Use

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 κράββατος (krabbatos, "bed").
  • Words of Late Antiquity and Atticist words of Byzantine literature, such as ἀθεμιτογαμία (athemitogamiā, "unlawful marriage").
  • Names, such as Αγησίλαος (Agēsilaos, "Agesilaus") and Σωκράτης (Sōkratēs, "Socrates").
  • Hellenized Latin and Hebrew names, such as Ἰουστινιανός (Justinian), Αὐρήλιος (Aurelius) and Ίωσήφ (Joseph).
  • Words that have remained unchanged throughout the history of the Greek language such as θάλασσα (thalassa, "sea") and ἄνθρωπος (anthrōpos, "man"). Their meaning may be the same.
  • Newly coined scientific (or not) words from Ancient Greek roots, such as haemophilia and astronaut.


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}} = গ্ৰীক: ἄτομος
  • {{lang-grc-gre|ἄτομος|átomos}} = গ্ৰীক: ἄτομος átomos
  • {{lang-grc-gre|ἄτομος|átomos|atom}} = গ্ৰীক: ἄτομος átomos "atom"
  • {{lang-grc-gre|ἄτομος||atom}} = গ্ৰীক: ἄτομος "atom"
  • {{Lang-grc}} if you want Ancient Greek instead of Greek to be explicitily stated.
  • {{lang-el}} for modern Greek.