The semantic fields and root metaphors of "fate" in Classical Greece and pre-Buddhist China are surveyed here. The Chinese material focuses on the Warring States, the Han, and the reinvention of the earlier lexicon in contemporary Chinese terms for such concepts as risk, randomness, and (statis...
Tact — Ability to communicate and interact with others in a sensitive and effective manner, named after the Greek word táktos (silent, orderly, discreet).机智-以敏感和有效的方式与他人沟通和互动的能力,以希腊单词táktos命名(沉默,有序,谨慎)。 Hedonist — A person who seeks pleasure and self-...
Fate, yes, but a very abstract sort of way. Maybe you should think about it as the personification of inevitability without understanding that relating to any particular life. Tyche and Ananke were described with the word version of this goddess's name. Helia She was a Goddess of the Sun,...
Zeus’ name is thought to have originated from the Ancient Greek word for “bright.” The word has a close connection with dies, which is the Latin word for 'day' and has a very ancient history. Therefore, many mythologists believe that Zeus is one of the oldest Greek gods....
Word Originfrom eu and tuché (fortune, fate)Definition"well-fated," Eutychus, a young man restored to life by PaulNASB TranslationEutychus (1).Thayer's Greek LexiconSTRONGS NT 2161: ΑὔτυχοςΑὔτυχος (i. e. fortunate; on accent cf. Winers Grammar, 51; Chandler§ ...
These special plants to the Greeks decorate people’s front doors for good luck every year, and are put in place in time for New Year’s Day. My parents have always referred to this plant simply as ‘riza’, which is just the Greek word for ‘root’. My father described it as some...
Original Word: σπείρωPart of Speech: VerbTransliteration: speiróPronunciation: spī'-rōPhonetic Spelling: (spi'-ro)Definition: To sowMeaning: I sow, spread, scatter. Word Origin: A primary verb Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: - H2232 (זָרַע, zara): To sow, ...
The Ying Yang diviner may not predict his own fate. Some scientists predict that the world oil reserves will be used up within a century. Dan's completely off the wall; you can't predict what he's going to do next. English word "προβλέπω"(predict) occurs in sets:Notes 04...
verbponder,consider,reflect,contemplate,think,weigh up,deliberate,speculate,brood,meditate,mull over,think over,ruminate,cogitate,be lost in thought,be in a brown studyMany of the papers mused on the fate of the President.He lay and mused in the warm sunlight. ...
By a twist of fate, the young Virginia Woolf studied Greek from 1899 to 1900 with Clara Pater, the elderly sister of Walter Pater. This fact is dutifully recorded in her many biographies and immediately forgotten, with the exception of an obligatory footnote mentioning that Miss Pater was the...