Connected word reference

Ancient Greek words and connected roots

Explore 98 selected Ancient Greek words with curated root connections. The interactive app contains the full dictionary.

• αἷμα

  blood

• ἀμφί

  [with genitive]

• ἀνά

  [with genitive] (rare) on board

• ἄνθρωπος

  human being; person (as differentiated from gods, beasts, etc.)

• ἀντί

  over against, opposite

• ἀρχή

  beginning, origin

• ἀστήρ

  a celestial body (star, planet or other visible celestial object)

• αὐτός

  self

• βάλλω

  to throw, cast, hurl

• βιβλίον

  strip of papyrus

• βίος

  life (often with a positive connotation: the good life)

• γένος

  race, stock, kin

• γῆ

  earth; land

• γλῶττα

  tongue, language

• γνῶσις

  inquiry

• γράφω

  to scratch, cut into

• δένδρον

  tree

• δέρμα

  skin, hide

• δῆμος

  district, country, land

• διά

  [with genitive]

• δόξα

  expectation

• δρᾶμα

  a deed, act

• δύναμις

  power, might, strength

• ἐκ

  Out of, from

• ἐν

  (with dative) in; on; at; (with dative plural) among

• ἐπί

  [with genitive]

• ἔργον

  work, labour, task

• ἕτερος

  one or the other of two

• εὖ

  well

• ζῷον

  animal, beast

• ἥλιος

  sun

• θεός

  a deity; a god

• θερμός

  warm, hot, boiling, glowing

• ἰατρός

  physician; surgeon; medical doctor

• ἴσος

  equal (to); equivalent (to); consistent (to); agreement (to)

• καρδία

  heart (as the source of emotion, love, etc.)

• κατά

  [with genitive]

• κεφαλή

  head

• κινέω

  to set in motion; to move; to remove

• κόσμος

  order

• κράτος

  might; strength

• κρίνω

  to separate, divide, part, distinguish between two things or people or among a group of things or people

• λέξις

  a saying, speech

• λίθος

  a stone

• λόγος

  that which is said: word, sentence, speech, story, debate, utterance, argument

• λύω

  to loose; to loosen; to untie

• μάθημα

  something that is learned: a lesson

• μακρός

  long

• μανία

  madness, frenzy, enthusiasm

• μέγας

  big; large

• μετά

  [with genitive]

• μέτρον

  something used to measure: measure, rule, weight

• μικρός

  little, small

• μόνος

  alone, forsaken, solitary

• μορφή

  shape, form

• ναύτης

  sailor; seaman

• νέος

  young

• νόμος

  usage; custom

• ὀδούς

  tooth; tusk

• ὁμός

  same, common, joint

• ὄνομα

  name

• ὄψις

  view

• πάθος

  pain, suffering, death

• παλαιός

  old; aged

• παρά

  [with genitive]

• πᾶς

  all, every, whole

• περί

  [with genitive]

• πόλις

  city

• πολύς

  many, a lot of

• πούς

  foot

• πρό

  before

• πρῶτος

  first

• πῦρ

  a fire

• σελήνη

  moon

• σκοπέω

  to look, look at, behold; examine, inspect

• σοφία

  skill in a craft or art

• στάσις

  a standing, placing, setting

• σύν

  beside; with

• σῶμα

  body (both that of people and animals)

• τέχνη

  craft, skill, trade