Greek–English dictionary

εισερχόμενα

(computing) An electronic folder serving the same purpose, but for electronic files, especially email. · eiserchomena

εισερχόμενος

Coming in, heading inwards · eiserchomenos

εισηγητής

A person who settles a dispute. · eisigitis

εισιτήριο

A citation for a traffic violation. · eisitirio

εισόδημα

Money one earns by working or by capitalising on the work of others. · eisodima

είσοδος

(uncountable) The right to go in. · eisodos

εισπνέω

(intransitive) To draw air into the lungs, through the nose or mouth by action of the diaphragm. · eispneo

εισπνοή

(physiology, uncountable) The drawing of air into the lungs, accomplished in mammals by elevation of the chest walls and flattening of the diaphragm, as part of the act of breathing. · eispnoi

εισπράκτορας

(rail transport) A person who takes tickets on public transportation and also helps passengers. · eispraktoras

εισροή

Anything which flows in or into. · eisroi

εισφορά

A voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause. · eisfora

εισχωρώ

(transitive) To cause to extend from a surface or boundary; to cause to stick out. · eischoro

είτε

Each of two; both. [from 9th c.] · eite

είτε ... είτε

Introduces the first of two (or occasionally more) options or possibilities, the second (or last) of which is introduced by “or”. · eite ... eite

εκ μητρός

Related through the mother, or her side of the family. · ek mitros

εκ νέου

(literary, poetic, _, or, _, formal, especially) Again, once more; afresh, in a new way, newly. · ek neou

εκ του νόμου

Legal; justified by right or by law, especially when in name only. · ek tou nomou

εκ των πραγμάτων

In actual use or existence, regardless of official or legal status. · ek ton pragmaton

εκ των προτέρων

(logic) In a way based on theoretical deduction rather than empirical observation. · ek ton proteron

εκα

Used to form cardinal numbers from thirteen to nineteen. · eka

έκαστος

All; every; qualifying a singular noun, indicating all examples of the thing so named seen as individual or separate items (compare every). · ekastos

Εκάτη

(Greek mythology) A powerful goddess of magic, crossroads, fire, light, the moon, and the underworld. Her Roman counterpart is Trivia. · Ekati

εκατό

A numerical value equal to 100 (102), occurring after ninety-nine. · ekato

εκατόμβη

Death and destruction. · ekatomvi

εκατομμύριο

(long scale, and, short scale) The cardinal number 1 000 000: 106; a thousand thousand. · ekatommyrio

εκατομμυριούχος

Somebody whose wealth is at least one million (106) currency units. · ekatommyriouchos

εκατόν

A numerical value equal to 100 (102), occurring after ninety-nine. · ekaton

εκατονταετηρίδα

The hundredth anniversary of an event or happening. · ekatodaetirida

εκατονταετής

One who or that which is at least 100 years old. · ekatodaetis

εκατονταετία

A period of one hundred consecutive years; often specifically a numbered period with conventional start and end dates, e.g., the twentieth century, which stretches from (strictly) 1901 through 2000, or (informally) 1900 through 1999. The first century AD was from 1 to 100. · ekatodaetia

εκατονταρχία

A unit in ancient Roman army, originally of one hundred army soldiers as part of a cohort, later of more varied sizes (but typically containing sixty to seventy or eighty) soldiers or other men (guards, police, firemen), commanded by a centurion. · ekatodarchia

εκατόνταρχος

(historical) An officer of the ancient Roman army, in command of a century of soldiers. · ekatodarchos

εκατοστιαία αναλογία

The amount, number or rate of something, regarded as part of a total of 100; a part of a whole. · ekatostiaia analogia

εκατοστό

One of a hundred equal parts of a whole. · ekatosto

εκατοστόμετρο

(metrology) An SI unit of length equal to 10−2 metres. Symbol: cm · ekatostometro

εκατοστός

The ordinal form of the number one hundred. · ekatostos

έκβαση

(narratology) The dramatic event that initiates the resolution of the plot; the dénouement. · ekvasi

εκβιάζω

(Kenya) To speak ill of someone; to defame someone. · ekviazo

εκβιασμός

The extortion of money or favors by threats of public accusation, critique, or exposure. · ekviasmos

