SITE NAVIGATION
Website - About Site | What’s New? | Feedback | Help
Contact - Email | Twitter | Credit & References
View My Writing Portfolio at www.bykairos.com MAIN DIRECTORY TREE
- Beautiful Word Lists Home - view by topic
- Featured Word List Collections
- Download Ultimate Word Guides
- Word and Literary Reference Corner - language and writing reference resources
Beauty of Language & Words - Sitemap | Featured
- Rolling Web Log of Random Beautiful Words
- The Rare, Weird, Unusual, and Obscure - Sitemap
- Bringing Back the Rare, Archaic, & Obsolete
- The Darker Side of the Moon
- From Around The World - Sitemap | Featured
- Translating Your Untranslatable World
- Saucy Song of Slang - Sitemap
VOCABULARY BOOKS TO VIEW OR DOWNLOAD
A Series of Beautiful Words - Books, Blogs and Beautiful Words. Download my vocabulary books or view the content online
DOWNLOAD BOOKS | VIEW BOOKS ONLINE
MY WORD POSTS - Posting under @kairosoflife
SEARCH WORDS BELOW or use ADVANCED SEARCH to search this site and content of my vocabulary books
FULL INDEX SITEMAP | INDEX OF TOPIC SITEMAPS
WORDS of the WORLD
WORDS - PHRASES - EXPRESSIONS - SLANG
HOME | FRENCH | GREEK | LATIN | AUSTRALIAN
DEFINING PHILOSOPHY
IN A SYMPOSIUM OF GREEK
GREEK INDEX OF WORD LISTS
SPECIAL FEATURES
SPINNING THE WHEEL OF FATE FOR TRUTH TO THE STORY OF SOULMATES
SCANDALOUS GREEK ORIGINS OF OUR SEX WORDS
TRANSLATING YOUR WORLD
See Also:
Whipping up a Greek Prefix
DISCOVER ALL THE WORDS OF THE WORLD
- Ambiance of the Ambling Ancients
- A Greek Melody of Mellifluous Words
- A Colloquial Collection of Eclectic Expression
- My Big Fat Greek Recon in Black Tie
- Never Question the Quisquilian Quip (Slang)
SPECIAL FEATURES
SPINNING THE WHEEL OF FATE FOR TRUTH TO THE STORY OF SOULMATES
- A Fleeting Moment in the Construct of Time
- Concept of Forever in an Infinite Cycle
- Spinning the Hands of Fate in a Destiny of Love
- The Ties That Bind Two Souls
- A Cosmic Roadmap for the Gods at the Wheel
- An Answer to the Story of Soulmates
- Mythology Reference Guide
SCANDALOUS GREEK ORIGINS OF OUR SEX WORDS
- The Greeks Wrote the Book on Love
- Plato’s Symposium Syllabus of Sex
- Dictionary of Delicious Debauchery (NSFW)
TRANSLATING YOUR WORLD
- Greek Untranslatable Words - Greek words with no English translation
See Also:
Whipping up a Greek Prefix
DISCOVER ALL THE WORDS OF THE WORLD
A Colloquial Collection of Eclectic Expression
GREEK EXPRESSIONS
A JACKDAW IS ALWAYS FOUND NEAR A JACKDAW"
Compare to the English “birds of a feather flock together."
ἀεὶ κολοιὸς παρὰ κολοιῷ ἱζάνει
Aeì koloiòs parà koloiôi hizánei
"A SWEET THING TASTED TOO OFTEN IS NO LONGER”
τὸ γὰρ ἡδύ, ἐὰν πολύ, οὐ τί γε ἡδύ.
Tò gàr hēdý, eàn polý, ou tí ge hēdý.
"BY WHY ALL THIS ABOUT OAK OR STONE?"
Compare to the English "why make a mountain out of a mole hill?"
ἀλλὰ τί ἦ μοι ταῦτα περὶ δρῦν ἢ περὶ πέτρην;
allá ti ēi moi taúta perí drun ē perí pétrēn
"EVERYTHING FLOWS, NOTHING STANDS STILL."
τὰ πάντα ῥεῖ καὶ οὐδὲν μένει.
Tà pánta rheî kaì oudèn ménei.
"FAITH, HOPE, (AND) LOVE."
πίστις, ἐλπίς, ἀγάπη
Pístis, elpís, agápē
"HE WHO SAVES HIMSELF MAY BE SAVED"
ὁ σῴζων ἑαυτὸν σωθήτω
Ho sôizōn heautòn sōthētō.
"I CAME, I SAW, I CONQUERED."
ἦλθον, εἶδον, ἐνίκησα.
Êlthon, eîdon, eníkēsa.
"I KNOW ONE THING, THAT I KNOW NOTHING"
ἓν οἶδα ὅτι οὐδὲν οἶδα
Hèn oîda hóti oudèn oîda
“IT MADE MY BLOOD BOIL”
μου ανέβηκε το αίμα στο κεφάλι
mou anevike to ema sto kefali
"IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO ESCAPE FROM WHAT IS DESTINED."
τὸ πεπρωμένον φυγεῖν ἀδύνατον.
Tò peprōménon phygeîn adýnaton.
"LORD HAVE MERCY"
Κύριε ἐλέησον
Kýrie eléēson
"MODERATION IS BEST"
μέτρον ἄριστον.
Métron áriston
"NOTHING IN EXCESS"
μηδὲν ἄγαν.
Mēdèn ágan.
"THE GOOD/BEAUTIFUL THINGS [ARE] DIFFICULT [TO ATTAIN]."
χαλεπὰ τὰ καλά
Khalepà tà kalá
"THE LEAST BAD [CHOICE] IS THE BEST."
μὴ χεῖρον βέλτιστον.
Mḕ kheíron béltiston.
"THE PEOPLE'S LOVE [IS] MY STRENGTH.“
ἰσχύς μου ἡ ἀγάπη τοῦ λαοῦ.
Iskhýs mou hē agápē toû laoû.
"(THERE IS) LEARNING IN SUFFERING/EXPERIENCE"
πάθει μάθος
páthei máthos
"THOSE WHO MAKE QUICK DECISIONS ARE NOT SAFE."
φρονεῖν γὰρ οἱ ταχεῖς οὐκ ἀσφαλεῖς[38]
Phroneîn gàr hoi takheîs ouk asphaleîs
“YOU CAN’T GET BLOOD OUT OF A STONE."
οὐκ ἂν λάβοις παρὰ τοῦ μὴ ἔχοντος
Ouk àn labois parà toû mē ekhontos.
This site is a part of
A SERIES OF BEAUTIFUL WORDS BY KAI
The Collection Includes:
Defining the Brain: Website | Downloads (science)
A Beautiful Word: Website | Downloads (rare/obscure)
The Logophile Lexicon: Website | Book (literary)
Defining New Ideas: Website | Book (creativity)
Author Homepage: Bookshelf by Kairos (all my work)
Words posted by @kairosoflife on Twitter under the hashtag #beautifulwords and on my vocabulary bulletin boards on Pinterest.
Original content © 2020 Copyright, Kairos
A SERIES OF BEAUTIFUL WORDS BY KAI
The Collection Includes:
Defining the Brain: Website | Downloads (science)
A Beautiful Word: Website | Downloads (rare/obscure)
The Logophile Lexicon: Website | Book (literary)
Defining New Ideas: Website | Book (creativity)
Author Homepage: Bookshelf by Kairos (all my work)
Words posted by @kairosoflife on Twitter under the hashtag #beautifulwords and on my vocabulary bulletin boards on Pinterest.
Original content © 2020 Copyright, Kairos
