Ancient Greek Elements

a 1 ἀ Ancient Greek
Greek negative prefix.

abbas ἀββᾶς Ancient Greek, Ancient Roman
Means "abbot, priest" in Greek and Latin, derived from Aramaic meaning "father".

adelphos ἀδελφός Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "brother".

adnos ἀδνός Ancient Greek
Cretan Greek form of hagnos.

aeido ἀείδω Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "to sing, to chant".

aetos ἀετός Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "eagle".

agape ἀγάπη Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "love".

agapetos ἀγαπητός Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "beloved".

agathos ἀγαθός Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "good".

agora ἀγορά Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "assembly, marketplace".

agrios ἄγριος Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "wild".

akouo ἀκούω Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "to hear, to listen".

Albanoi Ἀλβανόι Ancient Greek
Greek word referring to an ancient tribe of the Illyrians.

aletheia ἀλήθεια Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "truth".

alexo ἀλέξω Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "to defend, to help".

alke ἀλκή Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "strength, prowess".

alkyon ἀλκυών Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "kingfisher".

amarantus ἀμάραντος Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Latin word for the amaranth flower, which is derived from Greek ἀμάραντος (amarantos) meaning "unfading".

ana ἀνά Ancient Greek
Greek preposition meaning "up".

anatole ἀνατολή Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "sunrise".

anax ἄναξ Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "master, lord".

andreios ἀνδρεῖος Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "manly, masculine".

andros ἀνδρός Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "of a man" (genitive form of aner).

aner ἀνήρ Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "man". The genitive form is ἀνδρός (andros).

angelma ἄγγελμα Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "news, message".

angelos ἄγγελος Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "messenger", later acquiring the sense "angel".

anthos ἄνθος Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "flower".

anti ἀντί Ancient Greek
Greek preposition meaning "against, compared to, like".

aoide ἀοιδή Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "song".

archos ἀρχός Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "master".

arestos ἀρεστός Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "pleasing".

arete ἀρετή Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "virtue".

argyros ἄργυρος Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "silver".

ari 2 ἀρι Ancient Greek
Greek strengthening prefix meaning "most".

aristos ἄριστος Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "best".

aster ἀστήρ Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "star".

aura αὔρα Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "breeze".

azaleos ἀζαλέος Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "dry".

beryllos βήρυλλος Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "beryl", of Sanskrit origin.

bia βία Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "force, power".

bios βίος Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "life".

chara χαρά Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "happiness".

charis χάρις Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "grace, kindness".

chloros χλωρός Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "pale green".

choros χορός Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "dance".

chryseos χρύσεος Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "golden".

chrysos χρυσός Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "gold".

da 2 δᾶ Ancient Greek
Doric Greek form of ge.

damazo δαμάζω Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "to tame".

daphne δάφνη Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "laurel".

demos δῆμος Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "the people".

deukes δευκής Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "sweet".

diakonos διάκονος Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "servant".

dike δίκη Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "justice, custom, order".

dokeo δοκέω Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "to think, to imagine, to suppose, to expect".

dokimos δόκιμος Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "approved, esteemed, tested".

Dorieis Δωριεῖς Ancient Greek
Greek word for the tribe of the Dorians.

doron δῶρον Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "gift".

dosis δόσις Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "giving".

dotos δοτός Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "given, granted".

doulos δοῦλος Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "slave".

doxa δόξα Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "notion, reputation, honour, glory".

drakon δράκων Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "dragon, serpent".

eidos εἶδος Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "kind, type".

eleemon ἐλεήμων Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "compassionate".

elpis ἐλπίς Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "hope".

epi ἐπί Ancient Greek
Greek preposition meaning "on, upon".

epiphaneia ἐπιφάνεια Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "appearance, manifestation".

episkopos ἐπίσκοπος Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "overseer", and later "bishop".

ergon ἔργον Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "work, deed".

eu εὖ Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "good".

eurys εὐρύς Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "wide".

gala γάλα Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "milk".

