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The title comes from the Greek word τετέλεσται (tetelestai) meaning "it is completed", which according to St. John, is the next to last word of Jesus on the cross, the last words of Christ on the Cross was, "Father into thy hands I commit my spirit".
Although this sounds dismissive in English, the Greek word is a term of respect or tenderness. [ 24 ] [ 25 ] Catholic commentators, on the basis of these two passages, often connect Mary with the "woman" of Genesis 3:15 , and the " woman clothed with the sun " in Revelation 12 , and therefore see this title of "woman" as a justification for the ...
Latin: "The die has been cast"; Greek: "Let the die be cast." Julius Caesar as reported by Plutarch, when he entered Italy with his army in 49 BC. Translated into Latin by Suetonius as alea iacta est. Ἄνθρωπος μέτρον. Ánthrōpos métron. "Man [is] the measure [of all things]" Motto of Protagoras (as quoted in Plato's Theaetetus ...
The aorist tense (Greek ἀόριστος (aóristos) "unbounded" or "indefinite") describes a finished action in the past. κατέβην χθὲς εἰς Πειραιᾶ. [76] katébēn khthès eis Peiraiâ. I went down yesterday to Piraeus. Often in narrative it is found mixed with present and imperfect tenses: [77]
For Mycenaean Greek, an ending -de is used to denote an allative, when it is not being used as an enclitic, [1] e.g. te-qa-de, *Tʰēgʷasde, "to Thebes" (Linear B: 𐀳𐀣𐀆). This ending survives into Ancient Greek in words such as Athḗnaze, [2] from accusative Athḗnās + -de.
Nia Vardalos is ready to continue the My Big Fat Greek Wedding story.The actress revealed that she has completed the script for the third movie in the rom-com franchise and hopes to film soon.
Telos (/ ˈ t ɛ l ɒ s, ˈ t iː l ɒ s /; [1] Ancient Greek: τέλος, romanized: télos, lit. 'end, purpose, goal') [2] is a term used by philosopher Aristotle to refer to the final cause of a natural organ or entity, or of human art.
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