Greek–English dictionary

λαμπρός

Emitting much light; visually dazzling; luminous, lucent, radiant. · labros

λαμπρότητα

Great beauty and splendor. · labrotita

λαμπυρίζω

Of a mass of bees: to move their abdomens in a coordinated manner so as to produce a shimmering wave effect, thought to deter predators. · labyrizo

λαμπύρισμα

A faint or veiled and tremulous gleam or shining. · labyrisma

λάμπω

(intransitive, of a wet or greasy surface) To reflect light with a glittering luster; to sparkle, coruscate, glint or flash. · labo

λάμπων

Of an object, reflecting light as if giving off tiny sparks or flashes of light. · labon

λάμψη

The perceived luminance of an object. · lampsi

λαναράς

A person who combs wool, etc. · lanaras

λανάρι

(textiles) A hand-held tool formed similarly to a hairbrush but with bristles of wire or other rigid material. It is used principally with raw cotton, wool, hair, or other natural fibers to prepare these materials for spinning into yarn or thread on a spinning wheel, with a whorl or other hand-held spindle. The card serves to untangle, clean, remove debris from, and lay the fibers straight. · lanari

λανδάνιο

(uncountable) A chemical element (symbol La) with an atomic number of 57: a soft, ductile, silvery-white metal that tarnishes slowly when exposed to air. · landanio

λανθάνιο

(uncountable) A chemical element (symbol La) with an atomic number of 57: a soft, ductile, silvery-white metal that tarnishes slowly when exposed to air. · lanthanio

λανθάνων

Existing or present but concealed or inactive. · lanthanon

λανθασμένα

In an incorrect manner. · lanthasmena

λανθασμένος

Containing an error; inaccurate. · lanthasmenos

Λάο Τσε

(Chinese history) An honorific title for the legendary Taoist philosopher Li Er, who supposedly lived in the 6th and 5th centuries BC and (Chinese mythology) has subsequently been worshipped as a Taoist god. · Lao Tse

Λάος

A country in Southeast Asia. Official name: Lao People’s Democratic Republic. Capital: Vientiane. · Laos

λαούτο

A fretted stringed instrument, similar to the guitar, having a bowl-shaped body or soundbox; any of a wide variety of chordophones with a pear-shaped body and a neck whose upper surface is in the same plane as the soundboard, with strings along the neck and parallel to the soundboard. · laouto

λάπατο

Any of the genus Rumex of coarse weedy plants with small green flowers related to buckwheat, especially bitter dock (Rumex obtusifolius), and used as potherbs and in folk medicine, especially in curing nettle rash. · lapato

λαρδί

Fat from the abdomen of a pig, especially as prepared for use in cooking or pharmacy. · lardi

λάρνακα

(archaeology, historical) A small closed coffin, box or cinerary urn often used as a container for human remains in Ancient Greece. · larnaka

λάρυγγας

(anatomy, zootomy) A hollow muscular organ of the neck of mammals situated just below where the tract of the pharynx splits into the trachea and the oesophagus. It is involved in breath control and protection of the trachea, and, as it houses the vocal cords, sound production. · laryngas

λαρυγγίζω

(transitive, and, intransitive) To sing (a song) in such a way that the voice fluctuates rapidly between the normal chest voice and falsetto. · laryngizo

λαρυγγικός

(anatomy, relational) Of or pertaining to the larynx. · laryngikos

λαρυγγισμός

A uvular "r" sound, or (by extension) an accent characterized by this sound. · laryngismos

λαρυγγόφωνος

Sounding harsh and throaty. · laryngofonos

λαρυγγώδης

Sounding harsh and throaty. · laryngodis

Λάσα

The capital city of the Tibet Autonomous Region, China. · Lasa

λάσκος

Loose; not tight or taut. · laskos

λάσπη

An undesirable situation; a predicament. · laspi

λασπόχιονο

Half-melted snow or ice, generally located on the ground. · laspochiono

λάστιχα

(uncountable, slang) Tires, particularly racing tires. · lasticha

λάστιχο

(countable) A flexible tube conveying water or other fluid. · lasticho

λατινικά

(uncountable) The language of the ancient Romans, other Latins and of the Roman Catholic church, especially Classical Latin. · latinika

