"Sing also of Pitys who hated marriage, who fled fast as the wind over the mountains to escape the unlawful wooing of Pan, and her fate--how she disappeared into the soil herself; put the blame of Ge (Gaea, the Earth)! Then she may perhaps lament the sorrows and the fate of the ...
Sokrates is driven mad for Phaidros by Eros, while Sappho's heart is shaked by Eros like a wind falling on oaks in a mountain. ‘Eros shook my heart like a wind falling on oaks on a mountain.’"Sappho, Fragment 54 : "Eros (Love) who had come from heaven clad in a purple mantle...
When captured, he sunk into deep meditation while awaiting a sacrificial death by fire, but a strong, supernatural wind began throwing the world into chaos. Thinking that the attempted murder of the monk displeased their goddess Durga, the pirates begged for his forgiveness (Brose, 2021, pp. ...
anemo- wind angi- vessel angul- angle angusti- narrow ankylo- stiff jointed annu- annual annul- (L) a small ring (Annelida) anom(o)- (G) lawless, irregular, abnormal, unusual (Anomura) anser- geese ante- (L.) before, in front of (antebrachium, antebellum) anth(o)- (...
Its two steeply curving bays form the basins for the Eastern Harbour and the Western Harbour. Climate The prevailing north wind, blowing across the Mediterranean, gives Alexandria a markedly different climate from that of the desert hinterland. The summers are relatively temperate, although humidity ...
a prolonged form of a primary verb (obsolete except in certain tenses as an alternative of this) of uncertain affinity; to push (as wind, oars or dæmonical power):--carry, drive, row. 1644 elafriaelaphriael-af-ree'-ah from elafroV - elaphros 1645; levity (figuratively), i.e....
Zenobia was the name of the intriguing third century Queen of Palmyra who for a time ruled the eastern Roman Empire. Zephyra Zephyra is a variation of Zephyr which means “west wind”. Pronounced as ZEHF-ih-R-aa-. Zephyrine Zephyrine is a variation of Zephyr which means “west wind”....
Zephyrus (god of the west wind) > zephyr (gentle west wind) Ancient Greek Words Many English words are derived from ancient Greek words. Here is a short list of some of them. The Greek word is listed first; the English root word is second, followed by the definition: ...
It stems from the PIE root "tkey-", to beget, but had its original "tk-" swapped into "kt-", perhaps even in big dripping letters on some temple wall somewhere. On rare occasions, such bastardized words are imported back into their original language. Take the familiar verb HODL for ...
[33]. The noos was more linked with intellectual and rational attitudes. The noos intervened when the subject had to reason and ponder. It began to shape the mind concept. It resided in the chest, without any relationship with distinct anatomical structures. Noos has the same root of the ...