Galates Γαλάτης Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "Gaul, Celt" (probably of Celtic origin).

ganymai γάνυμαι Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "to be glad".

ge γῆ Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "earth, land, ground".

genes γενής Ancient Greek
Greek suffix meaning "born".

genesis γένεσις Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "birth, origin".

geron γέρων Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "old man, elder".

gnostos γνωστός Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "known, familiar".

gone γονή Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "birth, offspring".

goneus γονεύς Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "ancestor".

graphe γραφή Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "drawing, writing".

grapheus γραφεύς Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "scribe".

gryps γρύψ Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "griffin".

hagios ἅγιος Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "devoted to the gods, sacred".

hagnos ἁγνός Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "chaste".

helios ἥλιος Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "sun".

heros ἥρως Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "hero, warrior".

hiemi ἵημι Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "to throw".

hieros ἱερός Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "sacred, divine".

hilaros ἱλαρός Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "cheerful".

hippos ἵππος Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "horse".

histemi ἵστημι Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "to stand, to set up".

hodos ὁδός Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "road, way, journey".

hyakinthos ὑάκινθος Ancient Greek
Greek word for the hyacinth flower.

hymnos ὕμνος Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "song, hymn".

ides ἴδης Ancient Greek
Greek patronymic suffix meaning "son of".

iole ἰόλη Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "violet".

ion ἴον Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "violet flower".

iphios ἴφιος Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "strong, stout".

iris ἶρις Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "rainbow". The genitive form is ἴριδος (iridos).

isos ἴσος Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "equal".

kake κάκη Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "evil".

kallos κάλλος Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "beauty".

kalos καλός Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "beautiful".

karpos καρπός Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "fruit".

kekasmai κέκασμαι Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "to excel, to shine".

kleitos κλειτός Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "splendid, famous".

kleos κλέος Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "glory".

klytos κλυτός Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "famous, noble".

korallion κοράλλιον Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "coral".

kore κόρη Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "maiden".

kratos κράτος Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "power, strength".

krites κριτής Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "judge, critic".

krystallos κρύσταλλος Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "ice".

kydos κῦδος Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "glory, renown".

kyriakon κυριακόν Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "church".

kyrios κύριος Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "lord".

laleo λαλέω Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "to talk".

lampo λάμπω Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "to shine".

laos λαός Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "people, folk".

leon λέων Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "lion".

leukos λευκός Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "white, bright".

logos λόγος Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "word, speech".

luo λύω Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "to loosen".

lykos λύκος Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "wolf". The genitive form is λύκου (lykou).

lysis λύσις Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "a release, loosening".

lyssa λύσσα Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "madness, rabies".

mache μάχη Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "battle".

margarites μαργαρίτης Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "pearl".

medea μήδεα Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "plans, counsel, cunning".

medo μέδω Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "to protect, to rule over".

medomai μέδομαι Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "to be mindful of, to provide for, to think on".

melaina μέλαινα Ancient Greek
Feminine form of melas.

melas μέλας Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "black, dark".

meli μέλι Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "honey".

melissa μέλισσα Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "bee".

melodia μελῳδία Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "song, chant".

melon μῆλον Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "fruit".

melos μέλος Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "song".

mene μήνη Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "moon".

menis μῆνις Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "wrath".

meno μένω Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "to stay, to wait, to remain, to last".

menos μένος Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "mind, strength, courage, force".

meros μέρος Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "part, share".

meta μετά Ancient Greek
Greek preposition meaning "with".

meter μήτηρ Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "mother". The genitive form is μητρός (metros).

methystos μέθυστος Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "intoxicated, drunk".

miltos μίλτος Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "red earth".

mnester μνηστήρ Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "wooer, courter".

myron μύρον Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "sweet oil, perfume".

myrrha μύρρα Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "myrrh".

myrtos μύρτος Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "myrtle".

narkissos νάρκισσος Ancient Greek
Greek word for the narcissus flower, possibly derived from νάρκη (narke) meaning "sleep, numbness". The character was probably named after the flower, not vice versa.

neos νέος Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "new".

