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Aeolian
adjective · 78% connection
Of or pertaining to Aeolia or Aeolis, in Asia Minor, colonized by the Greeks, or to its inhabitants; aeolic; as, the Aeolian dialect.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, hellenes, greeks.
Apollo
noun · 78% connection
A deity among the Greeks and Romans. He was the god of light and day (the "sun god"), of archery, prophecy, medicine, poetry, and musi…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, hellenes, greeks.
Autochthon
noun · 78% connection
One who is supposed to rise or spring from the ground or the soil he inhabits; one of the original inhabitants or aborigines; a native…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, hellenes, greeks.
Bay laurel
noun · 78% connection
small Mediterranean evergreen tree with small blackish berries and glossy aromatic leaves used for flavoring in cooking; also used by…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, hellenes, greeks.
Carbuncle
noun · 78% connection
A beautiful gem of a deep red color (with a mixture of scarlet) called by the Greeks anthrax; found in the East Indies. When held up t…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, hellenes, greeks.
Catapult
noun · 78% connection
An engine somewhat resembling a massive crossbow, used by the ancient Greeks and Romans for throwing stones, arrows, spears, etc.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, hellenes, greeks.
Chiton
noun · 78% connection
An under garment among the ancient Greeks, nearly representing the modern shirt.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, hellenes, greeks.
Chlamys
noun · 78% connection
A loose and flowing outer garment, worn by the ancient Greeks; a kind of cloak.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, hellenes, greeks.
Classical
noun · 78% connection
Of or pertaining to the ancient Greeks and Romans, esp. to Greek or Roman authors of the highest rank, or of the period when their bes…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, hellenes, greeks.
Conistra
noun · 78% connection
Originally, a part of the palestra, or gymnasium among the Greeks; either the place where sand was stored for use in sprinkling the wr…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, hellenes, greeks.
Corinthian
adjective · 78% connection
Of or pertaining to the Corinthian order of architecture, invented by the Greeks, but more commonly used by the Romans.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, hellenes, greeks.
Dorian
adjective · 78% connection
Of or pertaining to the ancient Greeks of Doris; Doric; as, a Dorian fashion.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, hellenes, greeks.
Doric
adjective · 78% connection
Belonging to, or resembling, the oldest and simplest of the three orders of architecture used by the Greeks, but ranked as second of t…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, hellenes, greeks.
Drachma
noun · 78% connection
Among the ancient Greeks, a weight of about 66.5 grains; among the modern Greeks, a weight equal to a gram.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, hellenes, greeks.
Empaistic
adjective · 78% connection
Having to do with inlaid work; -- especially used with reference to work of the ancient Greeks.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, hellenes, greeks.
Enharmonical
adjective · 78% connection
Of or pertaining to that one of the three kinds of musical scale (diatonic, chromatic, enharmonic) recognized by the ancient Greeks, w…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, hellenes, greeks.
Epideictic
adjective · 78% connection
Serving to show forth, explain, or exhibit; -- applied by the Greeks to a kind of oratory, which, by full amplification, seeks to pers…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, hellenes, greeks.
Eponyme
noun · 78% connection
The hypothetical individual who is assumed as the person from whom any race, city, etc., took its name; as, Hellen is an eponym of the…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, hellenes, greeks.
