General Abbreviations

Περιεχόμενα

• A. Graphic Signs
• B. Terms

A. Graphic Signs

1. Superscript numeral follows homonymous words as exponent, e.g. ακαμάτης (adjective), ακαμάτης² (noun).
2. [Brackets] include the pronunciation of the basic entry word form.
   • Vertical lines | separate quotations. Double vertical lines || separate major groupings of examples or special expressions.
   • Vertical line ı (below the text line) indicates the separation of poetic lines (verses), while double lines װ indicate the separation of stanzas.
3. Numbers or letters encircled (A), (B), (1), (2), (a), (b), (α), (β) etc. indicate bold face characters used for sections of articles and of meanings and submeanings.
4. The sign ~ represents the entryword in its basic form used as the entry (especially in adverbs) or the just preceding form in the text of the article.
   • The double (~~) or even triple (~~~) means that as many words are repeated as in the entryword.
5. Dash - before endings or terminations, e.g. -ος, -η, -ότερος, etc.
   • Dashes in examples may represent the practice of the author concerning change of speaker in dialogue and occasionally in place of parentheses.
6. Two points .. represent omission of part of the text of whatever length in long quotations.
7. The arrows → and ← are used in the etymological part to indicate changed to (→) and derived from (←).
8. & is used as abbreviation of and in the opening part on the forms of the entry and in the etymological part.
9. $ means dollar(s); £ pound(s); dr(s) drachma(s).
10.  
    • a. The initial letter of the first word in quotations is not capitalized.
    • b. No capitalizing of adjectives derived from place names (areas, countries, cities). These are usually not capitalized in Modern Greek, e.g. αθηναϊκός, ανατολίτικος, βαλκανικός, κρητικός, κυκλαδίτικος, κυπριακός, μακεδονικός, μοραΐτικος, πελοποννησιακός, ρουμελιώτικος, etc., whereas the place names themselves and patrial names are capitalized, e.g. Aνατολή & Aνατολίτης, Aθήνα & Aθηναίος, Bαλκάνια, Kρήτη, etc.
11. Numbers in translations are mostly written in symbols (100, 235, etc.) instead of in words numbers with verb forms, e.g. 2sg = second person singular.
12. The sign § represents paragraph and the double §§ represents paragraphs.

B. Terms