Greek–English dictionary

απόδοση

(logic, grammar) The consequential clause in a conditional sentence. · apodosi

αποδοχή

(uncountable) The act of accepting; the receiving of something offered, with acquiescence, approbation, or satisfaction; especially, favourable reception; approval. · apodochi

απόδραση

The act of leaving a dangerous or unpleasant situation. · apodrasi

αποδυνάμωση

An instance or process of loss of strength. · apodynamosi

αποδυτήριο

A room in a church where the clergy put on their vestments and where these are stored; also used for meetings and classes; a sacristy. · apodytirio

αποενοποιώ

To split something into a number of component parts. · apoenopoio

αποζημίωση

A recompense or reward for service. · apozimiosi

αποζούδι

The youngest child of a family. · apozoudi

αποθαλασσία

A long series of ocean waves, generally produced by wind, and lasting after the wind has ceased. · apothalassia

αποθαρρυμένος

(figuratively) Despondent; dispirited, downcast. · apotharrymenos

αποθάρρυνση

(archaic) Dejection or depression; something that spoils a positive emotion (such as enjoyment, satisfaction, expectation or courage) or a desired activity. · apotharrynsi

αποθαρρυντικός

That causes discouragement. · apotharrydikos

αποθαρρύνω

(transitive) To extinguish the courage of; to dishearten; to depress the spirits of; to deprive of confidence; to deject. · apotharryno

απόθεμα

A sum or source of money. · apothema

αποθεματικό

(finance, insurance) Funds kept on hand to meet planned or unplanned financial requirements. · apothematiko

αποθεματικός

Held in reserve for exceptional circumstances. · apothematikos

αποθετήριο

A location for storage, often for safety or preservation. · apothetirio

αποθετικό

(grammar) A deponent verb. · apothetiko

αποθετικός

(grammar, of a verb) Having an active meaning, but conjugating as though it were being used with a different voice (such as the passive). · apothetikos

αποθηκεύω

(transitive) To store in a warehouse or similar. · apothikevo

αποθήκη

A location for storage, often for safety or preservation. · apothiki

αποθήκη τροφίμων

A small room, closet, or cabinet usually located in or near the kitchen, dedicated to shelf-stable food storage or storing kitchenware, like a larder, but smaller. · apothiki trofimon

αποθησαυρίζω

(transitive) To amass, usually for one's own private collection. · apothisavrizo

αποθησαυριστής

(literal) One who, or that which, accumulates. · apothisavristis

αποθνήσκω

(intransitive) To stop living; to become dead; to undergo death. · apothnisko

αποικιακός

Of or pertaining to a period when a country or territory was a colony. · apoikiakos

αποικιοκρατία

The policy of a country seeking to extend or retain its authority over other people or territories, generally with the aim of economic dominance. · apoikiokratia

αποικιοκρατικός

Of or pertaining to colonialism. · apoikiokratikos

αποικιοποίηση

The process of establishing a colony. · apoikiopoiisi

αποικισμός

The policy of a country seeking to extend or retain its authority over other people or territories, generally with the aim of economic dominance. · apoikismos

άποικος

Someone who settles in a new location, especially one who takes up residence in a previously uninhabited place; a colonist. · apoikos

αποκαθιστώ

(transitive) To give or bring back (that which has been lost or taken); to bring back to the owner; to replace. · apokathisto

αποκαλυπτήρια

A ceremony for the first public showing of something. · apokalyptiria

αποκαλυπτικός

(of, clothing) Allowing more than is usual to be seen. · apokalyptikos

αποκαλύπτω

(transitive, now, rare) To expose, uncover. · apokalypto

Αποκάλυψη

(biblical) The final book of the New Testament of the Bible. · Apokalypsi

αποκαλώ

To state, or estimate, approximately or loosely; to characterize without strict regard to fact. · apokalo

αποκαρδιώνω

To destroy the morale of; to dishearten. · apokardiono

αποκατάσταση

(especially, religion, rare) An apocalypse leading to the remaking of the world rather than a Final Judgment, (Christianity) an Origenist doctrine condemned by the 543 C.E. Synod of Constantinople. · apokatastasi

