as

From Old Norse áss, singular of æsir (“the Norse gods”).


accident

Borrowed from Latin accidentem, present active participle of accidō (“happen”).


detriment

Learned borrowing from Latin dētrīmentum.


Zeus

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ζεύς (Zeús).


mode

Borrowed from Latin modus. Doublet of moda, a borrowing through French.


roc

From Persian رخ (rox), from Middle Persian lhw' (rox, “rook, castle (chess)”).


Borrowed from Latin nānus, from Ancient Greek νᾶνος (nânos).

(mythology) dwarf (a member of a race from folklore)


dip

From Andalusian Arabic ديب (ḏíb), from Arabic ذِئْب (ḏiʔb).

(mythology) A black vampiric hellhound associated with the town of Pratdip in the Camp de Tarragona.


Cupido

Learned borrowing from Latin Cupīdō (“Cupid, the god of love”), from cupere (“to desire, to long for”).

lbor

(Roman mythology) Cupid (the god of love)


Eros

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἔρως (Érōs).

(Greek mythology) Eros (god of love and sexual desire)


elemental

(alchemy, folklore, mythology) elemental


sirena

From Late Latin sirēna, from Latin Sīrēn, from Ancient Greek Σειρήν (Seirḗn).


Eos

(Greek mythology) Eos (Greek goddess of dawn)


ontologia

Internationalism, ultimately from New Latin ontologia, from Ancient Greek ὄντος (óntos) + λόγος (lógos). By surface analysis, onto- + -logia.


geni

Learned borrowing from Latin genius. Doublet of giny, a popular development.

(mythology, religion) spirit (supernatural being)


valquíria

(Norse mythology) valkyrie (any of the female attendants of Odin)


Prometeu

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Προμηθεύς (Promētheús).

bor+

(Greek mythology) Prometheus (titan who gave the power of fire to the mortals)


Alcíone

Learned borrowing from Latin Alcyonē, from Ancient Greek Ἀλκυόνη (Alkuónē).

(Greek mythology) Alcyone (daughter of Atlas)

(Greek mythology) Alcyone (daughter of Aeolus)


sofisma

(philosophy) sophism (flawed argument superficially correct in its reasoning)


Pandora

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Πανδώρα (Pandṓra).


Morfeu

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Μορφεύς (Morpheús).

(Greek mythology) Morpheus, the Greek god of dreams


Persèfone

From Ancient Greek Περσεφόνη (Persephónē).


amazona

Borrowed from Latin Amazōna, from Ancient Greek Ἀμαζών (Amazṓn). The name of the bird comes from the genus name, which comes in turn from the name of the Amazon Rainforest, where the birds are found.

(Greek mythology) Amazon (mythological female warrior)


nimfa

Borrowed from Latin nympha, from Ancient Greek νύμφη (númphē).

(Greek mythology, Roman mythology) nymph (water, forest or mountain spirit)


existencialista

ca-adj

existencialista m or f (masculine and feminine plural existencialistes)

existencialistes (feminine masculine plural)

(philosophy) existentialist (of or pertaining to existentialism)


existencialista

ca-noun

existencialista m or f by sense (plural existencialistes)

(philosophy) existentialist (a person who adheres to existentialism)


màgia

Borrowed from Late Latin magia, from Ancient Greek μαγεία (mageía).


Dionís

Borrowed from Latin Dionysus (“Dionysus”), from Ancient Greek Διόνυσος (Diónusos).

bor+

(Greek mythology) Dionysus (the Greek god of wine)


dionisíac

ca-adj

dionisíac (feminine dionisíaca, masculine plural dionisíacs, feminine plural dionisíaques)

dionisíaca (feminine)
dionisíacs (masculine plural)
dionisíaques (feminine plural)


apol·lini

apol·lini (feminine apol·línia, masculine plural apol·linis, feminine plural apol·línies)

apol·línia (feminine)
apol·linis (masculine plural)
apol·línies (feminine plural)


Apol·lo

Borrowed from Latin Apollō, from Ancient Greek Ἀπόλλων (Apóllōn).

(Greek mythology, Roman mythology) Apollo (Greek god of music, poetry, and oracles)


operació

(computing, logic, mathematics) A procedure for generating a value from one or more other values (the operands).


barrufet

Uncertain, perhaps a metathesis of rebufet, from rebuf (“gust of wind”).

(mythology) a Catalan sprite of the wind


fúria

(Roman mythology, usually in the plural) Fury


Urà

Borrowed from Latin Ūranus, from Ancient Greek Οὐρανός (Ouranós).