εκβιαστής

Someone who extorts; an extortioner. · ekviastis

εκβιάστρια

Someone who extorts; an extortioner. · ekviastria

εκβολές

The end of a river out of which water flows into a sea or other large body of water; or the end of a tributary out of which water flows into a larger river. · ekvoles

εκβολή

(hydrology) The volume of water transported by a river in a certain amount of time, usually in units of m3/s (cubic meters per second). · ekvoli

εκδήλωση

The act or process of becoming manifest. · ekdilosi

εκδημοκρατίζω

(narrowly) To make democratic. · ekdimokratizo

εκδίδω

(transitive) To remove a person from one state to another by legal process. · ekdido

εκδίδω λογαριασμό

(transitive) To charge; to send a bill to. · ekdido logariasmo

εκδίδω τιμολόγιο

(transitive) To charge; to send a bill to. · ekdido timologio

εκδίκαση

A judgment or sentence. · ekdikasi

εκδίκηση

Any form of personal, retaliatory action against an individual, institution, or group for some alleged or perceived harm or injustice. · ekdikisi

εκδικητής

One who avenges or vindicates. · ekdikitis

εκδικήτρια

One who avenges or vindicates. · ekdikitria

εκδικούμαι

(transitive) To take vengeance (for); to exact satisfaction for by punishing the injuring party; to vindicate by inflicting pain or evil on a wrongdoer. · ekdikoumai

εκδορά

(medicine) A superficial wound caused by scraping; an area of skin where the cells on the surface have been scraped or worn away. [First attested in the mid 20th century.] · ekdora

έκδοση

The whole number of copies of a work printed and published at one time. · ekdosi

εκδότης

(banking) One who writes a bank draft, check/cheque, or promissory note. · ekdotis

εκδότρια

(banking) One who writes a bank draft, check/cheque, or promissory note. · ekdotria

εκδοχή

(computing) A particular revision (of software, firmware, CPU, etc.). · ekdochi

εκδρομή

A brief recreational trip; a journey out of the usual way. · ekdromi

εκεί

(location) In or at a place or location (stated, implied or otherwise indicated) that is perceived to be away from, or at a relative distance from, the speaker (compare here). · ekei

εκείθεν

(formal) From there, from that place or from that time. · ekeithen

εκείνα

(demonstrative) The (thing, person, idea, etc) indicated or understood from context, especially if more remote physically, temporally or mentally than one designated as "this", or if expressing distinction. · ekeina

εκείνες

(demonstrative) The (thing, person, idea, etc) indicated or understood from context, especially if more remote physically, temporally or mentally than one designated as "this", or if expressing distinction. · ekeines

εκείνη

(demonstrative) The (thing, person, idea, etc) indicated or understood from context, especially if more remote physically, temporally or mentally than one designated as "this", or if expressing distinction. · ekeini

εκείνο

(psychoanalysis) The unconscious impulsive component of the personality in the Freudian psychoanalytic model. · ekeino

εκείνος

(demonstrative) The (thing, person, idea, etc) indicated or understood from context, especially if more remote physically, temporally or mentally than one designated as "this", or if expressing distinction. · ekeinos

εκείσε

(location) In or at a place or location (stated, implied or otherwise indicated) that is perceived to be away from, or at a relative distance from, the speaker (compare here). · ekeise

εκεχειρία

In warfare, an agreed end to hostilities for a specific purpose. (Typically only temporary). · ekecheiria

εκθειάζω

(transitive) To honor; to hold in high esteem; to praise or worship. · ektheiazo

έκθεμα

A public showing; an exhibition. · ekthema

έκθεση

(publishing) A written composition of moderate length, exploring a particular issue or subject. · ekthesi

έκθεση αιτίων θανάτου

The jury hearing such an inquiry, and the result of the inquiry · ekthesi aition thanatou

εκθέτης

(mathematics) A raised suffix indicating a power. · ekthetis

έκθετο

An abandoned child, left by its parent(s), often a baby left at a convent or similar safe place. · ektheto

εκθέτω

(transitive) To display or show (something) for others to see, especially at an exhibition or contest. · ektheto

έκθλιψη

(linguistics) The omission of a letter or syllable between two words or inside a word; sometimes marked with an apostrophe. · ekthlipsi

εκθρόνιση

The removal of someone from office. · ekthronisi

εκκαθάριση

The selling of the assets of a business as part of the process of dissolving the business. · ekkatharisi

