7. a person who belongs to a Greek-letter fraternity or sorority. [before 900; Middle English; Old English Grēcas (pl.) < Latin Graecī the Greeks (nominative pl. of Graecus) < Greek Graikoí, pl. of Graikós Greek] Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary, © 2010 K Di...
The reason why this system is called acrophonic is because the numerals for 5, 10, 100, 1000 are the first letters of the Greek words for these numbers, namelyΠΕΝΤΕ,ΔΕΚΑ,ΗΕΚΑΤΟΝ, andΧΙΛΙΟΝ. In the alphabetic numeral system each Greek letter has a numeric value...
If you look at the chart again, you’ll notice that some English letters are missing. The letterFis thought to come from an old Greek letter known asdigamma(Ϝ, ϝ) that fell out of use. Similarly, the letterQis thought to come from the old Greek letterkoppa(Ϙ, ϙ), which wa...
(because they lacked the letterkin their usual alphabet). In Modern Greek, however, the standard transliteration for χ iskh. Another difference is the representation of β (bētaorvíta); in Classical Greek it is transliterated asbin every instance, and in Modern Greek asv. The pronunciation ...
Lesson Quiz Course 1Kviews The Greek Alphabet in Order Below are the upper and lowercase of each letter in the Greek alphabet in order and the English pronunciation of that letter's name: Αα- Alpha Ββ- Beta Γγ- Gamma Δδ- Delta ...
The first letter of Photius to Pope Nicholas I does not differ from those of his predecessors, save for its more submissive tone and more humble diction. Appeals to the pope from the East between the second and ninth centuries are very numerous. And as for the Greek theory of the ...
same letters, but were preceded by a comma. So, 1000 was ,α while 2027 was written ,βκζ’. For numbers greater than 9999, the term myrias (myriad) was used and was symbolized with the letter M, with the letters on top. For simplification purposes, Diophantus replaced M with a ...
While the Romanesque did provide inspiration for architectural lettering in the nineteenth century, these letterforms have not until now been systematically considered and redrawn as a working typeface. The defining characteristic of the Romanesque letterform is variety: within an individual inscription ...
These words may signify eastern and western way, just as well as the longer compounds which you mention … I may mention too that anodos and cathodos are good, genuine Greek words, and not compounds coined for the purpose. — William Whewell Letter to Michael Faraday (25 Apr 1834). ...
【题目】Greek NumbersGreeks had a variety of(各种各样的)different ways of writing down numbers,but none of them was very efficient.Some Greeks usedABTAEZHOABT△EZHGa system based on writ-IKAMNEoning the first letter ofIK AMNEOTthe word for that num-PETYXΨΩPXTYeXYober. In this system...