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Pertaining to, after the manner of, or in the meter of, the Greek poet Anacreon; amatory and convivial. De Quincey.

rs; a collection of poems or epigrams; -- particularly applied to a collection of ancient Greek epigrams.

In Greek choruses and dances, the returning of the chorus, exactly answering to a previous strophe or movement from right to left. Hence: The lines of this part of the choral song. It was customary, on some occasions, to dance round the altars whilst they sang the sacred hymns, which consisted of three stanzas or parts…

A tense in the Greek language, which expresses an action as completed in past time, but leaves it, in other respects, wholly indeterminate.

The Greek goddess of love, corresponding to the Venus of the Romans.

A prefix from a Greek preposition. It usually signifies from, away from, off, or asunder, separate; as, in apocope (a cutting off), apostate, apostle (one sent away), apocarpous.

A deity among the Greeks and Romans. He was the god of light and day (the "sun god"), of archery, prophecy, medicine, poetry, and music, etc., and was represented as the model of manly grace and beauty; -- called also Phébus. The Apollo Belvedere, a celebrated statue of Apollo in the Belvedere gallery of the Vatican pa…

Of or pertaining to the satiric Greek poet Archilochus; as, Archilochian meter.

Of or pertaining to Archimedes, a celebrated Greek philosopher; constructed on the principle of Archimedes' screw; as, Archimedean drill, propeller, etc. Archimedean screw, or Archimedes' screw, an instrument, said to have been invented by Archimedes, for raising water, formed by winding a flexible tube round a cylinde…

A native of Argos. Often used as a generic term, equivalent to Grecian or Greek.

Any one of the legendary Greek heroes who sailed with Jason, in the Argo, in quest of the Golden Fleece.

Of or pertaining to Aristotle, the famous Greek philosopher (384-322 b. c.). -- n.

nt of the Armenian Church, an organization similar in some doctrines and practices to the Greek Church, in others to the Roman Catholic.

plural, as, arrears of rent, wages, or taxes. Locke. For much I dread due payment by the Greeks Of yesterday's arrear. Cowper. I have a large arrear of letters to write. J. D. Forbes. In arrear or In arrears, behind; backward; behindhand; in debt.

A choriambic verse, first used by the Greek poet Asclepias, consisting of four feet, viz., a spondee, two choriambi, and an iambus.

A mark of aspiration used in Greek; the asper, or rough breathing. Bentley.

The taking of a person up into heaven. Hence: (Rom. Cath. & Greek Churches)

The combining form of the Greek word 'a`stron, meaning star.

hrough the French; as, alteration, visitation; and many are formed on verbs ending in the Greek formative -ize (Fr. -ise); as, civilization, demoralization.

The style and idiom of the Greek language, used by the Athenians; a concise and elegant expression.