λατινικό αλφάβητο

The 26-letter alphabet consisting of the following letters (presented in majuscule and minuscule pairs): · latiniko alfavito

λατινικός

(of type or text) Supporting the characters of the Latin alphabet. · latinikos

λατομείο

(mining) A site for mining stone, such as limestone, or slate. · latomeio

λατρεία

(uncountable) The act of adoring; loving devotion or fascination. · latreia

λατρεμένος

Very dear; beloved, cherished, favourite. · latremenos

λατρεύω

To worship. · latrevo

λάτρης

A person who loves something. · latris

Λαύρα

A en given name. · Lavra

Λαυρέντιος

A en given name. · Lavredios

λάφυρα

The spoils of war. · lafyra

λαφυραγώγηση

An instance of plundering. · lafyragogisi

λαφυραγωγώ

(transitive) Synonym of plunder, to seize by violence particularly during the capture of a city during war or (video games) after successful combat. · lafyragogo

λάφυρο

(Also in plural: spoils) Plunder taken from an enemy or victim. · lafyro

λαχαίνω

(transitive, archaic) To happen to; to befall. · lachaino

λαχανάλμη

(countable, uncountable) A dish made by fermenting finely chopped cabbage. · lachanalmi

λαχανιάζω

(ambitransitive) To breathe quickly or in a labored manner, as after exertion or from eagerness or excitement; to respire with heaving of the breast; to gasp. · lachaniazo

λαχάνιασμα

A short, sudden intake of breath. · lachaniasma

λαχανίδα

A plant of the genus Brassica; now specifically, a Brassica plant without a head used for food, such as kale. · lachanida

λαχανικά

Leaves and leaf-like parts of edible plants when eaten as vegetables or in salads. · lachanika

λάχανο

(by extension) Any of various cultivars of the species Brassica oleracea. · lachano

λαχανοσαλάτα

A salad of finely shredded raw cabbage and sometimes shredded carrots, dressed with mayonnaise (white slaw) or a vinaigrette (red slaw). · lachanosalata

Λαχόρη

The second largest city of Pakistan and the provincial capital of Punjab; located on the Ravi river. · Lachori

λαχτάρα

A strong desire; yearning. · lachtara

λαχταρώ

To desire or want something, or someone, very much. · lachtaro

Λαχώρη

The second largest city of Pakistan and the provincial capital of Punjab; located on the Ravi river. · Lachori

λέαινα

A female lion (animal). · leaina

λεβ

The currency of Bulgaria, divided into 100 stotinki. · lev

Λεβάντες

A personification of the wind from the east. · Levades

λέβητας

A device consisting of a heat source and a tank for storing hot water, typically for space heating, domestic hot water etc., disregarding the source of heat. · levitas

λεβιάθαν

(Bible, mythological creature) A vast sea monster of tremendous strength, either imaginary or real, described as the most dangerous and powerful creature in the ocean. · leviathan

λεγεώνα

A group or association of cooperating members. · legeona

λεγεωνάριος

A member of a legion, such as the American Legion, or of any organization containing the term legion in its title (e.g. the French Foreign Legion). · legeonarios

λεζάντα

(cartography) A key to the symbols and color codes on a map, chart, etc. · lezada

λεηλασία

The act of pillaging. · leilasia

λεηλατώ

(transitive) Synonym of plunder, to seize by violence particularly during the capture of a city during war or (video games) after successful combat. · leilato

Λεία

(biblical character) The elder daughter of Laban, sister to Rachel, and first wife of Jacob. · Leia

λειαίνω

(transitive) To make smooth or even. · leiaino

λέιζερ

A beam of light produced by such a device; a laser beam. · leizer

λείμαξ

Any of many gastropod mollusks, having no (or only a rudimentary) shell. [from early 18th c.] · leimax

λείος

Having a texture that lacks friction. Not rough. · leios

λείπω

(transitive) To become aware of the loss or absence of; to feel the want or need of, sometimes with regret; to feel sadness at the absence of somebody or something. · leipo

λειρί

A fleshy red crest of a rooster · leiri

λειτούργημα

A professional or official position. · leitourgima

λειτουργία

(Roman Catholic Church) The principal liturgical service of the Church, encompassing both a scripture service (Liturgy of the Word) and a eucharistic service (Liturgy of the Eucharist), which includes the consecration and oblation (offering) of the host and wine. · leitourgia

