Your Greek Word On A Sunday

(Piano music)  Hello and welcome to Your Greek Word On A Sunday, a weekly, bite-size podcast for anyone curious on language, etymology and connections. I am your host, Emmanuela Lia and wherever you are in the world, if you want to entertain your brain for a few minutes, this is the podcast for you. Let's Go!  There are some Greek words that the original meaning has been almost lost except fo...

(Piano music)  Hello and welcome to Your Greek Word On A Sunday, a weekly, bite-size podcast for anyone curious on language, etymology and connections. I am your host, Emmanuela Lia and wherever you are in the world, if you want to entertain your brain for a few minutes, this is the podcast for you. Let's Go!  If you see and Ancient Greek text, you'll understand it's difficult to kn...

Hello and welcome to our seventh season! Can you believe it?! Seventh! Well, it's thanks to you we're still here. Subscribing, downloading and sharing our podcast far and wide has seen our audience grow and expand all over the globe. Stay tuned this year, as we have some surprises for you and don't forget to email us with questions or comments at yourgreeksunday@gmail.com. You can a...

This is the last episode for this season and I'd like to thank you for staying with us for another year! If you have questions, ideas or comments about what you hear in this podcast, feel free to reach out on our Twitter @yourgreeksunday , our email yourgreeksunday@gmail.com or leave a review in the listening platform of your choice. See you in the Autumn everyone! On with our myth! Oh yes, i...

(Piano music)  Hello and welcome to Your Greek Word On A Sunday, a weekly, bite-size podcast for anyone curious on language, etymology and connections. I am your host, Emmanuela Lia and wherever you are in the world, if you want to entertain your brain for a few minutes, this is the podcast for you. Let's Go!  Ψάω (psao) the verb for 'grinding' and 'smoothing' , and ψάμμος...

(Piano music)  Hello and welcome to Your Greek Word On A Sunday, a weekly, bite-size podcast for anyone curious on language, etymology and connections. I am your host, Emmanuela Lia and wherever you are in the world, if you want to entertain your brain for a few minutes, this is the podcast for you. Let's Go!  We are counting down to the end of this season and as summer seems to be already he...

(Piano music)  Hello and welcome to Your Greek Word On A Sunday, a weekly, bite-size podcast for anyone curious on language, etymology and connections. I am your host, Emmanuela Lia and wherever you are in the world, if you want to entertain your brain for a few minutes, this is the podcast for you. Let's Go!  Κάλλος (kallos) in ancient Greek, and in some cases in modern too, meant 'beau...

(Piano music)  Hello and welcome to Your Greek Word On A Sunday, a weekly, bite-size podcast for anyone curious on language, etymology and connections. I am your host, Emmanuela Lia and wherever you are in the world, if you want to entertain your brain for a few minutes, this is the podcast for you. Let's Go!  Παρά (para) in both ancient and modern Greek is a preposition and it means 'on...

Before we begin, just a little reminder that you can send your comments and questions to yourgreeksunday@gmail.com, follow us in Twitter @yourgreeksunday, and myself on instagram at emmanuela_lia  On with today's word!  (Piano music)  Hello and welcome to Your Greek Word On A Sunday, a weekly, bite-size podcast for anyone curious on language, etymology and connections. I am your host, Emmanue...

(Piano music)  Hello and welcome to Your Greek Word On A Sunday, a weekly, bite-size podcast for anyone curious on language, etymology and connections. I am your host, Emmanuela Lia and wherever you are in the world, if you want to entertain your brain for a few minutes, this is the podcast for you. Let's Go!  Staying in ancient Greece but in more earthly matters today. This is a word that la...

(Piano music)  Hello and welcome to Your Greek Word On A Sunday, a weekly, bite-size podcast for anyone curious on language, etymology and connections. I am your host, Emmanuela Lia and wherever you are in the world, if you want to entertain your brain for a few minutes, this is the podcast for you. Let's Go!  Τίθημι (tithimi) is an ancient greek verb meaning 'I put in the right place, I...

(Piano music)  Hello and welcome to Your Greek Word On A Sunday, a weekly, bite-size podcast for anyone curious on language, etymology and connections. I am your host, Emmanuela Lia and wherever you are in the world, if you want to entertain your brain for a few minutes, this is the podcast for you. Let's Go!  As we enter Spring and enjoying clear skies more and more, can you imagine what the...

