The unblinking confrontation of death in Greek times, the elaborate theological patterns woven around it in the Middle Ages, tile ritual celebration of it in the rich, peasant cultures of Latin and Slavic Europe and in primitive cultures; these are difficult to find in American life. Whether ...
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The Greek word for "sin" (ἁμαρτία, hamartia) refers to missing the mark or falling short of God's standard. Christ's death was a decisive act against sin, breaking its power and dominion. In a historical context, this reflects the Jewish understanding of sin as a barrier ...
Greek: Χάρος m (Cháros) Ancient: Χάρων m (Khárōn) Italian: morte (it) Japanese: 死神 (しにがみ, shinigami) Korean: 사신 (ko) (sasin) (死神 (ko)), 저승사자 (jeoseungsaja) Latin: mors (la), letus m Latvian: nāve f Mac...
“Caput” means “head”, and indicates that the soul is the head of the body. He may have been working with, and translating from, the Greek word “psyche” in his sources. Lucretius argues (147-160, and again in 395-415) that the mind is stronger than the flesh. This idea of th...
Only a few, including Egyptian, Chinese, Greek, Latin, have lasted more than 2,000 years.What is new, however, is the speed at which they are dying out. Europe's colonial conquests caused a sharp decline in linguistic persity, eliminating at least 15 percent of all languages spoken at ...
Cuproptosis is a form of PCD triggered by copper (Cu)146. The term “cuproptosis” is derived from the Latin word “cuprum,” which means copper, and the Greek word “ptosis,” meaning falling off. This was first described and the term was initially defined by Tsvetkov, P. et al. in...
[C17: via New Latin from Greek: easy death, from eu- +thanatosdeath] Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014
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The Greek word “pneuma” is known by many of you in relation to things like pneumatic tools which are air driven or pneumatic tyres which means tyres inflated by air. As you can see, the word “pneumatic” originated from the Greek word “Pneuma” and means “breath” or “air.” ...