Word for contempt of death (translated from Greek by Ts. Boiadzhiev.)Cydones, DemetriusArchive for Medieval Philosophy & Culture
“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...
[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
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 ...
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In the movie, Death's Shadow form changes slightly after regaining his 12 fragments; he has wider shoulders, and noticeable bulk to his cloaked form. Ryoji also doesn't use his Thanatos form when trying to persuade Makoto Yuki to kill him. This is an intentional design choice; in the movi...
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...
A euphemism (from the Greek words eu--well and pheme--speak) is a word or expression that is used when people want to find a polite or less direct way of talking about difficult or embarrassing topics like death or the bodily functions. Most people for example would find it very ...
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.” ...
[Old English grimm; related to Old Norse grimmr, Old High German grimm savage, Greek khremizein to neigh] ˈgrimly adv ˈgrimness n Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011...