(Piano music)  Hello and welcome to Your Greek Word On A Sunday, a weekly, bite-size podcast for anyone curious on language, etymology and connections. I am your host, Emmanuela Lia and wherever you are in the world, if you want to entertain your brain for a few minutes, this is the podcast for you. Let's Go!  What are  you having for breakfast? I  have a word for you that's been going i...

(Piano music)  Hello and welcome to Your Greek Word On A Sunday, a weekly, bite-size podcast for anyone curious on language, etymology and connections. I am your host, Emmanuela Lia and wherever you are in the world, if you want to entertain your brain for a few minutes, this is the podcast for you. Let's Go!  One of the things I was worried about, around season 2 of this podcast, was how to...

(Piano music)  Hello and welcome to Your Greek Word On A Sunday, a weekly, bite-size podcast for anyone curious on language, etymology and connections. I am your host, Emmanuela Lia and wherever you are in the world, if you want to entertain your brain for a few minutes, this is the podcast for you. Let's Go!  Here is a word that has created some noise on pronunciation, meaning and, origin. W...

(Piano music)  Hello and welcome to Your Greek Word On A Sunday, a weekly, bite-size podcast for anyone curious on language, etymology and connections. I am your host, Emmanuela Lia and wherever you are in the world, if you want to entertain your brain for a few minutes, this is the podcast for you. Let's Go!  In the first few lines of Prometheus Bound by Aeschylus, we hear, for the first tim...

(Piano music)  Hello and welcome to Your Greek Word On A Sunday, a weekly, bite-size podcast for anyone curious on language, etymology and connections. I am your host, Emmanuela Lia and wherever you are in the world, if you want to entertain your brain for a few minutes, this is the podcast for you. Let's Go!  This, is another combined, greek word that was made up by a non-Greek. It was the p...

Before we begin today, I'd like to remind you of our email address yourgreeksunday@gmail.com where you can send your questions, ideas or comments about anything you hear in this podcast. Here we go! (Piano music)  Hello and welcome to Your Greek Word On A Sunday, a weekly, bite-size podcast for anyone curious on language, etymology and connections. I am your host, Emmanuela Lia and wherever y...

(Piano music)  Hello and welcome to Your Greek Word On A Sunday, a weekly, bite-size podcast for anyone curious on language, etymology and connections. I am your host, Emmanuela Lia and wherever you are in the world, if you want to entertain your brain for a few minutes, this is the podcast for you. Let's Go!  Αγω (ago) in both ancient and modern Greek means, 'I draw out', 'I b...

(Piano music)  Hello and welcome to Your Greek Word On A Sunday, a weekly, bite-size podcast for anyone curious on language, etymology and connections. I am your host, Emmanuela Lia and wherever you are in the world, if you want to entertain your brain for a few minutes, this is the podcast for you. Let's Go!  Φαίνειν (phainin) is an ancient Greek infinitive. The verb is Φαίνομαι (phaenome) a...

(Piano music)  Hello and welcome to Your Greek Word On A Sunday, a weekly, bite-size podcast for anyone curious on language, etymology and connections. I am your host, Emmanuela Lia and wherever you are in the world, if you want to entertain your brain for a few minutes, this is the podcast for you. Let's Go!  Κρίνω (crino) , is an ancient Greek verb, the noun is κρίση (crisi) and the adjecti...

(Piano music)  Hello and welcome to Your Greek Word On A Sunday, a weekly, bite-size podcast for anyone curious on language, etymology and connections. I am your host, Emmanuela Lia and wherever you are in the world, if you want to entertain your brain for a few minutes, this is the podcast for you. Let's Go!  Greeks have been using this word widely for a very long time but in English it was...

(Piano music)  Hello and welcome to Your Greek Word On A Sunday, a weekly, bite-size podcast for anyone curious on language, etymology and connections. I am your host, Emmanuela Lia and wherever you are in the world, if you want to entertain your brain for a few minutes, this is the podcast for you. Let's Go!  What do Okras, Euclid, and a south Korean boy band have in common? Well, πέντε (pen...

(Piano music)  Hello and welcome to Your Greek Word On A Sunday, a weekly, bite-size podcast for anyone curious on language, etymology and connections. I am your host, Emmanuela Lia and wherever you are in the world, if you want to entertain your brain for a few minutes, this is the podcast for you. Let's Go!  Welcome to our 200th episode! This feels like a very weird time to celebrate, espec...

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