λειτουργικό σύστημα

(computing, software) Software that is designed for controlling the allocation and the use of various hardware resources to tasks and remote terminals. · leitourgiko systima

λειτουργικός

Pertaining to liturgy. · leitourgikos

λειτουργικότητα

(uncountable) The ability to do a task, performance, or execution; a set of functions that something is able or equipped to perform. · leitourgikotita

λειτουργώ

(intransitive) To carry out a function; to be in action. · leitourgo

λειτουργώ ως

(intransitive) To have a function. · leitourgo os

λειχήνα

Any of many symbiotic organisms, being associations of algae and fungi, often found as white or yellow-to-blue–green patches on rocks, old walls, etc. · leichina

λείψανο

(religion) A part of the body of a saint, or an ancient religious object, kept for veneration. · leipsano

λειψανοθήκη

(religion) A container to hold or display religious relics. · leipsanothiki

Λειψία

An independent city in Saxony, Germany. · Leipsia

λεκ

The currency unit of Albania, divided into 100 qindarka. · lek

λεκάνη

(often, attributive) Any structure or land feature which catches and holds water; the collection of such water. · lekani

λεκάνη απορροής

(geography) An area of land from which water drains into a common outlet; drainage basin. · lekani aporrois

λεκανοπέδιο

(geology) A curved depression or natural amphitheatre, especially one in a mountainside at the end of a valley. · lekanopedio

λεκτικά

In a verbal manner; with words; by speaking. · lektika

λέκτορας

A person who gives lectures, especially as a profession. · lektoras

λεμονάδα

The liquid extract of lemon fruit, notably sour and often condensed, as used especially in food preparation. · lemonada

λεμονί

Containing or having the flavour/flavor and/or scent of lemons. · lemoni

λεμονιά

A semitropical evergreen tree, Citrus limon, that bears such fruits. · lemonia

λεμονίτα

(US, Canada, India, Philippines) A flavoured beverage consisting of water, lemon, and sweetener, sometimes ice, served mainly as a refreshment. · lemonita

Λεμουρία

(mythology) A mythical lost country, continent, or island proposed to explain the existence of lemurs and their relatives on two continents. · Lemouria

λεμούριος

Any of the genus Lemur, represented by the ring-tailed lemur (Lemur catta). · lemourios

λεμφοζίδιο

(anatomy) A small cavity or sac, such as a hair follicle. · lemfozidio

λέμφος

(physiology) A colourless, watery, coagulable bodily fluid which bathes the tissues and is carried by the lymphatic system into the bloodstream; it resembles blood plasma in containing white blood cells and especially lymphocytes but normally few red blood cells and no platelets. · lemfos

λέμφωμα

(oncology, pathology) A malignant tumor that arises in the lymph nodes or in other lymphoid tissue. · lemfoma

Λένιν

Vladimir Ilyich Lenin, a Russian revolutionary and politician. · Lenin

Λένινγκραντ

(historical) Former name of Saint Petersburg: a major city in Russia, from the time of Lenin's death in 1924 until 1991. · Leningrad

λενινιστής

A person who follows or supports Lenin or the philosophy of Leninism. · leninistis

λενινίστρια

A person who follows or supports Lenin or the philosophy of Leninism. · leninistria

λέξη

(semantics) The smallest unit of language that has a particular meaning and can be expressed by itself; the smallest discrete, meaningful unit of language. (contrast morpheme.) · lexi

λέξη κλειδί

(cryptography) Any word#Noun used as the key to a code. · lexi kleidi

λέξη προς λέξη

Using exactly the same words (as were originally used). · lexi pros lexi

λέξη-κλειδί

(programming) A reserved word used to identify a specific command, function, etc. · lexi-kleidi

λέξημα

(linguistics) A lexical item corresponding to the set of all words (or of all multi-word expressions) that are semantically related through inflection of a particular shared basic form. · lexima

λεξικό

A reference work listing words or names from one or more languages, usually ordered alphabetically, explaining each word's meanings or senses, oftentimes also containing information on its etymology, pronunciation, usage, semantic relations, translations, as well as other relevant information. [ca. 1480] · lexiko

