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  1. Aug 8, 2012 · A comprehensive Greek-English Dictionary, D. J. Georgacas, which presents the definitions, register, history and etymology for every word.

  2. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Ad_astraAd astra - Wikipedia

    Ad astra is a Latin phrase meaning "to the stars". The phrase has origins with Virgil, who wrote in his Aeneid: "sic itur ad astra" ('thus one journeys to the stars') [1] and "opta ardua pennis astra sequi" ('desire to pursue the high[/hard to reach] stars on wings'). [2]

  3. ad kalendas graecas: at the Greek Calends: i.e., "when pigs fly". Attributed by Suetonius in The Twelve Caesars to Augustus. The Calends were specific days of the Roman calendar, not of the Greek, and so the "Greek Kalends" would never occur. ad libitum (ad lib) toward pleasure: i.e, "according to what pleases" or "as you wish".

  4. Greek-English word-list containing about 1000 most common Greek words, so arranged as to be most easily learned and remembered, by Robert Baird (1893) • Greek and English Lexicon by James Donnegan (1840)

  5. The Brill Dictionary of Ancient Greek is the English translation of Franco Montanari’s Vocabolario della Lingua Greca, published by Loescher. With an established reputation as the most important modern dictionary for Ancient Greek, it brings together 140,000 headwords taken from the literature, papyri,

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  6. Aug 18, 2023 · From ad (“to”) + astra (“stars, heaven”, acc. pl.) as a metaphor for immortality and eternal glory.

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  8. The Liddell, Scott, Jones Ancient Greek Lexicon (LSJ) is perhaps the best known Ancient Greek-English dictionary. Here you can find a wiki implementation aiming to massively improve upon the dictionary resources in numerous ways like adding missing translations and expanding lexicographical shorthand into clarity among others.

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