αποκάτω

On or to a lower storey. · apokato

αποκεφαλίζω

(transitive) To deliberately remove the head of; to cut off (someone's) head. · apokefalizo

αποκεφαλισμός

An instance of a person being beheaded. · apokefalismos

αποκεφαλιστής

An executioner whose method of dispatching the condemned is decapitation. · apokefalistis

αποκήρυξη

A public disavowal, as of responsibility, pretensions, claims, opinions, etc. · apokiryxi

αποκηρύσσω

(transitive, obsolete) To cast out; to banish; to expel; to reject. [Attested from the mid 16th century until the mid 17th century.] · apokirysso

αποκλεισμός

(by extension) Any form of formal isolation or inhibition of something, especially with the force of law or arms. · apokleismos

αποκλειστικά

(focus) to the exclusion of anything or anyone else; solely or entirely · apokleistika

αποκλειστικός

Used or intended for a particular purpose · apokleistikos

αποκλειστικότητα

The quality of being exclusive. · apokleistikotita

αποκλείω

(transitive) To create a blockade against. · apokleio

αποκληρώνω

(transitive) To exclude from inheritance; to disown. · apoklirono

αποκλίνουσα

(mathematics) (said of a sequence or series) Diverging; not approaching a limit. · apoklinousa

αποκλίνω

(intransitive, figuratively, of interests, opinions, or anything else) To become different; to run apart; to separate; to tend into different directions. · apoklino

απόκλιση

The state or result of having deviated; a transgression; an act of sin; an error; an offense. · apoklisi

αποκόβομαι

(intransitive) Of a person, to become detached or withdrawn. · apokovomai

αποκοιμισμένος

In a state of sleep; also, broadly, resting. · apokoimismenos

αποκομίζω

(transitive) To win, achieve a gain. · apokomizo

απόκομμα

A section of a ticket, showing the holder to be entitled to some specified accommodation or service, as to a passage over a designated line of travel, a particular seat in a theater, a discount, etc. · apokomma

αποκοπή

(loosely) The loss or omission of a sound or syllable from the end of a word. · apokopi

αποκορύφωμα

(figuratively) The moment of greatest success, expansion, etc. · apokoryfoma

απόκοσμος

Of, concerned with, or preoccupied with a world different from the tangible world, especially a fantasy, imaginary, or mystical world. · apokosmos

αποκούμπι

Part of the seat of a chair that is designed to support the arm. · apokoubi

αποκρατικοποιώ

(transitive) To transfer the control and ownership of an industry from government to private hands; to privatize. · apokratikopoio

απόκρημνος

Extremely steep or craggy as if broken up; precipitous. [First attested in the early 17th century.] · apokrimnos

απόκριες

A festive occasion marked by parades and sometimes special foods and other entertainment. · apokries

αποκρίνομαι

To be or act in conformity, or by way of accommodation, correspondence, relation, or proportion; to conform; to correspond; to suit; usually with to. · apokrinomai

απόκριση

A response or reply; something said or done in reaction to a statement or question. · apokrisi

αποκριτικός

Answering, replying or responding · apokritikos

απόκρουση

(legal) A document filed in response to a complaint, responding to each point raised in the complaint and raising counterpoints. · apokrousi

αποκρουστικός

Detestable, hateful, or odious. (Often used in cases of perceived unfairness, or when facing a difficult situation or choice — especially in the phrase invidious position.) · apokroustikos

αποκρούω

(legal) To file a document in response to a complaint. · apokrouo

αποκρυπτογράφηση

The process reversing an encryption, i.e. the process which converts encrypted data into its original form. · apokryptografisi

αποκρυπτογράφιση

The analysis of documents written in ancient languages, where the language is unknown, or knowledge of the language has been lost. · apokryptografisi

αποκρυπτογραφώ

To convert from an encrypted form to plain text. · apokryptografo

αποκρύπτω

(transitive) To hide something from view or from public knowledge, to try to keep something secret. · apokrypto

