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The Greek–Spanish Dictionary (DGE) [1] is a recent link in the long chain of European lexicographical tradition of general dictionaries of Ancient Greek, the first of which could be considered the Thesaurus Graecae Linguae of Henri Estienne (a.k.a. Henricus Stephanus, Paris, 1572).
The term man (from Proto-Germanic *mann-"person") and words derived from it can designate any or even all of the human race regardless of their sex or age. In traditional usage, man (without an article) itself refers to the species or to humanity (mankind) as a whole. The Germanic word developed into Old English mann. In Old English, the word ...
Damian (also spelled Damien, Daymian, Daman, Damon, Daemon, Damion, Daymein, Damyean, Damiano, Demian, دامیان, Damião amongst others) is a given name that comes from Damianus, which is the latinisation of the Greek name Δαμιανός (Damianos), derived from the Greek word δαμάζω (damazō), "(I) conquer, master, overcome, tame", in the form of δαμάω/-ῶ (damaō), a form ...
calé — a Romani person; from Caló ' Romani, speaker of Romani ', see caló below. caló — Caló language, also black, dark-colored; the word is possibly related to Sanskrit kanlanka ' blemish, macula ' and/or Ancient Greek kelainós ' black '.
Eustace, also rendered Eustis, (/ ˈ juː s t ɪ s / YOOS-tis) is the rendition in English of two phonetically similar Greek given names: . Εὔσταχυς (Eústachys) meaning "fruitful", "fecund"; [1] literally "abundant in grain"; its Latin equivalents are Fæcundus/Fecundus
As a Greek name, Spiro may also be spelled Spyro.It comes from the Greek Spiros/Spyros/Speros (Greek: Σπύρος, Greek pronunciation:), a shortened form of the archaic-sounding Spyridon (Greek: Σπυρίδων, Greek pronunciation: [spiˈriðon]), which means "basket used to carry seeds" (from σπυρί, grain, seed) in ancient Greek.
Manuel is a masculine given name originating in the Hebrew name Immanuel (עִמָּנוּאֵל ), which means "God with us." [1] [better source needed] It was reportedly brought from the Byzantine Empire (as Μανουήλ) to Western Europe, mainly Germany, Portugal and Spain, where it has been used since at least the 13th century. [2]
The literate upper classes of Ancient Rome were increasingly Hellenized in their culture during the 3rd century BC. [6] [7] [8]Emperor Julian. Among Romans the career of Titus Quinctius Flamininus (died 174 BC), who appeared at the Isthmian Games in Corinth in 196 BC and proclaimed the freedom of the Greek states, was fluent in Greek, stood out, according to Livy, as a great admirer of Greek ...