Nereis Νηρηΐς Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "nymph, sea sprite" (plural Νηρηΐδες (Nereides)), ultimately from the name of the god Nereus.

nesos νῆσος Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "island".

nike νίκη Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "victory".

niketes νικητής Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "winner, victor".

nomos νόμος Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "law, custom".

nymphe νύμφη Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "bride, nymph".

oche ὀχή Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "support".

ode ᾠδή Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "song, ode".

onoma ὄνομα Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "name".

onyma ὄνυμα Ancient Greek
Aeolic and Doric form of onoma.

ops 1 ὄψ Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "voice".

ops 2 ὄψ Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "face, eye".

oros ὄρος Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "mountain".

pan πᾶν Ancient Greek
Greek prefix meaning "all".

panther πάνθηρ Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "panther", probably of Sanskrit origin.

pappas πάππας Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "father" (an alternative to the more formal πατήρ (pater)), and later acquiring the meaning "priest".

parthenos παρθένος Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "maiden".

pascha πάσχα Ancient Greek, Ancient Roman
Greek and Latin word meaning "Easter" or "Passover", of Hebrew origin.

pater πατήρ Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "father". The genitive form is πατρός (patros).

pene πήνη Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "threads, weft".

peri περί Ancient Greek
Greek preposition meaning "around, exceedingly".

pertho πέρθω Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "to destroy".

petra πέτρα Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "rock".

phaidros φαιδρός Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "bright".

phanes φανής Ancient Greek
Greek suffix meaning "appearing".

phemi φημί Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "to speak, to declare".

phero φέρω Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "to bring, to carry, to bear".

phileo φιλέω Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "to love".

philos φίλος Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "lover, friend".

phone φωνή Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "voice".

phonos φόνος Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "murder, slaughter".

phos φῶς Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "light". The genitive form is φωτός (photos).

phren φρήν Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "mind, heart, emotions".

phylakteos φυλακτέος Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "to be watched".

phyton φυτόν Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "plant, tree".

platys πλατύς Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "broad, wide, flat".

ploutos πλοῦτος Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "wealth".

polemeios πολεμήϊος Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "aggressive, warlike".

polemos πόλεμος Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "war".

polis πόλις Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "city".

polys πολύς Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "much, many".

posis πόσις Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "husband, lord".

praxis πρᾶξις Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "action, exercise".

protos πρῶτος Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "first".

pyr πῦρ Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "fire".

rhipe ῥιπή Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "throw, swing".

rhodon ῥόδον Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "rose".

rhoe ῥοή Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "stream, river, flow".

rhyte ῥυτή Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "rue (herb)".

sappheiros σάπφειρος Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "sapphire" or "lapis lazuli" (ultimately derived from the Hebrew word סַפִּיר (sappir)).

sebo σέβω Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "to worship, to honour".

selene σελήνη Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "moon".

Sibylla Σίβυλλα Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "prophetess, sibyl". It does not seem to have been used as a personal name during the classical Greek period.

simos σιμός Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "flat-nosed".

skorpios σκορπίος Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "scorpion".

smaragdos σμάραγδος Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "emerald", of Semitic origin.

solos σόλος Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "lump of iron".

sophia σοφία Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "wisdom, cleverness".

sophos σοφός Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "skilled, clever".

sophron σώφρων Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "self-controlled, sensible".

sos σῶς Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "safe, whole, unwounded".

stachys στάχυς Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "ear of corn".

stasis στάσις Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "standing, stature, position".

stergo στέργω Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "to love, to be content".

sthenos σθένος Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "vigour, strength".

stoma στόμα Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "mouth".

stratos στρατός Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "army".

telos τέλος Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "purpose, aim, completion".

terpo τέρπω Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "to satisfy, to cheer".

terpsis τέρψις Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "enjoyment, delight".

thallo θάλλω Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "to blossom".

thanatos θάνατος Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "death".

thea θεά Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "goddess".

themis θέμις Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "law of nature, divine law, that which is laid down".

theos θεός Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "god".

therao θηράω Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "to hunt".

thymos θυμός Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "soul, spirit".

tigris τίγρις Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "tiger".

timao τιμάω Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "to honour".

tisis τίσις Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "vengeance".

tithemi τίθημι Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "to set, to place".

tlao τλάω Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "to endure, to suffer".

treo τρέω Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "to fear, to flee".

tropos τρόπος Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "direction, manner, fashion".

tryphe τρυφή Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "softness, delicacy".

tyche τύχη Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "chance, luck, fortune".

xanthos ξανθός Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "yellow".

xenia ξενία Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "hospitality".

xenos ξένος Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "foreigner, guest, stranger".

xylon ξύλον Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "wood, timber".

zoe ζωή Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "life".