Λεόν

A city in northwestern Spain, the former capital of the Kingdom of Leon. · Leon

Λεονάρδος

A surname transferred from the given name. · Leonardos

Λέοναρντ

A surname transferred from the given name. · Leonard

Λεοντόκαρδος

The nickname of Richard I of England. · Leodokardos

λεοπάρδαλη

Panthera pardus, a large wild cat with a spotted coat native to Africa and Asia, especially the male of the species (in contrast to leopardess). · leopardali

Λεοπόλδος

A en given name. Used in the 19th century but rare today. · Leopoldos

λέπι

A loose filmy mass or a thin chiplike layer of anything · lepi

λεπίδα

The (typically sharp-edged) part of a knife, sword, razor, or other tool with which it cuts. · lepida

λεπιοειδής

Consisting of flakes or of small, loose masses; lying, or cleaving off, in flakes or layers; flakelike. · lepioeidis

λεπρός

A person who has leprosy, a person suffering from Hansen's disease. · lepros

λεπτό

One hundredth of a euro. · lepto

λεπτό κερί

A slender wax candle. · lepto keri

λεπτομέρεια

(countable) A part small enough to escape casual notice. · leptomereia

λεπτομερής

Characterized by attention to detail and thoroughness of treatment. · leptomeris

λεπτός

Particularly slender; especially thin, narrow, or of small girth. · leptos

λεπτότητα

The quality of being done in a clever way that is not obvious or not direct; the quality of being carefully thought out. (of things) · leptotita

λεπτύνω

(transitive) To make thinner or narrower at one end. · leptyno

Λερναία Ύδρα

(Greek mythology) A mythological serpent with many heads, slain by Hercules as one of his twelve labours. · Lernaia Ydra

λερωμένος

Unclean; covered with or containing unpleasant substances such as dirt or grime. · leromenos

λερώνομαι

(transitive) To stain or tarnish (somebody) with dishonor. · leronomai

λερώνω

(transitive, literary) To make dirty. · lerono

λεσβία

(colloquial) Not heterosexual, not allosexual, or not cisgender: homosexual, bisexual, asexual, transgender, etc. · lesvia

λεσβιακή

(of a person or other animal, formal, distancing, or, dated) Sexually and/or romantically attracted to members of the same sex, such as a man who is attracted to men or a woman who is attracted to women; gay. (Typically used in the sense of sole/exclusive attraction.) · lesviaki

Λέσβιος

(linguistics, uncountable) The variety of Aeolic Greek spoken on Lesbos from about 800 to 300 b.c., best known from the writings of Sappho and Alcaeus of Mytilene. · Lesvios

Λέστερ

A city, unitary authority, and borough in and the county town of Leicestershire, England. · Lester

λέσχη

(countable) An association of members joining together for some common purpose, especially sports or recreation. · leschi

Λετίτσια

A en given name, popular in medieval England; rather rare today. · Letitsia

Λετονός

(countable) A person from Latvia or of Latvian descent. · Letonos

Λεττονία

A country in northeastern Europe. Official name: Republic of Latvia. · Lettonia

λεττονικά

(uncountable) The official language of Latvia; Lettish. · lettonika

Λευί

(biblical character) The third son of Jacob, by his wife Leah. · Levi

Λευϊτικό

The third of the Books of Moses in the Old Testament of the Bible; the third book in the Torah. · Levitiko

λεύκα

(countable) A tree of the genus Ulmus of the family Ulmaceae, large deciduous trees with alternate stipulate leaves and small apetalous flowers. · lefka

λευκαίνω

(transitive) To treat with bleach, especially so as to whiten (fabric, paper, etc.) or lighten (hair). · lefkaino

λευκάκανθα

The hawthorn bush or its blossoms. · lefkakantha

λευκαντικό

(uncountable) A chemical, such as sodium hypochlorite or hydrogen peroxide, or a preparation of such a chemical, used for disinfecting or whitening. · lefkadiko

λεύκη

(dermatology) The patchy loss of skin pigmentation. · lefki

λευκό

Bright and colourless; reflecting equal quantities of all frequencies of visible light. · lefko

Λευκορωσία

A country in Eastern Europe. Official name: Republic of Belarus. Capital and largest city: Minsk. · Lefkorosia