(Greek mythology, Roman mythology) Uranus


Atles

Borrowed from Latin Ātlās, from Ancient Greek Ἄτλας (Átlas).

ca:Atles (mitologia)
ca:Atles (satèl·lit)


Orfeu

Borrowed from Latin Orpheus, from Ancient Greek Ὀρφεύς (Orpheús).


Eurídice

Learned borrowing from Latin Eurydicē, from Ancient Greek Εὐρυδίκη (Eurudíkē).


Proteu

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Πρωτεύς (Prōteús).


nàiada

Borrowed from Latin naiadem, from Ancient Greek Ναϊάς (Naïás).


Gea

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Γαῖα (Gaîa).


hermenéutica

From Ancient Greek ἑρμηνευτικός (hermēneutikós, “of or for interpreting”), from ἑρμηνεύς (hermēneús, “interpreter”).

der

ἑρμηνευτικός

(philosophy, theology) hermeneutic (a particular system of interpretation)


angoixa

Inherited from Old Catalan angoxa, from Latin angustia.


Victòria

(Roman mythology) Victoria (Roman goddess)


Narcís

From Ancient Greek Νάρκισσος (Nárkissos).


Fanes

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Φάνης (Phánēs).


Àiax

Borrowed from Latin Aiāx, from Ancient Greek Αἴας (Aías).


Andròmeda

[ənˈdɾɔ.mə.ðə]


ègida

Borrowed from Latin aegidem, from Ancient Greek αἰγῐ́ς (aigĭ́s).

(Greek mythology, Roman mythology) aegis (mythological shield)


Èol

Borrowed from Latin Aeolus, from Ancient Greek Αἴολος (Aíolos).


Àrtemis

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἄρτεμις (Ártemis).


Demèter

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Δημήτηρ (Dēmḗtēr).


Hefest

From Ancient Greek Ἥφαιστος (Hḗphaistos).


Èreb

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἔρεβος (Érebos).

(Greek mythology) Erebus (god and underworld)


Nèmesi

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Νέμεσις (Némesis).


Vulcà

(Roman mythology) Vulcan (the god of volcanoes and fire)


dona d'aigua

Potser per això, al seu tercer i darrer títol, Canto jo i la muntanya balla (guardonat, és clar: Llibres Anagrama de Novel·la), núvols, cabirols, bolets i dones d’aigua parlen, en el que la crítica ha coincidit que és dels millors títols del curs que s’acaba.

2019 June 29, Carles Geli, “Irene Solà: “L’art m’ha donat irreverència, un punt de bogeria literària””, in El País:

(mythology) feminine being that lives in places with fresh water


abducció

(logic) abduction (a syllogism or form of argument in which the major premise is evident, but the minor is only probable)


Sísif

Un treball de Sísif


moïsme

From Mo + -isme. After philosopher Mozi.


entelèquia

Borrowed from Late Latin entelechīa, from Ancient Greek ἐντελέχεια (entelékheia).

Aleshores, el quadre pretendrà ésser un afer de matemàtica, un problema de combinacions, en el qual el resultat serà aquella entelèquia sublim, aquella bellesa intrínseca, incontaminada de residus contingents.

1955, Joan Fuster, El descrèdit de la realitat:

So the picture pretends to be a mathematical affair, a combinatorial problem, in which the result will be that sublime entelechy, that intrinsic beauty, uncontaminated by contingent remains.


Tàntal

Borrowed from Latin Tantalus, from Ancient Greek Τάνταλος (Tántalos, “Tantalus”).


dèmon

From Medieval Latin dēmōn, daemōn (“lar, familiar spirit, guardian spirit”), from Ancient Greek δαίμων (daímōn, “dispenser, god, protective spirit”).


Tàrtar

(Greek mythology, Roman mythology) Tartarus


valor veritatiu

ca-noun

valor veritatiu m (plural valors veritatius)


imperatiu categòric

imperatiu categòric m (plural imperatius categòrics)

categorical imperative
categorical imperative


fenomènic

ca-adj

fenomènic (feminine fenomènica, masculine plural fenomènics, feminine plural fenomèniques)

fenomènica (feminine)
fenomènics (masculine plural)
fenomèniques (feminine plural)


dialèctic

dialèctic (feminine dialèctica, masculine plural dialèctics, feminine plural dialèctiques)

dialèctica (feminine)
dialèctics (masculine plural)
dialèctiques (feminine plural)


saturnià

ca-noun

saturnià m (plural saturnians, feminine saturniana)

saturnians (plural)
saturniana (feminine)

(astrology) Person born under the influence of the planet Saturn.


hipostàtic

ca-adj

hipostàtic (feminine hipostàtica, masculine plural hipostàtics, feminine plural hipostàtiques)

hipostàtica (feminine)
hipostàtics (masculine plural)
hipostàtiques (feminine plural)

Learned borrowing from Latin hypostaticus.