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# greek

«greek» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **from or about Greece, a country in southern Europe** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (Greek); noun (a Greek, Greeks; Greek — the language)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Greek means from or about Greece, a country in southern Europe. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/greek/#m1)

2) A Greek is a person from Greece. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/greek/#m2)

3) Greek is the language spoken in Greece; it has its own alphabet (alpha, beta, gamma…). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/greek/#m3)

4) The ancient Greeks lived in Greece long ago and gave the world many ideas in maths, science, theatre and sport. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/greek/#m4)

5) (idiom) «It's all Greek to me» means «I can't understand it at all». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/greek/#m5)

### sense in the lessons

Interpretation: The texts compare Hebrew terms with Greek words and letters. Jews in ancient times lived among Greek speakers and borrowed ideas and sounds from them. In the primary lessons: In history lessons, the ancient Greeks gave us the Olympic Games, democracy and famous mathematicians like Pythagoras. In maths, Greek letters like π (pi) are used. Many English words come from Greek: telephone, geography. Phrases: ancient Greek, Greek myths, It's all Greek to me.

### examples

- Certain translators have preferred to render otyot yesod as 'elemental letters' by analogy with the Greek term. (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/greek/#x1)
- The Hebrew term תֹּהוּ tohu is much more similar in sense to the Greek kháos than it is to English chaos. (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/greek/#x2)
- 33) The aspirating pronunciation of ρ in the Greek, was adopted by the ancient Jews in Palestine for the Hebrew letter ר. (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/greek/#x3)
- The ancient Greeks held the first Olympic Games. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/greek/#x4)
- My friend's family is Greek and speaks Greek at home. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/greek/#x5)
- We read Greek myths about Zeus and Hercules. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/greek/#x6)
- The Greek letter π is used for circles in maths. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/greek/#x7)
- «Geography» comes from Greek words meaning «earth writing». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/greek/#x8)
- This instruction book is all Greek to me! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/greek/#x9)
- We had Greek salad with feta cheese. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/greek/#x10)
- There are a few Greek words in this text. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/greek/#x11)

### note

Always a capital G: Greek. The country is Greece (double e, ending «-ce»); the people and language are Greek. In maths, π (pi) ≈ 3.14 is a Greek letter.

### In the corpora

- [Some people think the golden takin's shining coat inspired the Greek legend of the Golden Fleece.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/378-china-s-mountains-golden-snub-nosed-monkeys-takins-red-crowned-cranes-and-giant-salamanders/12/)
- [Many come from Latin, Greek or French, and grown-ups misspell them too.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/14-words-to-know-years-5-6/1/)
- [The Years 5–6 statutory list in England has about 100 words, many from Latin, Greek or French.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/14-words-to-know-years-5-6/19/)
- [The Earth is about 40,000 km around the equator, and the Greek scholar Eratosthenes estimated this size quite well around 240 BC.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/geography/1-maps-and-scale/14/)
- [Greece is full of mountains and islands, so the Greeks lived in many separate city-states rather than one country.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/history/11-ancient-greece-city-states-athens-and-sparta/5/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «greek» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/greek/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.