Greek–English dictionary

ο εξής

The known (thing) (used in indicating something or someone about to be mentioned). · o exis

ο οποίος

(relative, nonstandard) That; which; who. · o opoios

ό,τι

Any object, act, state, event, or fact whatsoever; a thing of any kind; something or other. · o,ti

οβάλ

Having the shape of an oval. · oval

οβελίσκος

(weapons) A stabbing weapon, similar to a sword but with a short, double-edged blade. · oveliskos

οβίδα

(historical) Any grenade, mortar shell, or artillery shell (hollow metal object) containing a charge that can explode. · ovida

οβιδοβόλο

A cannon that combines certain characteristics of field guns and mortars, delivering projectiles with medium velocities, usually with relatively high trajectories; normally a cannon with a tube length of 20 to 30 calibers. · ovidovolo

ΟΒΣ

Acronym of North Atlantic Treaty Organization · OVS

οβστετρική

(medicine) The care of women during and after pregnancy. · ovstetriki

ογδόντα

The cardinal number occurring after seventy-nine and before eighty-one, represented in Roman numerals as LXXX and in Arabic numerals as 80. · ogdoda

όγδοο

(music) an eighth note, drawn as a crotchet (quarter note) with a tail. · ogdoo

όγδοος

The ordinal form of the number eight. · ogdoos

ογκόλιθος

A large mass of stone detached from the surrounding land. · ogolithos

ογκολογία

The branch of medicine concerned with tumors, including study of their development, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention. · ogologia

ογκολόγος

(oncology) A doctor or scientist who specializes in oncology. · ogologos

ογκομέτρηση

(analytical chemistry) The determination of the concentration of some substance in a solution by slowly adding measured amounts of some other substance (normally using a burette) until a reaction is shown to be complete, for instance by the colour change of an indicator. · ogometrisi

ογκομετρικός

Pertaining to measurement by volume. · ogometrikos

όγκος

A protuberance; a hunch; a knob or lump; a hump. · ogos

ογκώδης

Being large in size, mass, or volume; big, fat or muscular. · ogodis

οδ.

Abbreviation of store. · od.

οδαλίσκη

(historical) A female slave in a harem, especially one in the Ottoman seraglio. · odaliski

οδηγία

(uncountable) The act of instructing, teaching, or providing with information or knowledge. · odigia

οδηγός

A person employed to drive a private motor car or a hired car of executive or luxury class (like a limousine). · odigos

οδηγώ

To serve as a guide for someone or something; to lead or direct in a way; to conduct in a course or path. · odigo

οδηγώ φορτηγό

(intransitive) To drive a truck. · odigo fortigo

οδόβαινος

A large Arctic marine mammal related to seals and having long tusks, tough, wrinkled skin, and four flippers, Odobenus rosmarus. · odovainos

οδοδείκτης

A post bearing a sign that gives information on directions. · ododeiktis

οδονταλγία

(medicine) A pain or ache in a tooth. · ododalgia

οδοντιατρικός

(dentistry, relational) Of or concerning dentistry. · ododiatrikos

οδοντίατρος

A medical doctor who specializes in teeth. · ododiatros

οδοντική μέταξα

A cord of thin filaments used to clean the gaps between the teeth. · ododiki metaxa

οδοντικό σύμφωνο

(phonetics) A dental sound. · ododiko symfono

οδοντόβουρτσα

A brush, used with toothpaste, for cleaning the teeth. · ododovourtsa

οδοντογλυφίδα

A small, usually wooden, stick, often pointed at both ends, for removing food residue from between the teeth. · ododoglyfida

οδοντόκρεμα

A paste, normally used with a toothbrush, for cleaning the teeth. · ododokrema

οδοντόνημα

A cord of thin filaments used to clean the gaps between the teeth. · ododonima

οδοντόπαστα

A paste, normally used with a toothbrush, for cleaning the teeth. · ododopasta

οδοντοστοιχία

The type, number and arrangement of the normal teeth of an organism or of the actual teeth of an individual · ododostoichia

