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Ancient Greek phonology is the reconstructed phonology or pronunciation of Ancient Greek.This article mostly deals with the pronunciation of the standard Attic dialect of the fifth century BC, used by Plato and other Classical Greek writers, and touches on other dialects spoken at the same time or earlier.
The Ancient Greek pronunciation shown here is a reconstruction of the Attic dialect in the 5th century BC. For other Ancient Greek dialects, such as Doric, Aeolic, or Koine Greek, please use |generic=yes. For a guide to adding IPA characters to Wikipedia articles, see Template:IPA and Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Pronunciation § Entering IPA ...
In Ancient Greek mythology, Olethros / ˈ ɒ l ɪ ˌ θ r ɒ s / (Greek: ὄλεθρος) was the personification of havoc and probably one of the Makhai. [citation needed]Olethros translates roughly in ancient Greek to "destruction", but often with a positive connotation, as in the destruction required for and preceding renewal.
Thalero [pronunciation?] (Greek: Θαλερό) is a village in Corinthia, Greece. [2] It is located 2 kilometers from the Gulf of Corinth, close to the city of Xylokastro.Its original name was Tholero, the water, but it was changed to Thalero, originating from the ancient Greek word “thalos”, which means blooming.
The Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek [1] (Greek: Λεξικό της κοινής Νεοελληνικής) is a monolingual dictionary of Modern Greek published by the Institute of Modern Greek Studies (Manolis Triantafyllidis Foundation) [2] (named after Manolis Triantafyllidis), at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki in 1998.
A second interpretation, not generally accepted, is that the second element is the Greek keros (grain), according to which the name would mean "good grain". [ 7 ] [ dubious – discuss ] Historically, in the ambit of Greek Orthodoxy , the term caloyer is used as a name for a monk or a hermit , in a manner that translates as "brother" or "monk ...
A "learn to pronounce" option was added to the English dictionary in December 2018 which shows how a word is pronounced with its non-phonemic pronunciation respelling and audio in different accents (such as British and American) along with an option to slow the audio down, visemes for pronunciations were also added in April 2019. [23]
These conventions, which originally reflected pronunciation, have carried over into English and other languages with historical orthography, like French. [25] They make it possible to recognize words of Greek origin, and give hints as to their pronunciation and inflection. The romanization of some digraphs is rendered in various ways in English.