εκκαθαριστής

One who liquidates. · ekkatharistis

εκκεντρικός

One who does not behave like others. · ekkedrikos

εκκεντρικότητα

A mental disorder, especially one of a minor or temporary character. [Early 19th century.] · ekkedrikotita

εκκενώνω

(ambitransitive) To empty or unload, as the vessels of the human system, by bloodletting or by medicine. · ekkenono

εκκίνηση

(computing) The process by which the operating system of a computer is loaded into its memory. · ekkinisi

εκκινώ

(computing) To bootstrap; to start a system, e.g. a computer, by invoking its boot process or bootstrap. · ekkino

εκκλησάρης

A church official who looks after a church building and its graveyard and may act as a gravedigger and bell ringer. · ekklisaris

έκκληση

A call to a person or an authority for a decision, help, or proof; an entreaty, an invocation. · ekklisi

εκκλησία

(uncountable, countable, as bare noun) Christian worship held at a church; service. [from 10th c.] · ekklisia

εκκλησίασμα

A gathering of faithful in a temple, church, synagogue, mosque or other place of worship. It can also refer to the people who are present at a devotional service in the building, particularly in contrast to the pastor, minister, imam, rabbi etc. and/or choir, who may be seated apart from the general congregation or lead the service (notably in responsory form). · ekklisiasma

εκκλησιαστικό

(music) A tube used to produce sound in an organ; an organ pipe. [from 14th c.] · ekklisiastiko

εκκλησιαστικό όργανο

(musical instruments) A musical instrument that has multiple pipes which play when a key is pressed (the pipe organ), or an electronic instrument designed to replicate such. · ekklisiastiko organo

εκκλησιαστικός

Of or pertaining to the church; ecclesiastical. · ekklisiastikos

εκκολαπτήριο

A facility where eggs are hatched under artificial conditions, especially those of fish or poultry. · ekkolaptirio

εκκρεμές

(clocks, mechanics) A body suspended from a fixed support so that it swings freely back and forth under the influence of gravity, commonly used to regulate various devices such as clocks. · ekkremes

εκκρεμότητα

(Scots law) A stay or postponement of the execution of a sentence, usually by letters of suspension granted on application to the Lord Ordinary. · ekkremotita

εκκρίνει

(biology, ambitransitive) To discharge material (including waste products) from a cell, body or system. · ekkrinei

έκκριση

(symptom, uncountable) Pus or exudate or mucus (but in modern usage not exclusively blood) from a wound or orifice, usually due to pathological or hormonal changes. · ekkrisi

εκκωφαντικός

Loud enough to cause temporary or permanent hearing loss. · ekkofadikos

εκλεγμένος

(postpositive) Who has been elected in a specified post, but has not yet entered office. · eklegmenos

εκλέγω

To pick; to make the choice of; to select. · eklego

εκλειπτική

(astronomy) The plane in which this great circle lies. · ekleiptiki

έκλειψη

Especially, an alignment whereby a planetary object (for example, the Moon) comes between the Sun and another planetary object (for example, the Earth), resulting in a shadow being cast by the middle planetary object onto the other planetary object. · ekleipsi

εκλεκτή

(informal, authorship) A character in a narrative work who is predestined to save the world or accomplish some other grand and heroic deed; one who is predestined to become the one. · eklekti

εκλεκτικός

Selecting a mixture of what appears to be best of various doctrines, methods or styles. · eklektikos

εκλέκτορας

A member of an electoral college; specifically (US) an official selected by a state as a member of the Electoral College to elect the president and vice president of the United States. · eklektoras

εκλέκτορες

A member of an electoral college; specifically (US) an official selected by a state as a member of the Electoral College to elect the president and vice president of the United States. · eklektores

εκλεκτόρισσα

A member of an electoral college; specifically (US) an official selected by a state as a member of the Electoral College to elect the president and vice president of the United States. · eklektorissa

εκλεκτόρισσες

A member of an electoral college; specifically (US) an official selected by a state as a member of the Electoral College to elect the president and vice president of the United States. · eklektorisses

εκλεκτός

(informal, authorship) A character in a narrative work who is predestined to save the world or accomplish some other grand and heroic deed; one who is predestined to become the one. · eklektos