οδός

A way or opening for entrance into a place; a passage by which a place may be reached; a way of approach or of exit. · odos

οδοστρωτήρας

A literal or metaphorical force or object regarded as unstoppable, that will crush all in its path. · odostrotiras

οδόφραγμα

A barrier constructed across a road, especially as a military defence · odofragma

οδύνη

Extreme pain. · odyni

οδυνηρός

Causing pain or distress, either physical or mental. [from 14th c.] · odyniros

Οδυσσέας

(Greek mythology) The son of Laertes and Anticlea and father of Telemachus. A Greek leader during the Trojan War, he was responsible for the Trojan horse. He was also king of Ithaca, hero of the Iliad and protagonist of the Odyssey. · Odysseas

Οδύσσεια

An epic poem, ascribed to Homer, that describes the journey of Odysseus after the fall of Troy. · Odysseia

ΟΕΠ

Initialism of Uniform Resource Locator: the address of a web page, FTP site, audio stream or other Internet resource. · OEP

Οζ

Ellipsis of w:Land of Oz, the fictional setting created by L. Frank Baum for The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, and other works. The term has been extended from the original country of Oz to the entire fictional world of Oz. Subsequently used as a setting by other authors and artists. · Oz

όζον

(inorganic chemistry) An allotrope of oxygen (symbol O₃) having three atoms in the molecule instead of the usual two; it is a toxic gas, generated from oxygen by electrical discharge. · ozon

όζος

A bump-like imperfection resembling a gall. · ozos

οζώδης

Of string or something stringlike: full of, or tied up, in knots. · ozodis

ΟΗΕ

Initialism of United Nations. · OIE

οθόνη

(computing) An electronic screen that shows graphics or text. · othoni

Οθωμανή

A citizen of the Ottoman Empire. · Othomani

οθωμανικός

Of or relating to the Ottoman dynasty or the Ottoman Empire. · othomanikos

Οθωμανός

A citizen of the Ottoman Empire. · Othomanos

Όθων

A en given name. · Othon

Όθωνας

A en given name. · Othonas

οι άλλοι

Those remaining after one or more people or items have left, or done something else, or been excluded. · oi alloi

οι πάντες

All people. · oi pades

οίδημα

The state of being swollen. · oidima

Οιδίποδας

(Greek mythology) A son of Laius and Jocasta, who unwittingly killed his father and married his mother. · Oidipodas

Οιδίπους

(Greek mythology) A son of Laius and Jocasta, who unwittingly killed his father and married his mother. · Oidipous

οίηση

Proud or disdainful behavior or treatment that reflects such an attitude (of haughtiness); arrogance. · oiisi

οικειοθελώς

Without unwillingness or hesitation; showing readiness. · oikeiothelos

οικείος

Known to one, or generally known; commonplace. · oikeios

οικειότητα

(uncountable, countable) Feeling or atmosphere of closeness and openness towards someone else, often but not necessarily involving sexuality. · oikeiotita

οικιακά

domestic household chores such as cleaning and cooking · oikiaka

οικιακή βοηθός

(usually, uncountable) One or more people employed to help in the maintenance of a house or the operation of a farm or enterprise. · oikiaki voithos

οικίσκος

A small rectangular shelter. · oikiskos

οικισμός

A colony that is newly established; a place or region newly settled (even in past times). · oikismos

οικο-

ecology or the environment (in the ecological sense) · oiko-

οικογένεια

One or more relatives, such as siblings or cousins, taken collectively. · oikogeneia

οικογενειακός

Of or pertaining to any grouping of things referred to as a family. · oikogeneiakos

οικογενειοκρατία

The favoring of relatives (most strictly) or also personal friends (more broadly) because of their relationship rather than because of their abilities. · oikogeneiokratia

οικοδέσποινα

One which receives or entertains a guest, socially, commercially, or officially. · oikodespoina

