Kheiron's name was derived from the Greek word for hand (kheir) and meant something like "skilled with the hands." In myth it was also closely associated with the word kheirourgos "surgeon."FAMILY OF CHIRONPARENTS[1.1] KRONOS & PHILYRA (Titanomachia Frag 6, Pindar Pythian Ode 3, ...
Xmas: This abbreviation for Christmas is of Greek origin. The word for Christ in Greek is Xristos. During the 16th century, Europeans began using the first initial of Christ's name, "X" in place of the word Christ in Christmas as a shorthand form of the word. Although the early Christia...
In Microsoft Word 2003 and later, you can examine the Unicode codepoint of a character by placing the cursor immediately after the character, then pressing Alt-X You will likely see some interesting substitutions for the koppa, different from the substitutions used in Notepad. In my trials, the...
"On the learned leaves of Apollon's mournful iris was embroidered many a plant-grown word [i.e. the flower of Hyakinthos (Hyacinthus), which was marked with the Greek word for the cry of grief] ; and when Zephyros (Zephyrus) breathed through the flowery garden, Apollon turned a quick...
(-) Ανοίξτετο «Εξερεύνησηαρχείων» Articles for terms borrowed from English When you encounter an English loanword that has been used in Microsoft products before, consider the following options: • Motivation: Does the English word have any formally ...
If a word contains hyphen after first consonant in the word, then it has definite article. If it is first word in the sentence, it is written like Αλ-χαοχ (al-xawx) or Αθ-θαγ̲λαπ (aṯ-ṯaʿlab).
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HELPS Word-studies 4561 sárksproperly, flesh ("carnal"), merely of human origin or empowerment. [4561 /sárks ("flesh") is not always evil in Scripture. Indeed, it is used positively in relation to sexual intercourse in marriage (Eph 5:31) – as well as for the sinless human body ...
Then bright-coiffed Rheia said to Demeter : ‘Come, my daughter; for far-seeing Zeus the loud-thunderer calls you to join the families of the gods, and has promised to give you what rights you please among the deathless gods, and has agreed that for a third part of the circling year...