Tuesday 7 May 2013

Perseus=فرساوس

Perseus=فرساوس


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[L, fr. Gk Perseus, son of Zeus and Danae and slayer of Medusa] : a northern constellation between Taurus and Cassiopeia

Penelope=بينيلوب

Penelope=بينيلوب


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[fr. Gk, the wife of Odysseus who remained faithful to him throughout his absence at Troy, despite having many suitors] : a girl's given name

Oedipus complex=عقدة أوديب

Oedipus complex=عقدة أوديب



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      [L, fr. Gk Oidipous, the son of Laius and Jocasta who in fulfillment of an oracle unknowingly kills his father and marries his mother] : the positive libidinal feelings of a son toward his mother and hostile or jealous feelings toward his father that may be a source of adult personality disorder when unresolved
 

odyssey=أوديسي

odyssey=أوديسي



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   [the Odyssey, epic poem attributed to Homer recounting the long wanderings of Odysseus, a king of Ithaca and Greek leader in the Trojan War who after the war wanders 10 years before reaching home] 1 : a long wandering or voyage usu. marked by many changes of fortune 2 : an intellectual or spiritual wandering or quest
 

myrmidon =المرميدوني أحد أفراد شعب تساليا

myrmidon =المرميدوني أحد أفراد شعب تساليا



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 [ME Mirmydon, L Myrmidon-, Myrmido, fr. Gk Myrmidon, a member of a legendary Thessalian people who accompanied their king Achilles in the Trojan War] : a loyal follower

 

museum=ميوزيم

museum=ميوزيم


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 [L Museum place for learned occupation, fr. Gk Mouseion, fr. neut. of Mouseios of the Muses, fr. Mousa] : an institution devoted to the procurement, care, study, and display of objects of lasting interest or value

Minoan=مينوان

Minoan=مينوان



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 [L minous of Minos, fr. Gk minoios, fr. Minos Minos, son of Zeus and mythical king of Crete] : of or relating to a Bronze Age culture of Crete (3000 BC-1100 BC)

Midas=ميداس

Midas=ميداس



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Midas touch n
[L, fr. Gk, legend of the Phrygian king Midas who is given the power to turn everything he touched into gold] : an uncanny ability for making money in every venture

 

Metis=متيس

Metis=متيس


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a Titanesse, daughter of Oceanus and Tethys and the mother of Athena by Zeus] : one of the moons of Jupiter

Melissa=ميليسا

Melissa=ميليسا


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 [fr. Gk, the sister of Amalthea who nourished the infant Zeus with honey in Greek mythology] : a girl's given name

lyceum=يسيوم

lyceum=يسيوم



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 [L Lyceum, gymnasium near Athens where Aristotle taught, fr. Gk Lykeion, fr. lykeios, epithet of Apollo] 1 : a hall for public lectures or discussions 2 : an association providing public lectures, concerts, and entertainments

Leda=ليدا

Leda=ليدا


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[fr. L, Gr.  ΛΗΔΑ   the mother of Castor and Clytemnestra by her husband Tyndareus, and of Pollux and Helen by Zeus, who was wearing the form of a swan] 1 : a satellite of the planet Jupiter 2 : a girl's given name

Iris=ايريس

Iris=ايريس



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Gk Iris, goddess of the rainbow and messenger of the gods

Hellespont=هيليسبونت

Hellespont=هيليسبونت



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ancient name of the Dardanelles, fr. Helle Helle, who, while escaping from her stepmother with her brother Phrixus, fell into this body of water and drowned] : a strait connecting the Aegean Sea and the Sea of Marma


Hector=هيكتور

Hector=هيكتور


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L, fr. Gk Hektor, Trojan champion slain by Achilles]

Monday 6 May 2013

gorgon=جورجون

gorgon=جورجون



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[L Gorgon-, Gorgo, fr. Gk Gorgon, any of three snake-haired sisters in Greek mythology whose appearance turns men to stone] : an ugly or repulsive woman
 