οικοδεσπότης

One which receives or entertains a guest, socially, commercially, or officially. · oikodespotis

οικοδομή

(countable) A closed structure with walls and a roof. · oikodomi

οικοδόμημα

(uncountable) The act of building or putting up or together of something. · oikodomima

οικοδόμηση

The process of constructing. · oikodomisi

οικοδομική

The trade of building structures. · oikodomiki

οικοδομώ

(transitive) To build or form (something) by assembling parts. · oikodomo

οικολογία

(biology) The branch of biology dealing with the relationships of organisms with their environment and with each other. · oikologia

οικολογικός

Relating to ecology, the interrelationships of organisms and their environment. · oikologikos

οικονομικά

(social sciences) The study of resource allocation, distribution and consumption; of capital and investment; and of management of the factors of production. · oikonomika

οικονομικός

Pertaining to an economy. · oikonomikos

οικονομολόγος

An expert in economics, especially one who studies economic data and extracts higher-level information or proposes theories. · oikonomologos

οικονόμος

Careful with money so as not to spend too much; prudent; thrifty. · oikonomos

οικονομώ

(intransitive) To practice being economical (by using things sparingly or in moderation, and by avoiding waste or extravagance). · oikonomo

οίκος ανοχής

A house of prostitution. · oikos anochis

οικοσημολόγος

(heraldry) An official whose speciality is heraldry, especially one between the ranks of pursuivant and king-of-arms · oikosimologos

οικοσύστημα

A system formed by an ecological community and its environment that functions as a unit. · oikosystima

οικοτροφείο

A boarding school building where boarders live during term time. · oikotrofeio

οικουμένη

(Norse mythology) The Earth of traditional Germanic cosmology, conceived as a middle realm between heaven (Asgard) and hell (Helheim); the abode of human beings, between those of the gods (Æsir) and the dead. · oikoumeni

οικτίρω

(transitive) To bewail; to weep bitterly over; to feel sorrow for. · oiktiro

οίκτος

(uncountable) A feeling of sympathy at the misfortune or suffering of someone or something. · oiktos

οικτρός

Deserving strong condemnation; shockingly bad, wretched. · oiktros

οινόπνευμα

(organic compound, countable) Any of a class of organic compounds (such as ethanol) containing a hydroxyl functional group (-OH). · oinopnevma

οινοπνευματώδη

Alcoholic beverages in general. · oinopnevmatodi

οίνος Πορτογαλίας

A type of very sweet fortified wine, mostly dark red, traditionally made in Portugal. · oinos Portogalias

οινοχόος

(chiefly, historical) One who ceremonially fills and hands out the cups in which a drink is served. · oinochoos

οινόχρουν

(uncountable) The color of red wine, a deep reddish purple. · oinochroun

οισοφάγος

The throat or esophagus. · oisofagos

οιστρογόνο

(steroid hormone) Any of a group of steroids that are secreted by the ovaries and function as female sex hormones. · oistrogono

οίστρος

One of several dipterous insects of the family Oestridae, the larvae of which are parasites on many animals, including humans. · oistros

οιωνός

(by extension) An omen or prediction; a foreboding; a prophecy. · oionos

οιωνοσκοπία

A divination based on the appearance and behaviour of animals. · oionoskopia

ΟΚ

(transitive, computing) To confirm by activating a button marked OK. · OK

Όκλαντ

A city in the Auckland Region, New Zealand, on the North Island; the largest conurbation in the country. · Oklad

οκνηρία

Spiritual or mental sloth. · okniria

οκνηρός

Averse to work, labor or employment; lazy; slothful. · okniros

οκτάβα

(music) An interval of twelve semitones spanning eight degrees of the diatonic scale, representing a doubling or halving in pitch frequency. · oktava

Οκταβιανός

(historical) A en given name, notably borne by Augustus (Caesar) between 44 and 27 BCE · Oktavianos

