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in reply to a message by Natasa
Hi Natasa,
Some of the names are already in the databse - click on the links below to see the definition of those names.
Tiberius - tie-BEER-ee-us
Pollux - PAW-luks - spelled in Greek Polydeukes meaning "one who cares much". He was the brother of Castor in myth.
Linos - LINE-es (I am not completely sure of the pronounciation) - variant of Linus presumably.
Evaggelos - ev-an-JELL-os - variant of Evangelos = "good news" (when a gamma is before another gamma in Greek it is pronounced as English ng - Pavlos will surely correct me if I'm wrong)
Elias - el-EE-ass - Greek form of Elijah
Damalis - da-MAL-iss - Greek "calf"
Beckett - BEH-ket - from a surname meaning "little brook" or "source of the brook".
Decon - DEE-cun - Variant of Deacon, a surname which originally belonged to someone who was a deacon in a church. Ultimately from Greek diakonos "servant".
Leszeck - not sure of pronounciation - probably a variant of Leszek
Damani - maybe from Greek *damazein* "to tame" ??
I'll leave it to others to handle the pick up rest, which I am not too sure about.
Some of the names are already in the databse - click on the links below to see the definition of those names.
Tiberius - tie-BEER-ee-us
Pollux - PAW-luks - spelled in Greek Polydeukes meaning "one who cares much". He was the brother of Castor in myth.
Linos - LINE-es (I am not completely sure of the pronounciation) - variant of Linus presumably.
Evaggelos - ev-an-JELL-os - variant of Evangelos = "good news" (when a gamma is before another gamma in Greek it is pronounced as English ng - Pavlos will surely correct me if I'm wrong)
Elias - el-EE-ass - Greek form of Elijah
Damalis - da-MAL-iss - Greek "calf"
Beckett - BEH-ket - from a surname meaning "little brook" or "source of the brook".
Decon - DEE-cun - Variant of Deacon, a surname which originally belonged to someone who was a deacon in a church. Ultimately from Greek diakonos "servant".
Leszeck - not sure of pronounciation - probably a variant of Leszek
Damani - maybe from Greek *damazein* "to tame" ??
I'll leave it to others to handle the pick up rest, which I am not too sure about.
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The contemporary Greek pronunciation of some of teh names is as follows (accented syllable in capital letters):
* Linos: pron. Lee-NOSS
* Evaggelos: pron. ev-ANG-el-oss (ANG as in ANGst)
* Damalis: pron. THA-ma-liss (THA as in "Thee")
* Elias : A Greek version, Helias (eel - EE - as), also appears in "Lexicon of Greek Personal Names". It is related to Helios ("sun").
* Damani : I have seen no recorded Greek "Damani". The "Lexicon of Greek Personal Names" does include a female name "Damiani" (tha-MYA-ni). My guess as to its meaning is as good as Mike-C's
* Dias : Greek meaning God, a.k.a Zeus , Deus. Pronounced "THEE-as" (as in OE "Thee"). Derived as "Di'auton", meaning "through him"
The contemporary Greek pronunciation of some of teh names is as follows (accented syllable in capital letters):
* Linos: pron. Lee-NOSS
* Evaggelos: pron. ev-ANG-el-oss (ANG as in ANGst)
* Damalis: pron. THA-ma-liss (THA as in "Thee")
* Elias : A Greek version, Helias (eel - EE - as), also appears in "Lexicon of Greek Personal Names". It is related to Helios ("sun").
* Damani : I have seen no recorded Greek "Damani". The "Lexicon of Greek Personal Names" does include a female name "Damiani" (tha-MYA-ni). My guess as to its meaning is as good as Mike-C's
* Dias : Greek meaning God, a.k.a Zeus , Deus. Pronounced "THEE-as" (as in OE "Thee"). Derived as "Di'auton", meaning "through him"
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