greek

Definitions


[ɡriːk], (Adjective)

Definitions:
- relating to Greece, its people, or their language
(e.g: they sailed around the Greek islands)


Phrases:
- beware of Greeks bearing gifts
- it's all Greek to me

Origin:
Old English Grēcas ‘the Greeks’, from Latin Graeci, the name given by the Romans to the people who called themselves the Hellenes, from Greek Graikoi, which according to Aristotle was the prehistoric name of the Hellenes


[ɡriːk], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a native or inhabitant of modern Greece, or a person of Greek descent
(e.g: the subject is an emotional one for many Greeks)

- the ancient or modern language of Greece, the only representative of the Hellenic branch of the Indo-European family

- a member of a fraternity or sorority having a Greek-letter name


Phrases:
- beware of Greeks bearing gifts
- it's all Greek to me

Origin:
Old English Grēcas ‘the Greeks’, from Latin Graeci, the name given by the Romans to the people who called themselves the Hellenes, from Greek Graikoi, which according to Aristotle was the prehistoric name of the Hellenes




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