Foundations of Ancient Greek Philosophy

Core Ancient Greek terms for ethics, knowledge, nature, politics, and metaphysics. Forms use polytonic Greek and target Ancient Greek lexemes, not modern transliterations.

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30 words

Ancient Greek · Experimental / limited support

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			Sense and definition
ἀρετή	Ancient Greek Experimental / limited support	NOUN	Sense 1 of 11 goodness, excellence
εὐδαιμονία	Ancient Greek Experimental / limited support	NOUN	Sense 2 of 3 true, full happiness
λόγος	Ancient Greek Experimental / limited support	NOUN	No sense selected No definition is shown: the meaning this list is about spans several of this word’s 64 senses, so no one of them is it.
ψυχή	Ancient Greek Experimental / limited support	NOUN	Sense 4 of 17 soul
φύσις	Ancient Greek Experimental / limited support	NOUN	No sense selected No definition is shown: the meaning this list is about spans several of this word’s 22 senses, so no one of them is it.
νόμος	Ancient Greek Experimental / limited support	NOUN	No sense selected No definition is shown: the meaning this list is about spans several of this word’s 11 senses, so no one of them is it.
ἔθος	Ancient Greek Experimental / limited support	NOUN	Sense 1 of 1 custom, habit
σοφία	Ancient Greek Experimental / limited support	NOUN	Sense 3 of 5 learning, wisdom
φρόνησις	Ancient Greek Experimental / limited support	NOUN	Sense 6 of 7 practical wisdom, prudence in government and affairs
ἐπιστήμη	Ancient Greek Experimental / limited support	NOUN	Sense 3 of 4 knowledge
τέχνη	Ancient Greek Experimental / limited support	NOUN	No sense selected No definition is shown: the meaning this list is about spans several of this word’s 8 senses, so no one of them is it.
δόξα	Ancient Greek Experimental / limited support	NOUN	Sense 2 of 9 notion, opinion, judgement
ἀλήθεια	Ancient Greek Experimental / limited support	NOUN	Sense 2 of 9 truth
γένεσις	Ancient Greek Experimental / limited support	NOUN	Sense 4 of 11 production, generation, coming into being
κίνησις	Ancient Greek Experimental / limited support	NOUN	No sense selected No definition is shown: the meaning this list is about spans several of this word’s 9 senses, so no one of them is it.
τέλος	Ancient Greek Experimental / limited support	NOUN	No sense selected No definition is shown: the meaning this list is about spans several of this word’s 30 senses, so no one of them is it.
αἰτία	Ancient Greek Experimental / limited support	NOUN	Sense 5 of 8 cause
ὕλη	Ancient Greek Experimental / limited support	NOUN	Sense 4 of 10 matter
μορφή	Ancient Greek Experimental / limited support	NOUN	Sense 1 of 3 form, shape
εἶδος	Ancient Greek Experimental / limited support	NOUN	No sense selected No definition is shown: the meaning this list is about spans several of this word’s 10 senses, so no one of them is it.
δύναμις	Ancient Greek Experimental / limited support	NOUN	No sense selected No definition is shown: the meaning this list is about spans several of this word’s 26 senses, so no one of them is it.
ἐνέργεια	Ancient Greek Experimental / limited support	NOUN	No sense selected No definition is shown: the meaning this list is about spans several of this word’s 7 senses, so no one of them is it.
πάθος	Ancient Greek Experimental / limited support	NOUN	No sense selected No definition is shown: the meaning this list is about spans several of this word’s 13 senses, so no one of them is it.
ἡδονή	Ancient Greek Experimental / limited support	NOUN	Sense 1 of 4 enjoyment, pleasure
δικαιοσύνη	Ancient Greek Experimental / limited support	NOUN	Sense 1 of 6 righteousness, justice
πολιτεία	Ancient Greek Experimental / limited support	NOUN	No sense selected No definition is shown: the meaning this list is about spans several of this word’s 8 senses, so no one of them is it.
ἀπορία	Ancient Greek Experimental / limited support	NOUN	No sense selected No definition is shown: the meaning this list is about spans several of this word’s 8 senses, so no one of them is it.