POLI105A Greek/Latin Terms

Alethia

truth, remembrance

Aner

manly man

Anthropos

human body

Aporia

lack of passage or way out

Arche

empire, necessity, organziing principle

arete

excellence and fitness in all things

asholia

buisness, occupation

daimon

individual divine sign or portion

demes, demos

neighborhood legal jurisdiction; people who live there

demos: “the people” generally

demokratia

democracy

dikaios

to conduct your affairs in accordance with dike

dike

justice or adherence to the single fundamental order of the cosmos; a virtue of the polis

doxa

opinion, beief

eidos

ideal form

elenchus

socratic method

eleutheros

spririt of freedom, liberty, license

energia

action, function

episteme

knowledge

epitaphios

speech in praise of the dead

erastes

lover

eu zen

living well

graphe

writing

ho demos kratei

the people dominate

hoi polloi

the many

isegoria

citizens' equality in speaking to assembly

kallipolis

the attractive, beautiful city

kalos

beautiful , fine, noble

kinesis

movement

krisis

tipping point; rendering into consitutent parts; decision; judgement; divorce

kritike

the art or capacity of judging; critique

lethe

forgetfulness, loss of memeory

logos

word, speech, reason

mathema

a known object, object of study

metoikos

resident alien

mimesis

performative identtification; recitation

noesis

intellect, intellection

nomos

customs, cultures, names, traditions, LAWS

oikos

household

philia

love, friendship

philosophia

love of wisdom; knowdlege of whos a friend

phronesis

practical wisdom, prudence

phusis

nature

pleonexia

unbounded need, luxury

polis

city, political association

polites

citizen

politeia

regime, consitution

psyche

ghost- soul

schole

lesiure

sophia

Wisdom

stasis

corruption, degeneration, revolution

techne

art, craft, technqiue

telos

end or final development of a thing; its thriving

theoria

going to look at, see, view

theoros

one who goes to view and contemplate

tyche

change, fortune zen- living

Zoon politikon

political animal

aeternitas

eternity

auctoritas

authority

caritas

genuine love, love of etneral things

civitas

the city

cupiditas

self-love, love of temporal things

imperium

power (sacred overtones)

speculator

watcher,spy

koinonia

association, partnership