corruptedgem's Ancient Greek words

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• ARIAnounAncient Greek63 findersA musical piece written typically for a solo voice with orchestral accompaniment in an opera or cantata.
• CHOLERnounAncient Greek101 findersYellow bile.
• DAISnounAncient Greek171 findersA raised platform in a room for a high table, a seat of honour, a throne, or other dignified occupancy, such as ancestral statues; a similar platform supporting a lectern, pulpit,
• DIAPHANOUSadjectiveAncient Greek373 findersTransparent or translucent; allowing light to pass through; capable of being seen through.
• DIASPORAnounAncient Greek247 findersThe dispersion of a group in a manner comparable to that of the Jews among the Gentiles after the Babylonian captivity (6th century BCE).
• DIOCESEnounAncient Greek108 findersAn administrative division of the later Roman Empire, established by the Herodian tetrarchy.
• DIPTYCHnounAncient Greek235 findersA writing tablet consisting of two leaves of rigid material connected by hinges and shutting together so as to protect the writing within.
• DYNASTnounAncient Greek51 findersA ruler or governor, especially a hereditary ruler or someone who founded or is part of a dynasty.
• LOBUSnounAncient Greek7 findersA lobe.
• LYCEUMnounAncient Greek72 findersA public hall designed for lectures, readings, or concerts.
• MEANDERnounAncient Greek406 findersOne of the turns of a winding, crooked, or involved course.
• OLIGARCHnounAncient Greek142 findersA member of an oligarchy; someone who is part of a small group that runs a country.
• OLIGARCHYnounAncient Greek238 findersA government run by and for only a few, often the aristocracy, the wealthy, or their friends and associates.
• PATHOGENnounAncient Greek48 findersAn agent that can cause disease, especially an infectious microorganism, such as a bacterium, virus, protozoon or fungus.
• PATHOLOGICadjectiveAncient Greek130 findersCaused by or related to disease, pathology.
• PHYLUMnounAncient Greek588 findersA rank in the classification of organisms, below kingdom and above class; also called a divisio or a division, especially in describing plants; a taxon at that rank
• PLINTHnounAncient Greek407 findersA block or slab upon which a column, pedestal, statue or other structure is based.
• PTARMICnounAncient Greek37 findersA substance, such as pepper or snuff, that causes sneezing.
• PTOMAINEnounAncient Greek84 findersAny of various amines formed by putrefactive bacteria.
• PTYXISnounAncient Greek42 findersThe way in which an individual leaf is folded in the bud.
• RHEUMnounAncient Greek114 findersThin or watery discharge of mucus or serum, especially from the eyes or nose, formerly thought to cause disease.
• SYCOPHANTnounAncient Greek549 findersOne who uses obsequious compliments to gain self-serving favour or advantage from another; a servile flatterer.
• TRIADnounAncient Greek139 findersA grouping of three.

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