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Ancient Greek words first recorded in the 2nd century

4 Ancient Greek words whose earliest known written record dates from the 2nd century, earliest first. Words dated only to part of the century follow the ones with a year.

  1. καστανέα

    101–200

    It is formed from Ancient Greek κάστανον (kástanon) + -έα (-éa), the singular of κάστανα (kástana, “sweet chestnuts”), with the suffix of tree names, as in μηλέα (mēléa, “apple tree”). Beekes thinks…

  2. θεοσοφία

    200–299

    It is formed from Ancient Greek θεόσοφος (theósophos, “wise in divine things”) + -ία (-íā). θεόσοφος (theósophos) is a compound of θεός (theós, “god”) and σοφός (sophós, “wise”).

  3. ὀρθόδοξος

    200–299

    It is a compound from Ancient Greek ὀρθός (orthós, “straight, right”) + δόξα (dóxa, “opinion”), with the adjectival ending -ος: “holding the right opinion”. The verb ὀρθοδοξέω (orthodoxéō, “to hold…

  4. σκίουρος

    200–299

    It is traditionally explained as a bahuvrihi compound, from Ancient Greek σκιά (skiá, “shade”) + οὐρά (ourá, “tail”), “the one that shades itself with its tail”. Beekes considers this a folk…

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