Greek: {{{1}}}
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Use this template for Greek words for which the Ancient Greek description is not satisfactory or limiting. Such words can be:
- Words of Koine Greek such as Greek: κράββατος (krábbatos, "bed").
- Words of Late Antiquity and Atticist words of Byzantine literature, such as Greek: ἀθεμιτογαμία (athemitogamíā, "unlawful marriage").
- Names, such as Greek: Αγησίλαος (Agēsílaos, "Agesilaus") and Greek: Σωκράτης (Sōkrátēs, "Socrates").
- Hellenized Latin and Hebrew names, such as Greek: Ἰουστινιανός (Justinian), Greek: Αὐρήλιος (Aurelius) and Greek: Ἰωσήφ (Joseph).
- Words that have remained unchanged throughout the history of the Greek language such as Greek: θάλασσα (thálassa, "sea") and Greek: ἄνθρωπος (ánthrōpos, "man"). Their meaning may be the same.
- Newly coined scientific (or not) words from Ancient Greek roots, such as haemophilia and astronaut.
Consider using one of these more specific templates:
{{lang-grc-x-aeolic}}for Aeolic Greek{{lang-grc-x-attic}}for Attic Greek{{lang-grc-x-biblical}}for Biblical Greek{{lang-grc-x-byzant}}for Byzantine Greek{{lang-grc-x-classic}}for Classical Greek{{lang-grc-x-doric}}for Doric Greek{{lang-grc-x-hellen}}for Hellenistic Greek{{lang-grc-x-ionic}}for Ionic Greek{{lang-grc-x-koine}}for Koinē Greek{{lang-grc-x-medieval}}for Medieval Greek{{lang-grc-x-patris}}for Patristic Greek
Syntax
{{lang-grc-gre
| Text in Ancient Greek in Greek alphabet
| Text in Ancient Greek transliterated in Latin alphabet (optional)
| Translation in English (optional)}},
e. g. :
- {{lang-grc-gre|ἄτομος}} = Greek: ἄτομος
- {{lang-grc-gre|ἄτομος|átomos}} = Greek: ἄτομος, translit. átomos
- {{lang-grc-gre|ἄτομος|átomos|atom}} = Greek: ἄτομος, translit. átomos, lit. "atom"
- {{lang-grc-gre|ἄτομος||atom}} = Greek: ἄτομος, lit. "atom"
See also
{{lang-el}}for Modern Greek.{{lang-grc}}for Ancient Greek instead of Greek explicitly stated.{{lang|el}}tags Modern Greek text, without the label (for use with custom display, and other uses).{{lang|grc}}tags Ancient Greek text, without the label (for use with custom display, and other uses).{{transl|grc}}tags text as "Ancient Greek Transliteration" (has no visible effect other than tool tip when pointer is placed on text).