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Pages in category "Greek masculine given names" The following 141 pages are in this category, out of 141 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Acamas;
Cyril of Alexandria (c. 376 – 444), Patriarch of Alexandria. Cyril the Philosopher (826–869), co-invented the Slavic alphabet (Glagolitic) and translated the Bible into Old Church Slavonic; namesake of the Cyrillic alphabet. Pope Cyril II of Alexandria, reigned 1078–1092. Greek Patriarch Cyril II of Alexandria, reigned in the 12th century.
The Greek alphabet has been used to write the Greek language since the late 9th or early 8th century BC. [3] [4] It was derived from the earlier Phoenician alphabet, [5] and is the earliest known alphabetic script to have developed distinct letters for vowels as well as consonants. [6]
The binomial name often reflects limited knowledge or hearsay about a species at the time it was named. For instance Pan troglodytes, the chimpanzee, and Troglodytes troglodytes, the wren, are not necessarily cave-dwellers. Sometimes a genus name or specific descriptor is simply the Latin or Greek name for the animal (e.g. Canis is Latin for ...
History. Ancient Greeks generally had a single name, often qualified with a patronymic, a clan or tribe, or a place of origin. Married women were identified by the name of their husbands, not their fathers. Hereditary family names or surnames began to be used by elites in the Byzantine period. Well into the 9th century, they were rare.
The study of ancient Greek personal names is a branch of onomastics, the study of names, [1] and more specifically of anthroponomastics, the study of names of persons.There are hundreds of thousands and even millions of individuals whose Greek name are on record; they are thus an important resource for any general study of naming, as well as for the study of ancient Greece itself.
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Eta with acute and smooth breathing. Archaic letter denoting the absence of /h/ prior to the vowel, with a high pitch on a short vowel or rising pitch on a long vowel. Ἢἢ. Eta with grave and smooth breathing. Archaic letter denoting the absence of /h/ prior to the vowel, with a normal or low pitch. Ἦἦ.