"ancient Greek" meaning in English

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Adjective

Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} ancient Greek (not comparable)
  1. Of or relating to Ancient Greece. Tags: not-comparable Related terms: Ancient Greek [alternative] Translations (Translations): grec de l'Antiquité (French), grec antique (note: with inanimate nouns only, except the language) (French), grec ancien (note: with the language only) (French), starogrecki (Polish)
    Sense id: en-ancient_Greek-en-adj-q~pzaMO9 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with French translations, Terms with Polish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 43 17 40 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 40 21 39 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 46 12 43 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 43 16 41 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 31 35 34 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 29 39 33

Proper name

Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} ancient Greek
  1. Alternative letter-case form of Ancient Greek (“any of the various forms of the Greek language of classical antiquity”). Tags: alt-of Alternative form of: Ancient Greek (extra: any of the various forms of the Greek language of classical antiquity)
    Sense id: en-ancient_Greek-en-name-k~qG32JL Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with French translations, Terms with Polish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 43 17 40 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 40 21 39 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 46 12 43 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 43 16 41 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 31 35 34 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 29 39 33

Noun

Forms: ancient Greeks [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} ancient Greek (plural ancient Greeks)
  1. A native or inhabitant of Ancient Greece. Related terms: Ancient Greek [alternative] Translations (Translations): Grec de l'Antiquité [masculine] (French), Grecque de l'Antiquité [feminine] (French), ancien Grec [masculine, plural] (French), ancienne Grecque [feminine] (French), starożytny Grek [masculine, person] (Polish), starożytna Greczynka [feminine] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-ancient_Greek-en-noun-6HHRqfwR Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with French translations, Terms with Polish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 43 17 40 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 40 21 39 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 46 12 43 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 43 16 41 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 31 35 34 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 29 39 33

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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