Οκτάβιος

A en given name, in occasional use. · Oktavios

οκτάγωνο

(geometry, also, attributively) A polygon with eight sides and eight angles. · oktagono

οκτάδα

A group or set of eight of something. · oktada

οκτώ

A numerical value equal to 8; the number occurring after seven and before nine. · okto

Οκτώβρης

The tenth month of the Gregorian calendar, following September and preceding November. · Oktovris

Οκτώβριος

The tenth month of the Gregorian calendar, following September and preceding November. · Oktovrios

όλα

Apiece; each. · ola

Όλγα

A en given name occasionally borrowed from Scandinavia. · Olga

ολέ

An expression of excitement. Hooray! · ole

ολέθριος

Harmful, injurious. · olethrios

όλεθρος

Any large and disastrous event of great significance. · olethros

όλες

Every individual or anything of the given class, with no exceptions (the noun or noun phrase denoting the class must be plural or uncountable). · oles

όλη

Throughout the whole of (a stated period of time; generally used with units of a day or longer). · oli

Όλθφες

A en given name. · Olthfes

Όλιβερ

A en given name. · Oliver

Ολιβέριος

A en given name. · Oliverios

Ολίβια

A city, the county seat of Renville County, Minnesota, United States, named for a female station agent named Olive. · Olivia

ολιγαρχικός

A member of an oligarchy; someone who is part of a small group that runs a country. · oligarchikos

ολιγόλογος

Silent; temperamentally untalkative; disinclined to speak. · oligologos

ολικός

Entire; relating to the whole of something. · olikos

ολισθαίνω

(intransitive) To slide in an uncontrolled manner as in a car with the brakes applied too hard, the wheels sliding with limited spinning. · olisthaino

ολισθηρός

Of a surface, having low friction, often due to being covered in a non-viscous liquid, and therefore hard to grip, hard to stand on without falling, etc. · olisthiros

ολίσθηση

An out-of-control sliding motion as would result from applying the brakes too hard in a car or other vehicle. · olisthisi

όλκιμος

Capable of being pulled or stretched into thin wire by mechanical force without breaking. · olkimos

Ολλανδία

A traditional region of the Netherlands formed by two modern provinces, North Holland and South Holland. · Ollandia

ολλανδικά

The main language of the Netherlands, Flanders (i.e., the northern half of Belgium) and Suriname; Netherlandic. · ollandika

ολλανδικός

Of or pertaining to the Netherlands, the Dutch people or the Dutch language. · ollandikos

Ολλανδοί

(collective) The people of the Netherlands, or one of certain ethnic groups descending from the people of the Netherlands. · Ollandoi

Ολλανδός

A Dutch man; a man from the Netherlands. · Ollandos

όλο

Throughout the whole of (a stated period of time; generally used with units of a day or longer). · olo

όλο και περισσότερο

Increasing in amount or intensity. · olo kai perissotero

ολόγραμμα

A three-dimensional image of an object created by holography. · ologramma

ολογραφία

(physics) a technique for recording, and then reconstructing, the amplitude and phase distributions of a coherent wave disturbance; used to produce three-dimensional images or holograms · olografia

ολογραφικός

In the form of a hologram or holograph. · olografikos

ολόγραφος

(legal, textual criticism) A handwritten document that is solely the work of the person whose signature it bears, especially a letter, deed, or will; an original manuscript, a protograph. · olografos

όλοι

Every individual or anything of the given class, with no exceptions (the noun or noun phrase denoting the class must be plural or uncountable). · oloi

ολόιδιος

Not distinguishable; not capable of being perceived, known, or discriminated as separate and distinct · oloidios

Ολοκαύτωμα

(historical, broadly) The systematic mass murder (democide) of somewhere between eleven and fourteen million people, namely six million Jews and from five to eight million others (including Romanis, Slavs, homosexuals, and people with physical and mental disabilities), perpetrated by Nazi Germany shortly before and during World War II. · Olokaftoma