απόκρυφος

Understood by only a few. · apokryfos

απόκρυψη

The act of concealing the truth; hypocrisy or deception. · apokrypsi

απόκτημα

Something that is owned. · apoktima

αποκτώ

(transitive) To acquire possession of. · apokto

αποκύημα

A fabrication, fantasy, invention; something fictitious. · apokyima

αποκύρηξη

The act of rejecting or renouncing something as invalid. · apokyrixi

αποκωδικογραφώ

To convert from an encrypted form to plain text. · apokodikografo

αποκωδικοποιητής

A device that decodes a scrambled electronic signal e.g. of a satellite television signal · apokodikopoiitis

αποκωδικοποιώ

To convert from an encrypted form to plain text. · apokodikopoio

απολαμβάνω

(transitive) To receive pleasure or satisfaction from something. · apolamvano

απόλαυση

Something in which someone indulges. · apolafsi

απολεπίζω

(colloquial) To prove unreliable or impractical; to abandon or desert, to fail to follow through. · apolepizo

απολεπτύνομαι

(ambitransitive) To diminish gradually. · apoleptynomai

απολέπτυνση

A cone-shaped item for stretching the hole for an ear gauge (piercing). · apoleptynsi

απολίνωση

(surgery) The act of tying off or sealing a blood vessel, fallopian tube, etc during surgery; act of ligating. · apolinosi

απολίτιστος

(derogatory) Someone from a developing country or backward culture. · apolitistos

Απόλλων

(astronomy) An asteroid possessing an orbit that crosses the orbit of the Earth and an orbital period of over one year, with semimajor axes greater than 1 AU, and perihelion distances less than 1.017 AU. · Apollon

Απόλλωνας

(Greek god, Roman god) The son of Zeus and Leto (or Jupiter and Latona), and the twin brother of Artemis (or Diana). He was the god of light, music, medicine, and poetry; and prophecy, dance, manly beauty, and more. · Apollonas

απολλώνειος

(science fiction) A native of the planet Apollo. · apolloneios

απολλώνιος

Clear, harmonious, and restrained. · apollonios

απολόγηση

(countable) A reason, explanation, or excuse which someone believes provides convincing, morally acceptable support for behavior or for a belief or occurrence. · apologisi

απολογητική

The field of study concerned with the systematic defense of a position, or of religious or occult doctrines. · apologitiki

απολογητικός

Having the character of apology; regretfully excusing. · apologitikos

απολογία

A formal justification, defence. · apologia

απολυμαίνω

To sterilize by the use of cleaning agent. · apolymaino

απολυμαντικό

A substance that kills germs or viruses. · apolymadiko

απολυμαντικός

Serving to kill germs or viruses. · apolymadikos

απόλυση

(informal, with "the") Termination, especially from employment; the sack. · apolysi

απολυταρχία

(political science, sociology) The principles or practice of absolute or arbitrary government; Synonym of despotism. [First attested in the early 19th century.] · apolytarchia

απολυταρχικός

Of, or relating to, or exhibiting strict obedience to an authority; favoring authoritarianism over civic and individual liberties. · apolytarchikos

απόλυτο

In Greek: one of the degrees of comparison in an adjective that stresses an exceptional property without making a direct comparison, its closest equivalent in English being a most important letter, a very high mountain or absolutely pure water. It is formed by adding the suffix -τατος (declined) to the adjective's nominative, neuter singular. · apolyto

απολυτοκρατία

(philosophy) Belief in a metaphysical absolute; belief in Absolute. [First attested in the late 19th century.] · apolytokratia

απόλυτος

Free of restrictions, limitations, qualifications or conditions; unconditional. [first attested in the late 1400s] · apolytos

απόλυτος αριθμός

(math) Ellipsis of cardinal number, a number indicating quantity, or the size of a set (e.g., 0, 1, 2, 3). (See Cardinal_number.) · apolytos arithmos

απολυτότητα

(theology) Doctrine of preordination; doctrine of absolute decrees; doctrine that God acts in an absolute manner. [First attested in the mid 18th century.] · apolytotita

