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Ancient Greek Translator

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Translate English into Ancient Greek words and famous phrases, and back.

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Ancient Greek glossary (86 words & phrases)
  • ἀγαθός → good
  • ἀγάπη → love (ἔρως = passionate love, φιλία = friendship)
  • ἀδελφή → sister
  • ἀδελφός → brother
  • ἀλήθεια → truth
  • ἄνεμος → wind
  • ἄνθρωπος → man (human being)
  • ἀστήρ → star
  • βασιλεύς → king
  • βιβλίον → book
  • γῆ → earth
  • γνῶθι σεαυτόν → know thyself (inscribed at Delphi)
  • γυνή → woman
  • διδάσκαλος → teacher
  • δίκη → justice
  • δύναμις → power
  • ἐγώ → i
  • εἰρήνη → peace
  • ἐλευθερία → freedom
  • ἐλεύθερος → free
  • ἐλπίς → hope
  • ἐστί → is
  • εὕρηκα → i have found it (eureka — Archimedes)
  • ζωή → life
  • ἥλιος → sun
  • ἡμεῖς → we
  • ἡμέρα → day
  • ἥρως → hero
  • θάλασσα → sea
  • θάλαττα, θάλαττα → the sea, the sea (Xenophon’s Anabasis)
  • θάνατος → death
  • θεά → goddess
  • θεός → god
  • ἵππος → horse
  • ἰσχυρός → strong
  • καί → and
  • καλός → beautiful (also: noble, fine)
  • καρδία → heart
  • κλέος → glory
  • κόσμος → world (also: order, ornament)
  • λίθος → stone
  • λόγος → word (also: reason, account)
  • μαθητής → student
  • μέγας → great
  • μηδὲν ἄγαν → nothing in excess (inscribed at Delphi)
  • μήτηρ → mother
  • μικρός → small
  • μοῖρα → fate
  • μολὼν λαβέ → come and take them (Leonidas at Thermopylae)
  • ναί → yes
  • ναῦς → ship
  • νέος → new
  • νῆσος → island
  • νίκη → victory
  • νοῦς → mind
  • νύξ → night
  • ξίφος → sword
  • ὁ → the
  • ὁδός → road
  • οἶκος → house
  • ὄρος → mountain
  • οὐ → not
  • οὔ → no
  • οὐρανός → sky (also: heaven)
  • παῖς → child
  • παλαιός → old
  • πάντα ῥεῖ → everything flows (attributed to Heraclitus)
  • πατήρ → father
  • ποιητής → poet
  • πόλεμος → war
  • πόλις → city
  • πολίτης → citizen
  • ποταμός → river
  • πῦρ → fire
  • σελήνη → moon
  • σοφία → wisdom
  • σοφός → wise
  • σύ → you
  • ὕδωρ → water
  • φίλος → friend
  • φόβος → fear
  • φῶς → light
  • χαῖρε → hello (lit. ‘rejoice’)
  • χρόνος → time
  • χρυσός → gold
  • ψυχή → soul

Ancient Greek word-and-phrase map (dictionary forms, polytonic Greek script) with famous phrases like γνῶθι σεαυτόν and μολὼν λαβέ. Greek grammar — cases and conjugation — is not modeled, so unmapped words pass through unchanged.

Ancient Greek Translator lets you translate English into Ancient Greek words and famous phrases, and back. Everything runs entirely in your browser, so your text never leaves your device. It’s free, needs no sign-up, and works on any device.

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  1. 1Enter your text. Type or paste your text into the “English or Ancient Greek text” box.
  2. 2Pick a direction. Use the Swap button to choose which way to translate.
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