غانيمدي=Ganymede

غانيمدي=Ganymede



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Ganymedes, fr. Gk Ganymedes Ganymede, a beautiful youth carried off to Olympus to be the cupbearer of the gods in classical mythology] 1 : the largest of Jupiter's moons 2 : a young waiter who serves liquors
 

Electra=الكترا

Electra=الكترا



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 L, fr. Gk Elektra, a sister of Orestes who aids him in killing their mother Clytemnestra

Delphi=دلفي

Delphi=دلفي


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  the site of the oracle of Apollo

Daphne=دافنى

Daphne=دافنى


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      [NL, genus name, fr. L laurel, fr. Gk Daphne, a nymph who is transformed into a laurel tree to escape the pursuing Apollo] 1 : any of a genus (Daphne) of Eurasian shrubs of the mezereon family with apetaelous flowers whose colored calyx resembles a corolla 2 : a girl's given name

 


daedalus=ديدالوس

daedalus=ديدالوس







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      [L daedalus, fr. Gk Daidalos, legendary builder of Cretan labyrinth who makes wings to enable himself and his son Icarus to escape from imprisonment] 1 a : skillful, artistic b : intricate 2 : adorned with many things

 

Cynthia=سينثيا

Cynthia=سينثيا


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[L, Cynthius, epithet of Artemis, fr. fem. of Cynthius of Cynthus, fr. Cynthus, mountain on Delos where Artemis was born, fr. Gk Kynthos] 1 : moon 2 : a girl's given name

Clio=كليو

Clio=كليو


  

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[Gk Clio, Greek Muse of history] : a girl's given name

Cimmerian=السيمرية

Cimmerian=السيمرية




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[L Cimmerii, a mythical people described by Homer as dwelling in a realm of mist and gloom, fr. Gk Kimmerioi] : very dark and gloomy

cecropia moth=سيكروبيا فراشة

cecropia moth=سيكروبيا فراشة




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[NL cecropia, fr. L Cecropius Athenian, fr. Gk Kekrops, legendary king of Athens] : a large North American saturniid moth (Hyalophora cecropia) that is brown with red, white, and black markings
   

Calliope=كاليوبي

Calliope=كاليوبي



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[L, fr. Gk Kalliope Calliope, the Greek Muse of epic poetry] : a keyboard musical instrument resembling an organ and consisting of a series of whistles sounded by steam or compressed air.

atropine=الأتروبين


atropine=الأتروبين



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[G Atropin, fr. NL Atropa, genus name of belladonna, fr. Gk Atropos, one of the three Fates] : a mixture obtained from any of various solanaceous plants (such as belladonna) and used esp. for its antocholinergic effects (as pupil dilation or inhibition of smooth muscle spasms)


apollonian=أبولوني

apollonian=أبولوني



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[L Apollo, fr. Gk Apollon Apollo, god of sunlight, prophecy, music, and poetry] : harmonious, measured, ordered, or balanced in character


aphrodisiac=أفروديسك

aphrodisiac=أفروديسك


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 [Gk aphrodisiakos sexual, fr. aphrodisia, pl. sexual pleasures, fr. neut. pl. of aphrodisios of Aphrodite, fr. Aphrodite Greek goddess of love] 1 : an agent that arouses or is held to arouse sexual desire 2 : something that excites

amazon= أمازون


amazon= أمازون


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 [ME, fr. L, Fr. Gk Amazon] : a tall, strong, often masculine woman

 

aeolian=إيولايان

  aeolian=إيولايان

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 [L, fr. Gk Aiolos Aeolus, the ruler of the winds and eponymous founder of Aeolis] : giving forth or marked by a moaning or sighing sound or musical note produced by or as if by the wind


Adonis=أدونيس


Adonis=أدونيس

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 [fr. ML Adonic(us), fr. Gk Adonis, a favorite man of Aphrodite, slain by a wild boar but permitted by Zeus to pass four months of every year in the lower world with Persephone, four with Aphrodite, and four wherever he chose] 1 : noting a verse consisting of a dactyl followed by a spondee or a trochee 2 : of or like Adonis