απολύω

(military) To release (a member of the armed forces) from service. · apolyo

απομαγνητοφώνηση

A written version of what was said orally · apomagnitofonisi

απόμακρος

Emotionally unresponsive or unwilling to express genuine feelings. · apomakros

απομακρύνομαι

To set oneself at a distance from someone or something else; to move away from someone or something. · apomakrynomai

απομάκρυνση

(obsolete) The act of becoming vacant, or the state of being vacant, specifically used for the state of a benefice becoming void by the death, deprivation, or resignation of the incumbent. · apomakrynsi

απομακρυσμένος

introverted, liking privacy and seclusion. · apomakrysmenos

απομεινάρι

That which remains; that which is left after loss or decay; a remaining portion. · apomeinari

απομείωση

(accounting) A downward revaluation, a write-down. · apomeiosi

απόμερος

Hidden, isolated, remote. · apomeros

απομνημονεύματα

A biography; a book describing the experiences of a subject from personal knowledge of the subject or from sources with personal knowledge of the subject. · apomnimonevmata

απομνημονεύω

To fully learn so as to have entirely available to the memory; to learn by heart, commit to memory. · apomnimonevo

απομονωμένος

Placed or standing apart or alone; in isolation. · apomonomenos

απομονώνω

(transitive) To isolate. · apomonono

απομόνωση

(medicine) The separation of a patient, suffering from a contagious disease, from contact with others (compare: quarantine) · apomonosi

απομυζώ

(transitive, figurative) To make excessive use of (a particular point in speech or writing, a source of funds, etc.); to exploit; to take advantage of (something). · apomyzo

απονέμω

(intransitive) To determine; to make or grant an award. · aponemo

απονόνωση

(chemistry) The obtaining of an element from one of its compounds, or of a compound from a mixture · apononosi

άπονος

Free from pain; without pain or trouble. · aponos

αποξενώνω

To cause one to feel unable to relate. · apoxenono

απόξεση

The act of abrading, wearing, or rubbing off; the wearing away by friction. [First attested in the mid 17th century.] · apoxesi

απόξεσμα

Something removed by being scraped. · apoxesma

αποξηραμένο δαμάσκηνο

The dried, wrinkled fruit of certain species of plum. · apoxirameno damaskino

αποξύνομαι

(ambitransitive) To diminish gradually. · apoxynomai

αποξύρηση

(geology) The effect of mechanical erosion of rock, especially a river bed, by rock fragments scratching and scraping it. [First attested in the mid 19th century.] · apoxyrisi

απόξυσμα

Something removed by being scraped. · apoxysma

αποπαίρνω

(transitive) To bully in an intimidating, bossy, or supercilious way. · apopairno

απόπατος

(North America) An outbuilding, typically permanent, containing a toilet or seat over a cesspit. · apopatos

απόπειρα

The action of trying at something. [1530] · apopeira

αποπειρώμαι

(archaic) To attack; to make an effort or attack upon; to try to take by force. · apopeiromai

αποπλάνηση

The act of seducing. · apoplanisi

αποπλανώ

(transitive) To entice or induce (someone) to engage in a sexual relationship. [1550s] · apoplano

αποπληθωρισμός

(economics) A decrease in the general price level, that is, in the nominal cost of goods and services as well as wages. · apoplithorismos

αποπληξία

(symptom) Gross hemorrhage into a cavity or into the substance of an organ. · apoplixia

αποπληρώ

(transitive) To compensate for, or make up a deficiency of. · apopliro

αποπληρώνω

(transitive) To pay back; to repay. · apoplirono

αποπνικτικός

(weather) Hot and humid; sweltering. [from late 16th c.] · apopniktikos

αποποίηση

A public disavowal, as of responsibility, pretensions, claims, opinions, etc. · apopoiisi

αποποινικοποιώ

(transitive) To change the laws so something is no longer a crime. · apopoinikopoio

αποποιούμαι

(transitive) To surrender, renounce or relinquish, as sovereign power; to withdraw definitely from filling or exercising, as a high office, station, dignity; to fail to fulfill responsibility for. [from mid 17th c.] · apopoioumai

απόρθητος

(military) Of a fortress or other fortified place: able to withstand all attacks; impenetrable, inconquerable, unvanquishable. · aporthitos