Greek is the only language that distinguishes by three different qualities ( ĕ, ă, ŏ) the secondary short vowels resulting in certain positions from the three laryngeal sounds, * H1, * H2, * H3, of Indo-European. (An asterisk preceding a sound or word indicates that it is not an attested, but a reconstructed, hypothetical form.
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ˈgrēk. 1. a. : a native or inhabitant of ancient or modern Greece. b. : a person of Greek descent. 2. a. : the language used by the Greeks from prehistoric times to the present constituting a …
The greek alphabet has been used since 900 BC to write the Greek Language. It is the first writing system using a separate symbol for each vowel and consonant and the oldest alphabetic system that is still in use. Greek Letters today are used for writing modern greek and symbols in mathematics and science.
Greek (Modern Greek: Ελληνικά, romanized: Elliniká, pronounced ; Ancient Greek: Ἑλληνική, romanized: Hellēnikḗ) is an independent branch of the Indo-European family of languages, native to Greece, Cyprus, southern Italy (Calabria and Salento), southern Albania, and other regions of the Balkans, the Black Sea coast, Asia Minor, and the Eastern Mediterranean.
noun. a native or inhabitant of Greece. the language of the ancient Greeks and any of the languages that have developed from it, as Hellenistic Greek, Biblical Greek, the Koine, and …
Greek language, alphabets and pronunciation Greek (ελληνικά) Greek belongs to the Hellenic branch of the Indo-European language family. It is spoken mainly in Greece and Cyprus, and also in Australia, Albania, Italy, Ukraine, Turkey, Romania and Hungary.
1. of or pertaining to Greece, the Greeks, or their language. 2. pertaining to the Greek Orthodox Church. n. 3. a native or inhabitant of Greece. 4. the Indo-European language of the Greeks. Abbr.: Gk 5. Informal. anything unintelligible, as speech, writing, etc.: This contract is Greek to me. 6. a member of the Greek Orthodox Church.
Greek mythology, body of stories concerning the gods, heroes, and rituals of the ancient Greeks. That the myths contained a considerable element of fiction was recognized by the more critical Greeks, such as the philosopher Plato in the 5th–4th century bce. In general, however, in the popular piety of the Greeks, the myths were viewed as true accounts.
Greek: Created by Patrick Sean Smith. With Clark Duke, Scott Michael Foster, Spencer Grammer, Paul James. Freshman Rusty Cartwright arrives at college and decides he no longer wants to be the boring geek from high school. He decides to pledge a fraternity.