εκλεπτυσμένος

Cultured, freed from vulgarity, particularly: · ekleptysmenos

εκλιπαρώ

(transitive) To entertain with food or drink, especially at one's own expense; to show hospitality to; to pay for as celebration or reward. [from 16th c.] · ekliparo

εκλιπούσα

(euphemistic) Synonym of dead (“those who have died”). · eklipousa

εκλιπών

(euphemistic) Synonym of dead (“those who have died”). · eklipon

εκλογές

A process of choosing a leader, members of parliament, councillors, or other representatives by popular vote. · ekloges

εκλογή

One of several mutually exclusive things which can be chosen. [from 17th c.] · eklogi

εκλογική περιφέρεια

(politics) A district represented by one or more elected officials. · eklogiki perifereia

εκλογικό κέντρο

A polling place (usually, as plural, polling places) · eklogiko kedro

εκλογικό σώμα

The collective people of a country, state, or electoral district who are entitled to vote. · eklogiko soma

εκλογικός

Of, or relating to elections. · eklogikos

εκλογιμότητα

The state, quality, or the fact of being eligible. · eklogimotita

έκλυτος

(somewhat dated) Free from moral restraint; immoral, unchaste. · eklytos

εκμεταλλεύομαι

(transitive, chiefly, US, slang, business) To use; to exploit; to manipulate in order to take full advantage (of something). · ekmetallevomai

εκμηδενίζω

To reduce to nothing, to destroy, to eradicate. · ekmidenizo

εκμηχάνιση

The use of machinery to replace human or animal labour, especially in agriculture and industry. · ekmichanisi

εκμίσθωση

(formal, law) An interest in land granting exclusive use or occupation of real estate for a limited period; a leasehold. · ekmisthosi

εκμοντερνίζω

(transitive) To make (something old or outdated) up to date, or modern in style or function by adding or changing equipment, designs, etc. · ekmodernizo

εκνευρίζω

(intransitive) To cause or induce displeasure or irritation. · eknevrizo

εκνευρισμός

A condition of morbid excitability or oversensitiveness of an organ or part of the body; a state in which the application of ordinary stimuli produces pain or excessive or vitiated action. · eknevrismos

εκνευριστικός

Causing irritation, annoyance or pain. · eknevristikos

έκνομα

In a manner contrary to law. · eknoma

έκνομος

Occurring outside the law; not governed by law; lawless. · eknomos

εκνόμως

In a manner contrary to law. · eknomos

εκοίνοι

(demonstrative) The (thing, person, idea, etc) indicated or understood from context, especially if more remote physically, temporally or mentally than one designated as "this", or if expressing distinction. · ekoinoi

Εκουαδόρ

A country in South America. Official name: Republic of Ecuador. Capital: Quito. · Ekouador

εκούσια

In an intentional manner; on purpose. · ekousia

εκούσιος

Done, given, or acting of one's own free will. · ekousios

εκουσίως

In a voluntary manner. · ekousios

εκπαίδευση

(uncountable) The process of imparting knowledge, skill and judgment. · ekpaidefsi

εκπαιδευτής

One who instructs; a teacher. · ekpaideftis

εκπαιδευτικός

Of, or relating to education. · ekpaideftikos

εκπαιδεύτρια

One who instructs; a teacher. · ekpaideftria

εκπαιδεύω

(ergative) To cause to drill (practice); to train in military arts. · ekpaidevo

εκπατρίζω

(intransitive) To renounce the rights and liabilities of citizenship where one is born and become a citizen of another country. · ekpatrizo

εκπατρισμένος

Living outside of one's own country. · ekpatrismenos

εκπέμπω

Communicated, signalled, or transmitted to many people, through radio waves or electronic means. · ekpebo

εκπλειστηριαστής

An individual who conducts an auction on behalf of a vendor, accepting bids to find the best price for the vendor. · ekpleistiriastis

εκπληκτικά

In a way that causes surprise because it is unexpected, or unusual. · ekpliktika

εκπληκτικός

Causing wonder and amazement; very surprising. · ekpliktikos

έκπληκτος

Caused to feel surprise, amazement or wonder, or showing an emotion due to an unexpected event. · ekpliktos

έκπληξη

The feeling or experience of being astonished; great surprise. · ekplixi

εκπληρώ

To accomplish or complete, as an obligation. · ekpliro