῶμα (Greek)— to ano soma —the high body. HTML: τὸ ἄνω σῶμα
• τὸ Ἅγιον Πνεῡμα (Greek)— to Hagion Pneuma —the Holy Spirit. HTML: τὸ Ἅγιον Πνεῡμα
• τὸ γνωστικὸν μέρος (Greek)— to gnostikon meros —the cognizing part (of the soul). HTML: &tautὸ γνωστικὸν μέρος
• τὸ ἐπιθυμητικόν (Greek)— to epithymetikon —the concupiscible [part of the soul] (Plato’s theory of the soul). HTML: τὸ ἐπιθυμητικόν
• τὸ θυμοειδές— to thymoeides —the irascible [part of the soul] (in Plato’s theory. HTML: τὸ θυμοειδές
• τὸ λογιστικόν— to logistikon —the rational [part of the soul] (Plato’s theory of three souls or principles of the soul). HTML: τὸ λογιστικόν
• τὸ θεῑον σῶμα (Greek)— to theion soma —divine body. HTML: τὸ θεῑον σῶμα
• τὸ ὄν, ὁ ὤν (Greek)— to on, ho on —the being (neuter), the being (masculine). HTML: τὸ ὄν, ὁ ὤν
• τὸ ὸντως όν (Greek)— to ontos on —the being that is. HTML: τὸ ὸντως όν —where ὸ is &#8056, and ό is ό
• τὸ πέμπτον σῶμα (Greek)— to pempton soma —the fifth body. HTML: τὸ πέμπτον σῶμα
• τὸ πρῶτον σῶμα (Greek)— to proton soma —the first body. HTML: τὸ πρῶτον σῶμα
• τὸ τί ἦν εἶναι (Greek)— to ti en einai —essence, what is expressed in a real definition (Aristotle). HTML: τὸ τί ἦν εἶναι
• τόδε τι (Greek)— tode ti —substance (in Aristotle’s terminology). HTML:τόδε τι
• τοῦ κόσμου γένεσις (Greek)— tou kosmou genesis —the genesis, generation, origin of the cosmos. HTML: τοῦ κόσμου γένεσις
• τύχη (Gk.)— tuche —fortune, chance, lot. HTML: τύχη

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  υ, Υ
• ὕλη (Greek)—hyle—matter. HTML: ὕλη

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  φ, Φ
• φαινόμενα (Greek)— phainomena —phenomena. HTML: φαινόμενα
• φάρμακον (Greek)— pharmakon —a specific, a drug, a patent medicine. HTML: φάρμακον
• φιλανθρωπία (Greek)— philanthropia —love of man, love of humanity, philanthropy. HTML: φιλανθρωπί&a
• φιλία (Greek)— philia —love, fondness. HTML: ί = ί
• φιλοσοφήσαντες (Greek)— philosophesantes —those who philosophize, a term used by Aristotle to describe the pre-Socratic naturalist philosophers. HTML: φιλοσοφήσαντες
• Φιλοσοφούμενα— philosophoumena —philosophical doctrines (title of a book by Hippolytus). Φιλο&a mp;sigma;οφούμενα
• φρονεῖν (Greek)— phronein —to estimate, to judge. HTML: φρονεῖν
• φρόνησις (Greek)— phronesis —prudence, insight, knowledge.
• φυσικά (Greek)— physika —physics (from φύσις [physis]—nature.
• φύσις (Greek)— physis —nature, HTML: φύσις
• φῶς (Gk.)— phos —light. HTML: φῶς

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  χ, Χ
• Χάος γένετο (Greek)— Chaos geneto —Chaos was born, chaos was generated. HTML: Χάος γένετο
• χίλιοι (Greek)— chilioi—thousand.
• χαίρειν (Greek)— chairein—to rejoice, to have joy. HTML: χαίρειν
• χορεία (Greek)— choreia —synthesis of dance, music, poetry. HTML: χορεία
• χρεία (Greek)— chreia—utility, use (Latin, usus). HTML: χρεία

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  ψ, Ψ
• ψιλὸν τὸ θεωρεῖν (Greek)—psilon to theorein—pure theory. HTML: ψιλὸν τὸ θεωρεῖν
• ψυχαὶ δὲ ἀνδρογύνων (Gk.) psychai de androgynon —souls of androgynes (phrase in the Septuagint, Proverbs 18, 9). HTML: ψυχαὶ δὲ ἀνδρογύνων
• ψυχή (Greek)—soul. html: ψυχή

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  ω, Ω
• ὡς μεταξύ (Gk.)— hos metaxu —something between, as between. HTML: ὡς μεταξύ